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that's just... too much.

Mum Puppettheatre's production of opened last week (our review is forthcoming), but before it opened, I was invited to Mum's basement to see how the dozens of puppets needed for the production would take shape.

Fun around town, for $10 or less:

This week's quote is one we rather like, by none other than David Mamet, who we often don't. It runs in full: "When you come into the theater, you have to be willing to say, 'We're all here to undergo a communion, to find out what the hell is going on in this world.' If you're not willing to say that, what you get is entertainment instead of art, and poor entertainment at that." Now, on with the listings!

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

First of all, to answer the question we asked in our preview, no, Deadly She-Wolf Assassin at Armageddon! (directed by Sonoko Kawahara, with music and concept by Fred Ho and written by Fred Ho and Ruth Margraff) was not the coolest show ever. It was, however, pretty enjoyable. As I mentioned in that preview, the show is a piece of martial arts dance theater inspired by the Japanese manga and movie series Lone Wolf and Cub, and tells the story of a father and his son on the run from the Shogun he once worked for. Luckily, the father is a skilled swordsman and has survived the numerous attempts to kill him. But now the Shogun, in desperation, fires his Master of Assassins and hires three super-killers from the West to finally track down his lone rogue enemy. The Master of Assassins has been training his own secret weapon, however - a beautiful young female ninja who is in fact, unbeknownst to everyone but her master, the bastard daughter of the rogue himself. Soon enough all these players will meet and fight to the death in an Armageddon of bloodshed on the road to hell!

, which will be presented with a (new) live film score, performed by Relâche. Phillyist, for one, loves an evening of live music and suspense. (Especially one that doesn't require that we dress up or spring for a gift.)