HOW TO WRITE A NEW BOOK FOR THE BIBLE is a story about a life, a biography centered on the changing regard we have for our parents as we see them age.
View More HOW TO WRITE A NEW BOOK FOR THE BIBLE (People’s Light): Old pros take on a new bookCategory: Theater
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PASSION (Arden): Pretty anticlimactic
Excerpted from NealsPaper.com by kind permission. Stephen Sondheim’s musical PASSION comes to a pivotal point at which a young soldier, Giorgio (Ben Michael), suddenly becomes deeply…
View More PASSION (Arden): Pretty anticlimacticA Leap of Faith: Photos and words from the creative team behind Almanac’s newest dance circus theater
The collaborators on Almanac’s newest show of dance circus theater talk about the joys of working for this creative group. Photos by Jenna Spitz.
View More A Leap of Faith: Photos and words from the creative team behind Almanac’s newest dance circus theaterSÉANCE WITH INFINITY (Corey Bechelli and Cory Kram): SoLow review
Up and away in the Larchwood Sky Parlor, artists Corey Bechelli and Cory Cram set about channeling energies from beyond tomorrow.
View More SÉANCE WITH INFINITY (Corey Bechelli and Cory Kram): SoLow reviewA BRIEF HISTORY OF FOOD (Steve Gravelle): SoLow review
Steve Gravelle is a food enthusiast. He is also an accomplished theater artist. Combine these two major ingredients and you have a recipe for some tasty interactive theater
View More A BRIEF HISTORY OF FOOD (Steve Gravelle): SoLow reviewBICYCLE FACE (Hannah Van Sciver): SoLow review
Hannah Van Scriver’s SoLow show looks at the changing face of feminism across the centuries
View More BICYCLE FACE (Hannah Van Sciver): SoLow reviewKatherine Perry talks SEX, SoLow Fest, and why we should definitely WebMD that shit
Katherine Perry wants to talk about sex, baby. An inventively funny comic actor, Katherine is one of nine Bright Invention ensemble members performing an original…
View More Katherine Perry talks SEX, SoLow Fest, and why we should definitely WebMD that shitTHE DREAMS WITHIN US (or, ALL DAY AFFAIR) (Frank Nardi): SoLow review
Come in, grab a name tag, pour yourself a cup of coffee – it’s always free! In THE DREAMS WITHIN US – or “All Day…
View More THE DREAMS WITHIN US (or, ALL DAY AFFAIR) (Frank Nardi): SoLow reviewBrightening Up SoLow Fest: Bright Invention takes over this year’s festival with nine original shows
Nearly a quarter of the works in this year’s SoLow Fest come from one company: Bright Invention.
View More Brightening Up SoLow Fest: Bright Invention takes over this year’s festival with nine original showsPOST HASTE (Hedgerow): A play in fabulous form
“The best ingredients for likeableness are a happy expression of countenance, an unaffected manner, and a sympathetic attitude.” ~ Emily Post, Etiquette A sparkling performance,…
View More POST HASTE (Hedgerow): A play in fabulous formA Car Full of Theater: Nell Bang-Jensen on road trips, small audiences, and her SoLow piece ROAD MAY FLOOD
Nell Bang-Jensen has drive. She’s a high octane, finely tuned machine of fully loaded artistic talent.
View More A Car Full of Theater: Nell Bang-Jensen on road trips, small audiences, and her SoLow piece ROAD MAY FLOODThe SoLow Down: Six picks for SoLow Fest 2015
Phindie’s recommendations for SoLow Fest 2015.
View More The SoLow Down: Six picks for SoLow Fest 2015HANDS UP (Flashpoint): From micro- to macro- aggressions
As the nation mourns the victims of over-zealous policing, Flashpoint Theatre Company’s HANDS UP attempts to make sense of this injustice.
View More HANDS UP (Flashpoint): From micro- to macro- aggressionsHELLO! SADNESS! (Kimmel): Just a glimpse of the divine
All Mary Tuomanen wants to do is tell us a story about Jean Seberg, but things keep coming up.
View More HELLO! SADNESS! (Kimmel): Just a glimpse of the divineBARE: A Pop Opera – In Concert: Bare-bones budget but not a bare-bones sound. Interview with Fernando Gonzales, artistic director of Truth Be Told, Philadelphia
Fernando Gonzales, Philadelphia theater artist and co-director of Truth Be Told Productions, made his regional directing debut with The Shape of Things at the Ritz…
View More BARE: A Pop Opera – In Concert: Bare-bones budget but not a bare-bones sound. Interview with Fernando Gonzales, artistic director of Truth Be Told, PhiladelphiaBORTLE 8 (Chris Davis): 60-second review
Chris Davis’s latest twisted travelog is like Bill Bryson on acid.
View More BORTLE 8 (Chris Davis): 60-second reviewMURDER FOR TWO (PTC): It’s all in the timing
Timing is everything in this 90-minute madcap whirlwind satire of Agatha-Christie-style whodunits.
View More MURDER FOR TWO (PTC): It’s all in the timingTHE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (Lantern): 60-second review
The adaptation appropriates the ludicrous plot points and outlandish characters in Arthur Conan Doyle’s opus for a fast and fun theatrical comedy.
View More THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (Lantern): 60-second reviewVI DEGREES (GoKash): Comrades in erotic arms
VI DEGREES by Kash Goins opens with a playfully sexual banter between an affianced couple: Solomon (Carlo Campbell), a classic tall, dark, and handsome schoolteacher…
View More VI DEGREES (GoKash): Comrades in erotic armsTHE THREE CHRISTS OF MANHATTAN: What would a Christ for today be like?
If Jesus were to appear today, what form would he take? A loving son of God, a Marxist activist, or a corporate exec who wants everyone to be rich?
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