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Author: Kathryn Osenlund

Kathryn Osenlund, theater and film junkie, is a former National Critics Institute fellow, NEA fellow in Arts Journalism, and member of the American Theater Critics Assn Steinberg and Osborn playwriting awards committee. A Barrymore Award nominator and professor emeritus in communications and theater, Kathryn also writes for NY-based CurtainUp.com. On twitter @theatrendorphin.
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Looking Back: An early Pig Iron production

Kathryn Osenlund October 26, 2020 No Comments

ames Joyce is Dead And So Is Paris was presented at Christ Church Annex in Old City in 2003. It was something else!

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Theater

Looking Back: Two works by Thaddeus Phillips

Kathryn Osenlund October 6, 2020 No Comments

In today’s edition of my look back on theater from years past, I remember two Thaddeus Phillips works from 2015 and 2017: Alias Ellis Mackenzie and A Billion Nights on Earth.

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Features Theater

Looking Back: I Am My Own Wife at the Wilma and Theatre Horizon

Kathryn Osenlund October 5, 2020 No Comments

Kathryn Osenlund remembers two productions of I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright. 

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Chekhov lizard brain
Features Fringe Festival Theater

Looking Back: Chekhov Lizardbrain & Red Eye to Havre de Grace

Kathryn Osenlund October 1, 2020 No Comments

Kathryn Osenlund remembers two productions from Fringe Festivals past

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Bristol Riverside Jesus Christ Superstar theatre review
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Looking Back at the Theater: Remembering two outstanding performances at Bristol Riverside Theater (BRT)

Kathryn Osenlund September 28, 2020 2 Comments

In a new series, Phindie takes a walk down memory lane to briefly revisit memorable theater performances in Philadelphia and environs.

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Damon Bonetti as Mercutio in The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre’s 2008 production of ROMEO AND JULIET (Photo credit: John Bansemer)
Features Theater

Remembering Mercutios and Tybalts

Kathryn Osenlund April 9, 2020 2 Comments

In recent days of home-captivity my mind has wandered to Romeo & Juliet performances, new and old. But I’m more interested in Mercutio and Tybalt than the star-crossed lovers.

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Quintessence Theatre Hamlet review
Features Theater

Remembering Hamlets

Kathryn Osenlund March 28, 2020 9 Comments

Cooped up inside, with no theater in sight, I’m remembering Hamlets I’ve known.

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Reviews Theater

DESCRIBE THE NIGHT (Wilma): Put on your thinking caps

Kathryn Osenlund February 6, 2020 1 Comment

Put on your thinking cap if you’re thinking of going to see DESCRIBE THE NIGHT

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A Woman of No Importance Walnut review
Reviews Theater

A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (Walnut Street): Dropping a stream of bon mots from the sofa

Kathryn Osenlund January 30, 2020 1 Comment

How wonderful that we have Oscar Wilde’s works and can go and see his plays

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THE SNOW QUEEN (Arden Children’s Theatre): Not a sugar-coated fairy tale

Kathryn Osenlund December 17, 2019 1 Comment

“In the realm of the unknown, kids and adults have pretty much the same needs: courage, resilience, protection.” 

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mccarter frankenstein review
Reviews Theater

MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN (Lookingglass Theatre Company at McCarter): Second review

Kathryn Osenlund October 27, 2019 No Comments

There’s ethereal magic to be found in this stripped and reconstituted Victorian Gothic piece

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THE MURDER AND BOOZE CABARET (Love Drunk Life) 2019 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 20, 2019 No Comments

Recreates the breezy cynicism of a 1920s speakeasy

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COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA (IRC): 2019 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 19, 2019 No Comments

IRC widens the scope of what absurdism means in our absurd world

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RED LODGE, MONTANA (The Antidote): 2019 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 17, 2019 1 Comment

A bizarro fusion of indolence, violence, nudity, sex, and dance

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A MANAYUNK MYSTERY TOUR (Manayunk Theatre Company): 2019 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 15, 2019 No Comments

Shadowy figures lurk on the dark towpath under the Green Lane Bridge. That would be us.

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CONSTELLATIONS (Quantum Theater Group/Wings of Paper): 60-second review

Kathryn Osenlund August 14, 2019 2 Comments

This is a fine production and it’s exciting to have a new Northeast Philly theater company.

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Irving Berlin’s HOLIDAY INN (Surflight Theatre): 60-second review

Kathryn Osenlund June 13, 2019 No Comments

This HOLIDAY INN is very, very impressive for a regional seashore show, in fact it would be impressive anywhere,

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THE GODS OF COMEDY (McCarter Theatre): 60-second review

Kathryn Osenlund March 19, 2019 No Comments

A charming comedy buried under an avalanche of frenetic activity

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GEM OF THE OCEAN (Arden): A thing of beauty

Kathryn Osenlund March 12, 2019 No Comments

GEM OF THE OCEAN is about a lot of things, including race, mysticism, and murder.

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BOB: A LIFE IN FIVE ACTS (Azuka Theatre): Great things are done by a series of small things brought together

Kathryn Osenlund March 8, 2019 No Comments

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together —Vincent Van Gogh When Bob is born and immediately deserted in a White…

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