THE NEST (dir. Sean Durkin): Film review
Carrie Coon torches the screen contemporary version of a costume drama
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10 Picks for the 2020 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
The Fringe Festival kinda crept up on us this year, but here are a few shows we’re looking out for this festival.
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I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS (dir. Charlie Kaufman): Film review
Maybe my love for this movie is mostly because it’s a rock-and-roll act of writing
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The Time of Your Life by William Saroyan (1940): Chosen by Committee Episode 22
William Saroyan’s The Time of Your Life presents a colorful cast of drinkers. Josh, John, and Chris liked it a bunch.
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From Stage to Streaming in 90 Days: Act II battles Electile Dystfunction with tech start-up Surfcode
Ambler theater begins streaming its election-themed show this week.
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Olyvia Kwok: Art museums as a method for attracting art collectors
Olyvia Kwok, London’s most reputed art collector and investor, believes that ‘Art is unregulated’.
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois by Robert E. Sherwood (1939): Chosen by Committee Episode 21
In this episode of Chosen by Committee, hosts Josh, John, and Chris wonder how Robert E. Sherwood won the 1939 Pulitzer.
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SPUTNIK (dir. Egor Abramenko): Film review
A crafty sci-fi thriller that fans of the genre will find compelling
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Our Town by Thornton Wilder (1938): Chosen by Committee SPECIAL LIVE EDITION (episode 20)
Oh no! John Rosenberg is moving to LA! To see him off and celebrate the 20th episode of Chosen by Committee, the podders got together and recorded LIVE in John’s backyard!
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You Can’t Take It With You by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart (1937): Chosen by Committee Episode 19
George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1937 for You Can’t Take it With You.
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Art in the Time of COVID: Two new projects from Ninth Planet
Can the performing arts survive a pandemic? Ninth Planet’s answer is a resounding yes.
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Idiot’s Delight by Robert E. Sherwood (1936): Chosen by Committee Episode 18
Josh, Chris, and John discuss Idiot’s Delight, the first of three (!!!) Pulitzer Prize-winning plays by Robert E. Sherwood.
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IRC Goes Into the Absurd with A Weekly Virtually Existential Dinner Conversation
Philly’s absurdist theater company continues to bring good nothingness to life even in this time of absurd nothingness
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Tempesta di Mare launches behind-the-scenes look at baroque music
Tempesta di Mare launches a new virtual series, Tempesta Talks, with a look at Telemann’s fantastic Quixote Suite
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The Old Maid by Zoe Akins (1935): Chosen by Committee Episode 17
We consider expectations of female-penned literature, the role of casual racism, and Edith Wharton.
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Men in White by Sidney Kingsley (1934): Chosen by Committee Episode 16
Josh, John, and Chris discuss Men in White, the history of medicine, and good tv shows set in hospitals.
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Be an #artshero: Campaign calls on Senate to pass emergency funding for the arts
An intersectional grassroots campaign tocalls on the 5.1 million Americans employed in the U.S. Arts & Culture sector to urge all 100 Senators to pass massive economic relief by August 1.
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Both Your Houses by Maxwell Anderson (1933): Chosen by Committee Episode 15
Chris rambles about economics, Josh sings a bit of Hamilton, and the trio discuss the West Wing.
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RELIC (dir. Natalie Erika James): Film review
The scariest thing I can think of, outside of a talking octopus that walks on land, is mental decline
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Of Thee I Sing by George & Ira Gershwin, George S. Kaufman, and Morrie Ryskind (1932): Chosen by Committee Episode 14
This episode of Chosen by Committee talks about our first musical winner, Of Thee I Sing
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