No woods. No cutesy pop-up book set. Just three hours of pure musical theater pleasure: gorgeous melodies, clever lyrics, profound ideas and a dream cast.…
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News and reviews for the Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia.
April Roundup featuring Philly Theater Week
We’re welcoming April with the fifth annual Philadelphia Theater Week, and a roundup of other shows happening this month!
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Pulitzer Podcast Review: STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at the Arden
Chosen by Committee podcasters Josh Herren and Christopher Munden tear themselves from the Pulitzer bookcase to see a live Pulitzer-winning show.
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MY GENERAL TUBMAN (Arden): Ancestors calling
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
“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
Hey, who won a 2019 Barrymore Award?
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Onstage Magic: Skip Robinson on playing Harry Houdini in RAGTIME
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
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
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
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)
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
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 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 previews Lucas Hnath’s sequel to Ibsen’s classic.
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FUN HOME (Arden Theatre): LOL misery
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
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
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
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
Naughty and nice collide in TOUCHTONES, a musical fantasy in world premiere at the Arden.
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TOUCHTONES (Arden): 60-second review
This treacly throwback neither titillates nor liberates.
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