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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.
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Kate Watson-Wallace Mashes Up Dance at FringeArts

Christopher Munden June 2, 2015 No Comments

Choreographer Kate Watson-Wallace returns to FringeArts June 4-6, 2015, with MASH UP BODY,a contemporary dance piece that examines the evolution and destruction of identity. Now based in…

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Dance Previews

Rhythm on Tap: Take It Away Dance premieres CROSS RHYTHMS

Christopher Munden June 2, 2015 No Comments

Take It Away Dance’s latest full-length project is one of a series of contemporary tap performances the group has presented since 2007

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Previews Theater

Teaching Broadway: Drexel students produce FREE staged musical by Broadway alums

Christopher Munden May 28, 2015 No Comments

Students develop a new musical by NYC writer David Reiser inspired by his relationship with Broadway veteran Caissie Levy.

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Previews Theater

Renegade’s STORIES AND SPIRITS settles down with a drink and a good book

Christopher Munden May 27, 2015 No Comments

Novels and cocktails are two of the best things in life. STORIES AND SPIRITS combines them in a one-off evening of drinks and performances.

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Dance Previews Theater

Undercover Circus in a West Philly Park: Tangle Movement Arts at Clark Park Farmers Market

Christopher Munden May 25, 2015 1 Comment

The show will feature acrobats disguised as normal visitors to the popular Clark Park Farmers Market,

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Previews Theater

Borges and the Future of Philadelphia Theater: Pig Iron APT first year show

Christopher Munden May 24, 2015 No Comments

Pig Iron APT Class of 2016 show May 27 & 28, 2015.

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60-Second Review Reviews Theater

SPEECH AND DEBATE (Azuka): 60-second review

Christopher Munden May 11, 2015 No Comments

Azuka Theatre found a theatrical goldmine in the world of high school misfits with its 2012 production of J.C. Lee’s Pookie Goes Grenading, and finds rich…

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Previews Theater

Reject Shakespeare: New theater company presents an impromptu CORIOLANUS with a drinking game

Christopher Munden April 28, 2015 No Comments

Reject Theatre Project launches this week with an inventive take on Shakespeare’s CORIOLANUS courtesy of Lesley Berkowitz.

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Features Theater

Lucrece’s Revenge: A Fringe masterpiece returns for a brief run at the Wilma

Christopher Munden April 20, 2015 No Comments

Hodge’s one-man adaptation of William Shakespeare’s epic poem returns to Philadelphia in a four-day copresentation with the Wilma Theater.

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Dance Reviews

Philadelphia Hosts World Dance Day

Christopher Munden April 20, 2015 No Comments

International Day has grown into a weeklong celebration of dance that commences on April 22 and finishes on April 29,

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Reviews Theater

PENELOPE (Inis Nua): Love and death in a hot country

Christopher Munden April 16, 2015 No Comments

Enda Walsh’s existential thought-play treads a well-worn path, but it does so with intelligence and poetry.

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Features Theater

Come One Come All: Gathering of Northwest Philadelphia performing arts companies and artists on April 20

Christopher Munden April 14, 2015 No Comments

With Chestnut Hill’s Stagecrafters Theater, East Falls’ Old Academy Players, and Mount Airy’s Allens Lane Theater, there’s a surprising number of theaters in Northwest Philadelphia.…

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Dance Reviews Theater

THE HAIRY APE (EgoPo): The cage of modern life

Christopher Munden April 13, 2015 No Comments

The challenge for EgoPo director Brenna Geffers was to make a play which must have been theatrically and politically radical a century ago relevant to a 21st-century audience.

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Museums Previews Theater

Sherlock Holmes at Home in Northwest Philadelphia: THE VALLEY OF FEAR at the Ebeneezer Maxwell Mansion

Christopher Munden April 10, 2015 No Comments

Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional detective stories are well suited to stage, with strong characters, a firm setting, and delicious plot lines.

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Features Interviews Theater

“A conversation until it’s a fight”: Playwright Jeff Talbott talks about THE SUBMISSION (Quince)

Christopher Munden April 4, 2015 No Comments

An explosive tale of race, sexuality, and prejudice, THE SUBMISSION gave Jeff Talbott awards, acclaim, and a new life. Phindie talks to the playwright ahead of it’s Philadelphia premiere.

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Dance Features Museums Previews Theater

Revolutionary Theater, Dance, and Circus: NICE AND FRESH at Cliveden historic house

Christopher Munden April 2, 2015 No Comments

This month, Cliveden opens its historic grounds for a two-night engagement of new performing arts.

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Previews Theater

OMG! The R&J Project brings Shakespeare to a new generation

Christopher Munden March 25, 2015 No Comments

The four recent college grads of Madness Most Discreet weren’t even in kindergarten when Baz Luhrmann Romeo +Juliet came out, but they hope their version will appeal to a new generation, as his did.

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Features Previews Theater

Shakespeare vs Stoppard: Exploring the Wilma’s dream pairing of HAMLET and ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD

Christopher Munden March 23, 2015 1 Comment

Two of the best plays in the English language share most of the same characters and much of the same dialog. The Wilma is doing them in successive productions.

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Previews Theater

A Stage of One’s Own: MZ FEST at Plays and Players

Christopher Munden March 20, 2015 No Comments

MZ FEST brings together several local avant garde companies to provide dramatic theater opportunities for female artists.

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Reviews Theater

AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (Walnut): Ten little soldier boys having lots of fun

Christopher Munden March 19, 2015 3 Comments

Agatha Christie has always been a theatrical guilty pleasure, like sitting down with a nice genre book or singing along to top 40

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