Sebastian has created a hilarious faux news Kickstarter video lambasting racism, homophobia, and media vacuity. If the show is going to be this good, it’s worth throwing in a couple bucks.
View More Do Not Give This Man Your Money: Sebastian’s hilarious Kickstarter videoAuthor: Christopher Munden
Back on Stage After 12 Years: Deborah Crocker returns for SmokeyScout’s Nice and Fresh January!
Theater, dance, circus, and a return to the stage after 12 years. Nice and Fresh January is supremely accessible performance art.
View More Back on Stage After 12 Years: Deborah Crocker returns for SmokeyScout’s Nice and Fresh January!DOUBT: A Parable (Lantern): Some things are certain
It may be daunting for theaters to produce the original theatrical source for a well-regarded movie, but Lantern Theater Company’s DOUBT shows why some plays are worth reclaiming for the stage.
View More DOUBT: A Parable (Lantern): Some things are certainA LIFE IN THE THEATRE (Walnut): 60-second review
David Mamet’s amusing A LIFE IN THE THEATRE uses the simple interplay of two actors backstage at a repertory company, to talk about life outside the theater.
View More A LIFE IN THE THEATRE (Walnut): 60-second reviewTHE BODY OF AN AMERICAN (Wilma): War lives in all of us
Did anyone anywhere actually believe that being photographed would take away the soul, or is that the kind of ethnocentric nonsense we need good foreign journalism to counter?
View More THE BODY OF AN AMERICAN (Wilma): War lives in all of usWomen ON THE VERGE: Kittson O’Neill and Jennifer Summerfield on Hedgerow’s wacky new comedy
Hedgerow fellow Brock Vickers sat down to talk to director Kittson O’Neill and actor Jennifer Summerfield about the theater’s January production.
View More Women ON THE VERGE: Kittson O’Neill and Jennifer Summerfield on Hedgerow’s wacky new comedyNeal Zoren announces his picks for the best in Philadelphia theater, 2014
Each January, local critic Neil Zoren announces his favorite production, direction, and male and female actor and male and female supporting actor for the previous calendar year.
View More Neal Zoren announces his picks for the best in Philadelphia theater, 2014Code of Practice for Theater Critics
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View More Code of Practice for Theater CriticsPhindie in 2014: The most-read articles of the past year
The first complete calendar year of Phindie’s existence is almost at a close. This year Phindie published almost 500 pieces on local theater, dance, and other arts. We look back at the articles which you liked the most in 2014. Here are the top ten in various categories.
View More Phindie in 2014: The most-read articles of the past yearJosh McIlvain’s SLIDESHOW: A bizarre recreation of a bygone ritual
I was born in the late 1970s, so my childhood only just coincided with the days of the family slideshow. We never had one in my…
View More Josh McIlvain’s SLIDESHOW: A bizarre recreation of a bygone ritual“Musicians of Silence”: MUMMENSCHANZ returns to the Annenberg
MUMMENSCHANZ transform the ordinary into extraordinary using everyday objects and silent storytelling.
View More “Musicians of Silence”: MUMMENSCHANZ returns to the AnnenbergTHIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS (1812): 60-second review
With references to Throwback Thursday, Snapchat, and that annoying five-second wait to skip a YouTube video, the show focuses our attention on the funny intricacies that make up our times.
View More THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS (1812): 60-second reviewTheater, dance, and circus for the price of a sandwich: NICE AND FRESH December
This month features circus heroes Almanac, Philadanco alum Lauren Putty White, a short by SmokeyScout artistic director Josh McIlvain, and the return of prodigal playwright John Rosenberg.
View More Theater, dance, and circus for the price of a sandwich: NICE AND FRESH DecemberOpens this week, runs through 2028: THE SINCERITY PROJECT (Team Sunshine), a 24-year experiment
Can theater be sincere? What does it mean to reveal personal secrets onstage? Is truth a form of performance? Find out.
View More Opens this week, runs through 2028: THE SINCERITY PROJECT (Team Sunshine), a 24-year experimentDominicana Dreamin’: Erlina Ortiz on Latin American theater and her new play, MORIR SONYANDO
Power Street Theatre was founded in 2012 by two Latina Temple alums to showcase the talents of Latin American theater artists. It’s biggest production to…
View More Dominicana Dreamin’: Erlina Ortiz on Latin American theater and her new play, MORIR SONYANDOFall Series (BalletX): Darkness on the edge of ballet
BalletX’s Fall Series features three disparate dances united by evocative lighting schemes and the genre-stretching beauty of movement which characterizes the company.
View More Fall Series (BalletX): Darkness on the edge of balletTHE MATTER OF FRANK SCHAEFER (Curio): Go and do likewise
Curio personalizes a national news story: THE MATTER OF FRANK SCHAEFER, a Methodist priest defrocked for officiating his son’s same sex wedding.
View More THE MATTER OF FRANK SCHAEFER (Curio): Go and do likewisePESTS opens Inis Nua’s reading series tonight
Vivienne Franzmann’s new play, PESTS, is the first offering of Inis Nua Theatre Company’s 2014/15 reading series
View More PESTS opens Inis Nua’s reading series tonightBIG LOVE (Villanova): 60-second review
Based upon a 2,500-year-old classical Greek play, BIG LOVE tells the story of 50 brides who show up at an Italian mansion, fleeing their 50 cousins/potential husbands.
View More BIG LOVE (Villanova): 60-second review[audio] Exclusive reading of John Rosenberg’s CANA OF GALILEE (Hella Fresh Theater)
Exclusive recording of John Rosenberg’s CANA OF GALILEE, a full-length play only performed once, in a living room in Philadelphia, April 2014.
View More [audio] Exclusive reading of John Rosenberg’s CANA OF GALILEE (Hella Fresh Theater)