A play of little importance
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MY GENERAL TUBMAN (Arden): Ancestors calling
Time travel as spiritual reality and a throbbing moral obligation
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THE GENTLEMEN (dir. Guy Ritchie): Film review
Ritchie is celebrating a welcome return to form, complete with bullets, Brits, and enough creative uses of the word “cunt” to make your grandmother shake her head in shame
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THURGOOD (Walnut Street): A supreme life
Johnnie Hobbs Jr. stars in a biographical play about Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall
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THE VERTICAL HOUR (Lantern): Still means something
David Hare has the uncanny knack of being able to talk out of both sides of his mouth.
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CHESS: THE MUSICAL (11th Hour): Cold War on the board
The precision and sense of drama makes you almost forget this is a concert and not a fully staged production.
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CATS (dir. Tom Hooper): A sin against theater, film, cats, and humanity
Maybe one day I’ll be able to scrape its rancid essence from my memory entirely.
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THE SNOW QUEEN (Arden Children’s Theatre): Not a sugar-coated fairy tale
“In the realm of the unknown, kids and adults have pretty much the same needs: courage, resilience, protection.”
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Natalia Kazaryan at the APS: Champion pianist champions undervalued composers
The three gems sound quite modern more than 100 years after they were written.
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TYDINGS TREW (Piffaro): Shining with warmth and light
Is it anachronistic to seek out Renaissance music in this age of cybernetics?
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George Balanchine’s THE NUTCRACKER (PA Ballet): Much more than a holiday tradition
A brilliant NUTCRACKER shows the company’s heightened artistry.
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SPONGEBOB THE MUSICAL (Forrest Theatre): An Unlikely Hero
Philadelphia gets a visit from Bikini Bottom in Spongebob the Musical.
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FALL SERIES (BalletX): Stellar ballet
An unexpected holiday show from BalletX
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LITTLE JOE (dir. Jessica Hausner): Film review
A high concept, a solid design, and more than a few creepy moments rooted in existential terror, but struggles to fill a feature-length run-time
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LITTLE RED ROBIN HOOD (People’s Light): What is a panto?
Takeaway: Bring your kids to this unique Philadelphia area tradition!
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[nyc] A New(ish) EVITA at New York City Center
Director Sammi Cannoid brings a lot of thought to the Webber/Rice juggernaut EVITA. Can the show’s libretto handle it?
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AWAY (dir. Gints Zilbalodis): Film review
A terrifying yet starkly beautiful world
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[nyc] SLAVE PLAY (Golden Theatre): Process this!
Jeremy O. Harris’ brilliant SLAVE PLAY is designed to shock, provoke, and trigger. It succeeds on all fronts.
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AN ILIAD (Arden): Rage returns to Ilium
A bold, visceral performance giving the strong script its due.
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[nyc] YOUNG MAN FROM ATLANTA (Signature Theatre): Times change
The style—despite a major cast—might be best described as wooden realism
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