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View More Wonder Woman 1984 (dir. Patty Jenkins): Film reviewCategory: Theater
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The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett (1956): Chosen by Committee Episode 34
Josh, John, and Chris discuss Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett’s dramatization of The Diary of Anne Frank, which won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1956.
View More The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett (1956): Chosen by Committee Episode 34Promising Young Woman (dir. Emerald Fennell): Film review
A stylish, angry feminist thriller/dark comedy with attitude to burn.
View More Promising Young Woman (dir. Emerald Fennell): Film reviewThe State of Theater Before the Pandemic
A valuable look at the state of American theater on the eve of the pandemic
View More The State of Theater Before the PandemicCat On A Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams (1955): Chosen by Committee Episode 33
In 1955, playwright Tennessee Williams won his second Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
View More Cat On A Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams (1955): Chosen by Committee Episode 33The Teahouse Of The August Moon by John Patrick (1954): Chosen by Committee Episode 32
This week, hosts Josh, John, and Chris talk about racism, identity, and 1954’s Pulitzer winner The Teahouse of August Moon
View More The Teahouse Of The August Moon by John Patrick (1954): Chosen by Committee Episode 32Two Philly Artists Receive 2021 Creative Capital Awards
Creative Capital announced the selection of 35 projects, the work of 42 individual artists, for the 2021 Creative Capital Awards, including works by two Philadelphia…
View More Two Philly Artists Receive 2021 Creative Capital AwardsDirecting THE WOLVES: Nell Bang-Jensen helms a talented team at PTC
THE WOLVES has been reconfigured as a virtual performance, with the same talented all-female-identifying cast and the same devastating drama.
View More Directing THE WOLVES: Nell Bang-Jensen helms a talented team at PTCFig Tree Stories: Elder tales told during interesting times
At Mending Spirit, Art for Healing, we often speak about casting one pebble into one pond.
View More Fig Tree Stories: Elder tales told during interesting timesPicnic by William Inge (1953): Chosen by Committee Episode 31
William Inge, his place in the American dramatic canon, and queer coding.
View More Picnic by William Inge (1953): Chosen by Committee Episode 31Recording HEROES: Wilma’s Kellie Mecleary talks about producing a digital, site-specific production
In Will Arbery’s HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING, four Catholic conservative friends gather at a late-night backyard party in Wyoming, shortly before the 2017 eclipse.…
View More Recording HEROES: Wilma’s Kellie Mecleary talks about producing a digital, site-specific productionTackling THE WOLVES: Star Hanna Gaffney talks about working on the new PTC production
Hanna Gaffney’s character is the center of much of the action in Sarah DeLappe’s wonderfully naturalistic new play
View More Tackling THE WOLVES: Star Hanna Gaffney talks about working on the new PTC productionHenri Matisse’s 8 Art Styles
Have you ever craved a different form of creative inspiration? Then meet Henri Matisse, one of the greatest artists in all of modern art. With…
View More Henri Matisse’s 8 Art StylesThe Shrike by Joseph Kramm (1952): Chosen by Committee Episode 30
Touching on issues of mental illness, fitting into a crazy world, and hating your wife, THE SHRIKE marks the high water mark for Philadelphia playwright Joseph Kramm.
View More The Shrike by Joseph Kramm (1952): Chosen by Committee Episode 30Vanguard (dir. Stanley Tong): Film review
Jackie Chan, who is now in his sixties, shows us he can still exchange punches and kicks with the best of them.
View More Vanguard (dir. Stanley Tong): Film reviewSouth Pacific by Rogers and Hammerstein (1950): Chosen by Committee Episode 29
Recorded on the night after the U.S. Presidential Election: John, Josh, and Chris discuss Rogers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific as well as the duos previous…
View More South Pacific by Rogers and Hammerstein (1950): Chosen by Committee Episode 29FREAKY (dir. Christopher Landon): Film review
By mashing up horror tropes with sci-fi concepts, Christopher Landon creates movies that are fun to watch, above all else
View More FREAKY (dir. Christopher Landon): Film reviewDeadline (1980 – dir. Mario Azzopardi): Philadelphia Film Festival review
Hopefully the circulation of this new print of Deadline will lead to some rowdy retrospective screenings once they’re safe to hold again.
View More Deadline (1980 – dir. Mario Azzopardi): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewDeath of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (1949): Chosen by Committee episode 28
We talk about Arthur Miller, specifically Death of.a Salesman (1949) with a dash of All my Sons, as a treat.
View More Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (1949): Chosen by Committee episode 28Shakespeare in Clark Park revisits its theater for Every Everyman
A movie about the socially distanced Pageant Wagon that toured West Philly this Fall.
View More Shakespeare in Clark Park revisits its theater for Every Everyman