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In episode 2 of Chosen by Committee, the podcast considering every play which won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, hosts Josh, John, and Christopher discuss Eugene O’Neill’s 1920 tragedy. They mostly loved it.
View More Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O’Neill (1920): Chosen by Committee Episode 2
Cooped up inside, with no theater in sight, I’m remembering Hamlets I’ve known.
View More Remembering Hamlets
Our last post of videos of recent Philly theater productions proved popular, so we’re sharing another. Here are five more recordings to get you through.
View More More Videos of Philadelphia Theater to Get You Through the Shutdown
Beginning a discussion of every play which won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama
View More WHY MARRY? by Jesse Lynch Williams (1918): Chosen by Committee Episode 1
Hella Fresh Theater’s production of Osceola lives on in these theaterless times thanks to photographer Kyle Cassidy and videographer Brian Siano, who adapted it for the screen.
View More Watch OSCEOLA the Film: Stream a recent Philly theater production
Perhaps you find yourself with some time on your hands and a yearning for those bygone days when there were theater shows in Philadelphia. To get you through these dark days, check out these video recordings of recent local shows.
View More Videos of Philadelphia Theater to Get You Through the Shutdown
They said the show must always go on, so what will happen when they no longer can? Broadway producer and entertainment attorney Richard Roth talks to us the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on NYC show business?
View More How Will the COVID-19 Shutdown Affect Broadway?
Another take on POPCORN FALLS
View More POPCORN FALLS (Walnut Street): Ups and downs and non-stop surprises
The pandemic is here. It’s time for the theaters to close
View More The Shows Need To Close
Matt Pfeiffer talks love of Shakespeare and SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
View More Bringing Shakespeare to Life: Interview with director Matt Pfeiffer about SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (People’s Light)
An unexpected friendship
View More KEELY AND DU (Allens Lane): 60-second review
“What I like most about POPCORN FALLS is that there is a real heart to it.”
View More Excess of imagination and amazing muscle memory in POPCORN FALLS: Interview with multiple-role actors Luke Bradt and Dan Olmstead
Popcorn Falls is not the town it used to be! The historic waterfall (with some fictional connection to George Washington) has been dammed up. Tourists…
View More POPCORN FALLS (Walnut Street): A disservice to small towns and comedy
For those that were worried that Turn, a musical exploration of being a black woman in America through the lens of Shakespeare’s Othello, might be…
View More TURN (Kimmel Center) 60-second review
Sebastian Barry, author of The Steward of Christendom, is a major Irish playwright. I am a major fan of Irish drama. Irish Heritage Theatre, whose…
View More THE STEWARD OF CHRISTENDOM (IRT): What went wrong?
Theater in Philadelphia in March 2020.
View More Philadelphia Theater Calendar March 2020
I ♥ ALICE ♥ I at Curio Theatre feels a lot like home to Josh Herren
View More I ♥ ALICE ♥ I (Curio): Feels like home
Philadelphia Theatre Company’s production of Chelsea Marcantel’s emotional and thought-provoking Everything is Wonderful is gorgeous
View More EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL (PTC): 60-second review
Josh Herren realizes he simply loves HELLO, DOLLY!
View More HELLO, DOLLY! (touring): Call on Dolly
Families, as we know, have secrets
View More [nyc] THE HEADLANDS (Lincoln Center): Unraveling a family history