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Features

Henrik Eger’s Memorial Service

Christopher Munden January 19, 2021 No Comments

A virtual memorial service held on Sunday, January 17, 2021, for Dr. Henrik Eger, who died January 3, 2021, at the age of 79.

Film Reviews

Psycho Goreman (dir. Steven Kostanski): Film review

Dan Scully January 18, 2021 No Comments

It’s hard to overstate how wonderfully fucked up this movie is.

Features Interviews

Phindie editor Christopher Munden goes Into the Absurd

Smalley Bogg January 15, 2021 No Comments

IRC producing artistic director Tina Brock interviews Christopher Munden about Kensington Soccer Club, Chosen by Committee, his work as a theater critic and editor, and his hungry cat Walter cat.

Theater

One Night in Miami (dir. Regina King): Film review

Dan Scully January 15, 2021 4 Comments

A fictionalized meeting of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke, adapted from the play by the same name.

Podcasts Theater

J.B. by Archibald MacLeish (1959): Chosen by Committee Episode 38

Phindie Podcasts January 14, 2021 No Comments

On this episode of Chosen by Committee, Josh, John, and Chris talk poetry and bible, and wonder why this play didn’t quite work.

Features

Henrik Eger, 1941–2021

Christopher Munden January 11, 2021 6 Comments

The performing arts lost a vocal supporter and the world lost a vibrant presence last weekend. Editor-at-Large Henrik Eger died on Sunday, January 3, 2021, after being admitted to hospital for a heart condition several days earlier. He was 79.

Podcasts Theater

Look Homeward, Angel by Ketti Frings (1958): Chosen by Committee Episode 36

Phindie Podcasts January 4, 2021 No Comments

In 1958 the Pulitzer Prize for Drama went to Look Homeward, Angel, Ketti Frings’s adaptation of the Thomas Wolfe novel. This week’s episode of Chosen by Committee discusses the award-winning play

Features

Phindie’s Most Read Articles of 2020

Christopher Munden December 31, 2020 No Comments

What a fucking year that was.

Music Reviews

Holiday Concerts in Review: 6 shows that went on despite the pandemic

Henrik Eger December 31, 2020 2 Comments

Some of the most beloved choruses and orchestras in the Philadelphia area became creative in entertaining audiences in safe and often unexpected ways via virtual holiday performances.

Podcasts Theater

Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill (1957): Chosen by Committee Episode 35

Phindie Podcasts December 28, 2020 No Comments

This week, hosts Josh, John, and Chris take a long day’s journey into night with the 1957 winner by Eugene O’Neill, his fourth.

Literature

From Doom & Gloom to a New Year’s Resolution: Book review of THE GLOBAL KINDNESS REVOLUTION by Judith Trustone

Tina Gill December 24, 2020 3 Comments

In letting go of my fear of opening up and reaching out, listening and sharing with others, I hope to become more aware and experience the holidays in quiet ways,

Theater

Wonder Woman 1984 (dir. Patty Jenkins): Film review

Dan Scully December 23, 2020 No Comments

Exactly what I needed during this atypical holiday season

Music

A pandemic, a passel of musicians, and panoply of ideas: Scott Ordway’s digital video project Twenty/Twenty

Margaret Darby December 23, 2020 No Comments

A joint project commissioned by Hamilton College, Swarthmore College, Haverford, and Bryn Mawr.

Podcasts Theater

The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett (1956): Chosen by Committee Episode 34

Phindie Podcasts December 20, 2020 No Comments

Josh, John, and Chris discuss Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett’s dramatization of The Diary of Anne Frank, which won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1956.