April 10–17, 1997 critical mass Koresh Dance Company’s Reflections The Koresh Dance Company. Koresh Dance Company’s Reflections Mandell Theater, April 4-5 You’d be hard-pressed to find a more fine-tuned athletic corps of dancers with a higher degree of technique than…

April 10–17, 1997 mailbag Letters to the Editor — The Readers I Sing IV King Re: “Singing for Mr. King,”CP Music ’97, April 4: As a former CAPA vocal music major, I can say that there is no vocal music…

April 10–17, 1997 critical mass Comedy Bill Hicks. Bill Hicks Arizona Bay, Dangerous, Rant in E-Minor & Relentless (reissues on Rykodisc) Since Bill Hicks died three years ago at 32 of pancreatic cancer, he’s been lionized by show-biz bigshots as…

April 10–17, 1997 critical mass Sanctuary Group Motion Company, The Arts Bank, April 3-5 Sex, birth, murder, the underworld and a kind of stoned absolution — Group Motion’s Sanctuary (subtitle is “Misogi: ritual-purification”) possessed all the requisite elements for a…

April 3–10, 1997 cover story|classical Philly Discquiks classical Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch; Richard Woodhams, oboe. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben and Oboe Concerto (EMI) Sawallisch has earned a reputation for well thought out, beautifully detailed performances, in which his players…

April 3–10, 1997 movie shorts Waiting For Guffman This mockumentary attempts to spoof theater freaks the way This Is Spinal Tap ripped apart rock stars. Spinal Tap lead guitarist Christopher Guest plays director Corky St. Clair, who’s putting together a…

April 3–10, 1997 mailbag Letters to the Editor By The Readers Comment Sense Regarding your editorial (“Lotsa Comment,” Loose Canon, March 28) which focused on an advertisement reprinted in the Ms. magazine “No Comment” section. Ms. did not pick this…

April 3–10, 1997 critical mass Third and Indiana   Arden Theatre Co., 40 N. 2nd St., through May 4, 922-8900. I liked Steve Lopez’s novel, Third and Indiana. It’s not Great Literature, but it has the gritty authenticity of a…

April 3–10, 1997 cover story Photo by Art Gurmankin. David King with Boyz II Men lead singer Shawn Stockman at Stonecreek Studios in Gladwyne. Singing For Mr. King Why isn’t CAPA’s revered choir director at his usual post? By David…