Discover the city that you thought you knew by walking its edges. Walk Around Philadelphia invites you to explore the perimeter of Philadelphia on foot,…
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Make a RENDEVOUS IN BANGKOK: World premiere play premieres this Sunday
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was the most influential American Catholic author of the twentieth century. His autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, sold over one million copies…
View More Make a RENDEVOUS IN BANGKOK: World premiere play premieres this SundayThe Subject Was Roses by Frank Gilroy (1965): Chosen by Committee episode 43
Chosen by Committee · Episode 43- The Subject Was Roses (1965) Today, Frank Gilroy may be best known as the father of screenwriters Tony Gilroy…
View More The Subject Was Roses by Frank Gilroy (1965): Chosen by Committee episode 43BALDWIN AND BUCKLEY AT CAMBRIDGE (Elevator Repair Service): 2021 Fringe review
Like many people, I’m only now returning to in-person shows after 18 months finding other means of distraction. In a typical example, I went down…
View More BALDWIN AND BUCKLEY AT CAMBRIDGE (Elevator Repair Service): 2021 Fringe reviewHow To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (1962): Chosen by Committee episode 42
Based on Shepherd Mead’s 1952 faux self-help book of the same name, the comedy musical How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying won the…
View More How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (1962): Chosen by Committee episode 42Kensington-Style Shakespeare: SCP presents a community interpretation of Pericles
Shakespeare in Clark Park uses Pericles as the launching point for two community-created interpretations in different Philadelphia parks.
View More Kensington-Style Shakespeare: SCP presents a community interpretation of PericlesAll the Way Home by Tad Mosel (1961): Chosen by Committee episode 40
In a long-awaited return to the podcast game, Josh, John, and Chris discuss Tad Mosel’s All the Way Home, winner of the 1961 Pulitzer Prize…
View More All the Way Home by Tad Mosel (1961): Chosen by Committee episode 40Fiorello! by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock (1960): Chosen by Committee episode 39
Back in dark days of January 2021, the podders at Chosen by Committee considered the political biographic musical Fiorello!
View More Fiorello! by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock (1960): Chosen by Committee episode 39Those Who Wish Me Dead (dir. Taylor Sheridan): Film review
A supremely entertaining thriller that delivers its charms in brutal flourishes
View More Those Who Wish Me Dead (dir. Taylor Sheridan): Film reviewZOO MOTEL (Theatre Exile): Checking in to the Zoom room
Catches perfectly the quarantine vibe of feeling isolated, alone, and somehow simultaneously overexposed
View More ZOO MOTEL (Theatre Exile): Checking in to the Zoom roomEnter the ZOO MOTEL with Theatre Exile
From April 15 through May 2, 2021, South Philadelphia theater company Theatre Exile will present an exclusive, limited engagement of the sensational Zoom production of…
View More Enter the ZOO MOTEL with Theatre ExileTake a Sound Break with Lightning Rod Special’s New Audio Series
Lightning Rod Special launches new series of FREE theatrical audio works,
View More Take a Sound Break with Lightning Rod Special’s New Audio SeriesLiving in A DOLL’S HOUSE: An Ibsen adaption for these times
Wife and husband team Jennifer Summerfield and Kyle Cassidy are releasing their quarantine-themed adaptation of A Doll’s House to coincide with the one-year anniversary of Philly’s stay-at-home order,
View More Living in A DOLL’S HOUSE: An Ibsen adaption for these timesA Welsh Play Is Coming: Inis Nua presents HOW TO BE BRAVE
Inis Nua Theatre continues its 17th season with the American premiere of How to Be Brave by Welsh playwright Siân Owen. Set in Newport, Wales,…
View More A Welsh Play Is Coming: Inis Nua presents HOW TO BE BRAVEPAC’s New Play Festival February 14 and 15
The New Venture Reading Series: 10-Minutes Play Festival will be presented online: Sunday, February 14 and Monday, February 15
View More PAC’s New Play Festival February 14 and 15One Night in Miami (dir. Regina King): Film review
A fictionalized meeting of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke, adapted from the play by the same name.
View More One Night in Miami (dir. Regina King): Film reviewJ.B. by Archibald MacLeish (1959): Chosen by Committee Episode 38
On this episode of Chosen by Committee, Josh, John, and Chris talk poetry and bible, and wonder why this play didn’t quite work.
View More J.B. by Archibald MacLeish (1959): Chosen by Committee Episode 38Look Homeward, Angel by Ketti Frings (1958): Chosen by Committee Episode 36
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
View More Look Homeward, Angel by Ketti Frings (1958): Chosen by Committee Episode 36New Online Casinos 2021 | Guide to the best casino for players
In this article, you will learn all the features of new online casinos, including a guide on how to select the best online casino along with pros and cons.
View More New Online Casinos 2021 | Guide to the best casino for playersLong Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill (1957): Chosen by Committee Episode 35
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.
View More Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill (1957): Chosen by Committee Episode 35