If there’s an ideal company to introduce works of classical theater, it’s the Philadelphia Artists’ Collective
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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.
What Is Hardcore Fringer Brett Mapp Seeing This Year
Brett Mapp is seeing 35 Fringe shows in 20 days. His itinerary makes a good starting point for considering your own schedule.
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In Judgment of Wrongs: A biting premiere on American injustice launches Kash Goins’s residency at the Arden
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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The Parkway at 100: Philadelphia’s Champs-Elysees celebrates its 100th birthday
A century of the Ben Franklin Parkway.
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24 Picks for the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
What to see at the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
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Yo Philly, No More Safe Bullshit
Excerpted from gchat conversations between Christopher Munden and John Rosenberg.
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THE WHITE DEVIL (PAC): A bloody good thriller
PAC gives the Jacobin the veneer of a mid-20th century hard-boiler. Sketches by Chuck Schultz.
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G-chatting the Gift of Life: Talking POLLYANNA with Katherine Perry and Sarah Knittel
Phindie met Katherine and Sarah online to get the lowdown on their collaborative project
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A Different Type of Theatrical Experimentation: PARROT TALK with Julius Ferraro
Philly theater creators experiment with physical theater, but use TV-type language. Julius Ferraro goes down a different path.
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Arden): Take pains, be perfect
Shakespeare made simple, and simply fun.
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LEPER + CHIP (Inis Nua): More booze than the Bard
A fast-paced shaggy dog tale of love and revenge, told mostly in dueling monologs of Irish brogue
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JOHN (Arden): Things that haunt
There remains something compelling about ghost stories. Annie Baker’s JOHN demonstrates why: our past haunts just as well as any poltergeist.
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Two by Tuomanen: MARCUS/EMMA (InterAct) and HELLO! SADNESS (FringeArts)
Two shows by Philadelphia writer Mary Tuomanen opened on consecutive nights last week, providing a singular opportunity to assess common threads tying together works by the author.
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A Winter in the Life of J.S. Bach
This February, Choral Arts Philadelphia presents the Winter segment of the 1734-1735: A Season In The Life of J.S. Bach.
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NICE AND FRESH Returns with Josh McIlvain, Irina Varina, Steve Lippe, Evalina “Wally” Carbonell
Philadelphia’s best revue of new performing arts returns for another season January 13 and 14, 2017, at Moving Arts of Mount Airy.
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Phindie’s Best of 2016: Our most-read articles of the past year
Among all these historic joys of 2016, Phindie continued its march as the leading site for independent coverage of Philadelphia theater and arts.
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Choral Arts director Matt Glandorf on the Christmas Oratorio
Choral Arts artistic director Matt Glandorf shares a little about the seasonal New Years Eve concert.
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BORTLE 8 (Tiny Dynamite): Set the controls for the heart of darkness
Chris Davis’s imaginative one-man play gets a deservedly professional staging as part of Tiny Dynamite’s A Play, A Pie, and A Pint series
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New Years with Bach: Choral Arts Philadelphia presents a seasonal treat
End this strange year with some high notes as Choral Arts Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Bach Collegium present a rare performance of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio.
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ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (PAC): A mingled web well woven
PAC’s current production confirms its reputation as the best adaptor of classic works.
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