Once homeless and non-homeless performers explore their commonalities and solitude.
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Author: Christopher Munden
Your faithful correspondent and publisher Christopher Munden has written and edited for many publications, websites, and cultural institutions. He was an editor/publisher of the Philly Fiction book series, collections of short stories written by local writers and set in Philadelphia. He's also a soccer coach, a pretty good skier, and an erstwhile songwriter.
Phindie in 2015: The most popular articles of the last twelve months
In 2015, Phindie published over 550 pieces on local theater, dance, and other arts. W look back at the pieces which you liked the most.
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Stoppard in Philadelphia: Video of the playwright’s appearance at the Wilma
Theater webmagazine Howlround provide this video of a conversation with the internationally renowned playwright.
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A Baroque German Christmas: Tempesta di Mare presents 17th-century advent music
Tempesta di Mare is teaming up with Choral Arts Philadelphia and Piffaro Renaissance Band to perform selections of Christmas music from the Court of Dresden.
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Famous Philadelphians: Aaron Levy (1742-1815)
Aaron Levy was a prominent land speculator in Colonial Pennsylvania. A Jewish immigrant from Amsterdam, he founded Aaronsberg in Centre County, the first city in the United States designed by and named for a person of Jewish descent.
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ABBOT ADAM: NONE (No Face/ FringeArts): What does it all mean?
The second part of No Face Performance Group’s ABBOT ADAM series begins with the faintly absurd and moves to the thoroughly absurd.
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A Night With Tom Stoppard: The playwright visits the Wilma to talk about his latest play
Tom Stoppard talks THE HARD PROBLEM with cognitive scientist David Chalmers.
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A KNEE THAT CAN BEND (Orbiter 3): Love and life in a hot country
In Africa as elsewhere, for queers as for everyone, life plays out messily in small tragedies and little loves.
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WEEDING OUT THE STONED (Good Good Comedy): Highly entertaining
Remember when you used to smoke tons of weed but thought no one knew you were stoned out of your gourd? You were wrong.
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Famous Philadelphians: Ernesta Drinker Ballard (1920–2005)
A transformative force behind one of the city’s premier annual cultural events, Ernesta Drinker Ballard was also leading local and national figure in the campaign…
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WATERSHIP DOWN (Simpatico/ Drexel MPiRP): A hop along a classic of children’s literature
Director Allen Radway coordinates an intricate but unpretentious array of parts into a coherent and appealing whole.
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And the Winners Are… 2015 Barrymore Award winners
2015 Barrymore Awards recipients by award category
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Directing the Barrymores: Steve Pacek on putting together the award ceremony
Excitement, surprising winners, and a brand new award: Barrymore director Steve Pacek tells us whats in store at this years ceremony.
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Wine, Tapas, Flamenco! Pasión y Arte presents a contemporary take on a classic tablao
Pasión y Arte, an all-female flamenco dance company based in Philadelphia presents the first of a quarterly performance series.
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Chopin As He Was Meant To Be Heard: Without the piano
Frédéric François Chopin’s expressive and technically demanding piano concertos are among the finest in the classical music canon. So naturally, Polish actor Barbara Wysocka and director Michael Zadara…
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THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre): A woman moved
In her amusing staging of Shakespeare, director Carmen Khan focuses on the compromise, interplay, and transformative power of love which make up a mature relationship.
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Diving into METAMORPHOSES: A watery stage takes shape at the Arden
A look at the building of the impressive set for the Arden production of METAMORPHOSES.
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A New 120 DAYS OF SODOM has Something for Everyone! (If everyone’s a fan of utter depravity)
Most books which were considered sexually scandalous at the time seem positively anodyne when read in the early 21st century. Marquis de Sade’s novels still make for discomforting reads.
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ROMEO AND JULIET (Quintessence): What fray was here?
In the eyes of director Alexander Burns this doomed romance never stood a chance.
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V TO X (GoKash): Truth behind bars
This world premiere play takes a deeply affecting look at the social carnage caused by mass imprisonment.
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