Lord its tempting to give them loopy names like Parmenion, and Agamemnon, and so forth, but I think they really want easy names like Mike and Nick etc… Both actors in this two-hander really feel real in their fastidiously built portrayals, and David Saint directs the play to really feel like it’s shifting steadily on four wheels, the identical way he directed this season’s Off-Broadway success “Clever Little Lies” with Marlo Thomas. Even after a fast stop again dwelling to get a bundle that I’d forgotten, I made it in good time (slightly over an hour one way), solely to seek out that Lyssa was still feeling poorly after finals. In my protection, I’d wish to say that I wasn’t the driver on this journey, but in Hasufin’s defense I’d additionally prefer to say that in the Washington, DC space one can not simply make three rights and have gone around the block to turn around. That may need made for a great play, but Laura Eason’s “Sex with Strangers” is much better than a simply good play. After which, on a snowy evening inside a cozy house far from the quick lane, Ethan meets a stranger, an older lady named Olivia.

Photo courtesy of Shofuso Japanese House and Garden. Photo courtesy of the Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival. Japanese Cherry Blossom Celebration at Morris Arboretum Morris Arboretum hosts its annual Japanese Cherry Blossom Celebration on two Saturdays this 12 months, April 9 and sixteen with traditional Japanese cultural activities, the “Cherry Walk,” Kyo Daiko Drumming Crew, tea demonstrations, origami workshops, kimono dressing demonstrations, and extra, 10am-3pm, celebrating Japanese art, tradition and gardens inspired by the 35 types of cherry bushes that blossom every spring in the 92 acre horticultural garden at 100 East Northwestern Avenue, Chestnut Hill. Highlights include Japanese Culture Week at Liberty Place, the Cherry Blossom 10K/5K, “Sakura Under the Stars,” sushi making classes, novice sushi making competitors, film screening, and extra, culminating in the annual “Sakura Sunday,” an all-day outside celebration that includes food, live music, dance performances, and activities for all ages on April 17 at the Fairmount Park Horticulture Center.

Shofuso is now open for the season and presents tea ceremonies, workshops, Sakura Sunday, Tanabata (traditional Japanese star festival held midsummer), and new this year – Shogi (Japanese chess) Tournament – on the grounds of the Horticulture Center, Lansdowne and Horticultural Drives. Walk the grounds to see blossoming crocus, daffodils, tulips, azaleas, and extra, or go to the conservatory to get pleasure from lilies, echium, hydrangeas and more. Peak bloom is mid to late April when the 600 foot long Flower Garden Walk boasts over 240,000 tulips and different seasonal flowers, at 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, PA. Spring Blooms at Longwood Gardens Take in this year’s Spring Blooms at Longwood Gardens as indoor and some out of doors gardens burst with seasonal color. Heard ‘Round the World” will display at this year’s festival. “The Room.” All festival screenings April 7-23 are at PhilaMOCA, 531 N. Twelfth Street, Philadelphia. What’s Happening Cinedelphia Film Festival Cinedelphia Film Festival is back for an additional yr with an eclectic lineup of films showcasing attention-grabbing work hardly ever seen in Philadelphia.

The Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia returns for its nineteenth yr to celebrate Philadelphia’s wealthy cultural connections with the art, music, meals, pure beauty and business of Japan with a week’s price of events, April 11-17, in Philadelphia and all through the area. Shofuso Japanese House and Garden Shofuso Japanese House and Garden, positioned in Philadelphia’s West Fairmount Park, was inbuilt Japan in 1953 utilizing traditional methods and materials and moved to Philadelphia on the location of a number of earlier Japanese buildings constantly maintained for the reason that 1876 Centennial Exposition. In Kyle Coffman’s portrayal at Philadelphia Theatre Company’s “Sex with Strangers,” the younger Ethan is cocky, menacing, fast-tongued and some degrees too smooth: a total scam artist, I believed. The Internet is making for some good drama these days – along with “Sex with Strangers,” try “The Nether” at Interact Theatre Company, a pair blocks away. What occurs when people want to throw away the personas they’ve created on the internet – fictitious, real, or a mixture of each? The compelling “Sex with Strangers” looks at two disparate folks who have what each other needs: Claudia has respectability, Ethan has fame and a following. Anyone (male or feminine) who asks me about my sex life gets the purple light.