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Tag: Arden Theatre Company

News and reviews for the Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia.

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MY GENERAL TUBMAN (Arden): Ancestors calling

Toby Zinman January 24, 2020 No Comments

Time travel as spiritual reality and a throbbing moral obligation

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THE SNOW QUEEN (Arden Children’s Theatre): Not a sugar-coated fairy tale

Kathryn Osenlund December 17, 2019 1 Comment

“In the realm of the unknown, kids and adults have pretty much the same needs: courage, resilience, protection.” 

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And the winners are… 2019 Barrymore Award recipients

Christopher Munden October 14, 2019 No Comments

Hey, who won a 2019 Barrymore Award?

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Onstage Magic: Skip Robinson on playing Harry Houdini in RAGTIME

Debra Danese September 12, 2019 No Comments

Skip Robinson is bringing to stage one of the greatest escape artists in history in Arden Theatre’s Ragtime.

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Philadelphia theater through the eyes of J. Cooper Robb, Part 2: 2004

Henrik Eger September 2, 2019 No Comments

Revisiting Philly theater history through the eyes of one of its finest critics.

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Philadelphia Theater through the eyes of J. Cooper Robb, Part 1: 2002–2003

Henrik Eger August 31, 2019 No Comments

Remembering Philadelphia theater history through the eyes of a venerable theater reviewer.

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Up and Over the Rainbow: The Impact of Judy Garland on the work of Tyler Houchins

Henrik Eger June 14, 2019 1 Comment

From being bullied to falling in love with Judy Garland. Tyler Houchins takes us down the yellow brick road.

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Theater in Sketch: CHARLOTTE’S WEB (Arden Theatre)

Chuck Schultz January 25, 2019 No Comments

Looking at Arden Childrens Theater in words and sketch

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Life Inspires Art, Art Inspires Life in Kash Goins’s 74 SECONDS… TO JUDGMENT

Christopher Munden January 24, 2019 1 Comment

Kash Goins gets a message from Valerie Castile, mother of the man who inspired 74 SECONDS… TO JUDGMENT

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A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 (Arden): Imagining another Nora

Naomi Orwin November 7, 2018 2 Comments

Naomi Orwin asks: Would a woman have envisioned a different Nora? A different Torvald?

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A Door Slams, A Door Opens: Previewing A DOLL’S HOUSE PART 2 at the Arden

Chuck Schultz October 31, 2018 No Comments

Chuck Schultz previews Lucas Hnath’s sequel to Ibsen’s classic.

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FUN HOME (Arden Theatre): LOL misery

Kathryn Osenlund May 29, 2018 2 Comments

The Bechdel family has a funeral home (dubbed Fun Home by the kids) and also a not-fun family home.

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THE BLUEST EYE (Arden): Bringing Toni Morrison to the stage

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper March 22, 2018 1 Comment

In adapting THE BLUEST EYE, Lydia R. Diamond trusts Toni Morrison.

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Back to Prison: Playwright Kash Goins on his reprised play V to X at Arden Theatre

Christopher Munden March 15, 2018 1 Comment

Kash Goins talks to Phindie about the new production of his acclaimed prison drama and the Arden’s coming season.

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A DOLL’S HOUSE (Arden): Ibsen for our times

Christopher Munden January 23, 2018 No Comments

A timelessly relevant damnation of our human falsehoods is also an au courant commentary on sexism.

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TOUCHTONES (Arden): This must be a bad connection

Kathryn Osenlund October 30, 2017 No Comments

Naughty and nice collide in TOUCHTONES, a musical fantasy in world premiere at the Arden.

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TOUCHTONES (Arden): 60-second review

Cameron Kelsall October 26, 2017 No Comments

This treacly throwback neither titillates nor liberates.

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CABARET (Arden): Glücklich zu sehen?

Cameron Kelsall September 29, 2017 No Comments

CABARET has taken on a new level of relevance, but Matthew Decker’s re-creation of Sam Mendes’ famous production remains stuck in the past.

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In Judgment of Wrongs: A biting premiere on American injustice launches Kash Goins’s residency at the Arden

Christopher Munden August 30, 2017 2 Comments

In 2016, Philly playwright Kash Goins took a look at the human costs of mass incarceration in his nuanced, intimate original drama V to X…

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2016-2017 Phindie Critics’ Awards

Cameron Kelsall August 26, 2017 3 Comments

Philadelphia theater writers choose their favorite plays of the last season.

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