Theater in Sketch: TOMMY AND ME (Theatre Exile)
Looking at the past, TOMMY AND ME carries us into the psychological interaction between dreams and reality.
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BUZZER (Theatre Exile): We wouldn’t come here if we didn’t live here
A provocative and dismaying story, conveyed through complex characters rather than through statistics and theories
LOST GIRLS (Theatre Exile): We are all capable of redemption
Yes, that was me sobbing on opening night of LOST GIRLS.
GUARDS AT THE TAJ (Theatre Exile): Beauty and brutality join hands
The debate central to Rajiv Joseph’s absorbing new play isn’t just talk: when you lose this one, you really lose.
Barrymore Awards Nominations
Industry insiders vote on their favorite shows and artists in their community from the preceding theater season. The resulting awards recognize the best that Philly stages have to offer, and also musicals.
TOMMY & ME (Theatre Exile): Theatrical touchdown
A lovely and elegiac look at how a sportswriter developed his love for football and friendship with an Eagles quarterback.
TOMMY AND ME (Theatre Exile): There am I in the midst of them
TOMMY AND ME does a lot to make itself likable. Didinger’s love for McDonald is evident and provides a herculean effort towards making the play work. It’s incredibly tempting to allow yourself to be swept away in a sea of sincerity.
The Power of the Invisible Hand: Interview with Anthony Mustafa Adair as Dar, a Pakistani captor, at Theatre Exile
Theatre Exile’s production of THE INVISIBLE HAND features an all-star creative team. We interviewed them.
Men At Some Time Are Masters of Their Fates: Interview with Maboud Ebrahimzadeh on THE INVISIBLE HAND
Theatre Exile’s production of THE INVISIBLE HAND features an all-star creative team. We interviewed them.
Taken Hostage By a Play: Interview with Ian Merrill Peakes on THE INVISIBLE HAND
Theatre Exile’s production of THE INVISIBLE HAND features an all-star creative team. We interviewed them.
The Invisible Hand of Director Matt Pfeiffer
Theatre Exile’s production of THE INVISIBLE HAND features an all-star creative team. We interviewed them.
THE INVISIBLE HAND (Theatre Exile): A gripping, thinking person’s play about the wages of self-interest
To call THE INVISIBLE HAND dramatic would be an understatement.
[podcast] J. Paul Nicholas on THE INVISIBLE HAND
J. Paul Nicholas on the politics and conversations that surround this well-executed production.
SMOKE (Theatre Exile): Sexy but unsettling
Kim Davies’s SMOKE is a dangerous experiment in sexual politics In the taboo world of kink parties.
[podcast] Theatre Exile’s safe word is #SMOKE
Darnelle Radford chats to Deb Block about Theatre Exile’s production of SMOKE by Kim Davies
S&M, Sexual Politics, and SMOKE from a Female Perspective: An interview with Theatre Exile’s Deborah Block
Director Deborah Block discusses her approach to the socio-sexual themes in Theatre Exile’s Philadelphia premiere of Kim Davies’ SMOKE.
Second Acts: Top Philly playwright Bruce Graham talks FUNNYMAN and life in the theater
When you think Philadelphia theater, you think Bruce Graham. He shares his thoughts about his latest play, the state of theater in Philadelphia, and the art of writing plays.
The Best in Philadelphia Theater, 2015
Each January, local theater critic Neal Zoren announces his picks for the best in Philadelphia theater over the previous calendar year.
And the Winners Are… 2015 Barrymore Award winners
2015 Barrymore Awards recipients by award category
Sketching Theater: RIZZO (Theatre Exile)
Artist Aaron Krolikowski provides first-hand accounts of events. Not in words, but in sketch.
