Joanie Schultz’s direction centers on masterful and delicate performances by Bebe Neuwirth and John Dossett.
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WOMAN AND SCARECROW (Irish Heritage Theatre): When did this all end in tragedy?
An existential, feminist play of wildly mournful keening, filled with rich Ianguage, intense questions, and rueful comedy
View More WOMAN AND SCARECROW (Irish Heritage Theatre): When did this all end in tragedy?DANCE NATION (Wilma): What it means to be ferociously pubescent
The constant menace of teenage ambition hums under the entire production.
View More DANCE NATION (Wilma): What it means to be ferociously pubescentTHE VAST OF NIGHT (dir. Andrew Patterson): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival review
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
View More THE VAST OF NIGHT (dir. Andrew Patterson): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival reviewBLOW THE MAN DOWN (dir. Bridget Savage Cole + Danielle Krudy): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival review
An exciting film from a duo of filmmakers who I will surely be watching out for.
View More BLOW THE MAN DOWN (dir. Bridget Savage Cole + Danielle Krudy): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival reviewNeal Zoren’s Shows to See in Philadelphia This November
Rundown of Philadelphia theater shows onstage this November
View More Neal Zoren’s Shows to See in Philadelphia This NovemberMARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN (Lookingglass Theatre Company at McCarter): Second review
There’s ethereal magic to be found in this stripped and reconstituted Victorian Gothic piece
View More MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN (Lookingglass Theatre Company at McCarter): Second reviewHARRIET (dir. Kasi Lemmons): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival review
You’ve never seen a movie like HARRIET
View More HARRIET (dir. Kasi Lemmons): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival reviewDOGS DON’T WEAR PANTS (dir. J-P Valkeapää): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival review
Even those not on board with the film’s themes will be won over by the sensory experience
View More DOGS DON’T WEAR PANTS (dir. J-P Valkeapää): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival reviewTHE IRISHMAN (dir. Martin Scorsese): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival review
A stunningly realized world with an ensemble of legends doing what they do best
View More THE IRISHMAN (dir. Martin Scorsese): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival reviewDON QUIXOTE (PA Ballet):
A thrilling reprise from Pennsylvania Ballet
View More DON QUIXOTE (PA Ballet):BACURAU (dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival review
If Bacurau is what an international genre film looks like, color me excited, because it’s a great look.
View More BACURAU (dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival reviewMARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN (McCarter): Overreaching ambition
Theatrically spectacular but without the marvelous profundity of the source novel
View More MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN (McCarter): Overreaching ambitionDEERSKIN (dir. Quentin Dupieux): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival review
There is nobody making films like Quentin Dupieux. The gleefully immature DEERSKIN might be his most mature work yet
View More DEERSKIN (dir. Quentin Dupieux): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival reviewTHE SYNGE TRIPTYCH (Quintessence): Celebrating the common people of Ireland
In repertory with their solid production of PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, the company presents three of Synge’s one-acts as THE SYNGE TRIPTYCH.
View More THE SYNGE TRIPTYCH (Quintessence): Celebrating the common people of IrelandTHE LODGE (dir. Severin Flavia + Veronica Franz): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival review
Appropriately enough, THE LODGE leaves us cold.
View More THE LODGE (dir. Severin Flavia + Veronica Franz): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival reviewJALLIKATTU (dir. Lijo Jose Pellissery): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival review
It’s not to be missed. And that’s no bull.
View More JALLIKATTU (dir. Lijo Jose Pellissery): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival reviewPARASITE (dir. Joon-ho Bong): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival review
This years Palme d’Or winner at Cannes was also the opening night film for the 28th annual Philadelphia Film Festival.
View More PARASITE (dir. Joon-ho Bong): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival reviewDOT (People’s Light): A (fading) memory play
Mmemories fill a family’s West Philadelphia home like radio waves.
View More DOT (People’s Light): A (fading) memory playFALSETTOS (11th Hour Theatre Company): 60-second review
A challenging show, with musically complicated, character-driven songs, that demands performers tell almost the entire story through song.
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