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Here Comes the RAIN: Beatles tribute comes to Merriam Theater

Debra Danese October 19, 2021 No Comments

The Broadway Philadelphia series is gearing up for the return of RAIN- A Tribute to the Beatles. The theatrical production takes audiences on a musical…

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Now Serving: Hedgerow resumes in-person indoor theater with THE WEIR

Christopher Munden October 8, 2021 No Comments

Marcie Bramucci took on the role of executive director at Hedgerow Theater at an interesting time. For three generations, members of the Reed/Kelsey family had…

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Back on Stage: Christine Cox talks about BalletX’s return this week at the Mann Center

Debra Danese June 22, 2021 No Comments

The limited-run engagement will showcase the work of Hope Boykin, Matthew Neenan, and Dwight Rhoden. 

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Come to PAPA: Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists celebrates local Pan-Asian Art with a 10-day virtual festival

Smalley Bogg June 8, 2021 No Comments

With 34 events, 105 artists, and 21 cities, Come to PAPA celebrates the ingenuity and necessity of Philadelphia’s Pan-Asian performing arts community.

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Living in A DOLL’S HOUSE: An Ibsen adaption for these times

Christopher Munden March 19, 2021 No Comments

Wife and husband team Jennifer Summerfield and Kyle Cassidy are releasing their quarantine-themed adaptation of A Doll’s House to coincide with the one-year anniversary of Philly’s stay-at-home order,

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Henrik Eger’s Memorial Service

Christopher Munden January 19, 2021 2 Comments

A virtual memorial service held on Sunday, January 17, 2021, for Dr. Henrik Eger, who died January 3, 2021, at the age of 79.

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Phindie editor Christopher Munden goes Into the Absurd

Smalley Bogg January 15, 2021 No Comments

IRC producing artistic director Tina Brock interviews Christopher Munden about Kensington Soccer Club, Chosen by Committee, his work as a theater critic and editor, and his hungry cat Walter cat.

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Henrik Eger
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Henrik Eger, 1941–2021

Christopher Munden January 11, 2021 10 Comments

The performing arts lost a vocal supporter and the world lost a vibrant presence last weekend. Editor-at-Large Henrik Eger died on Sunday, January 3, 2021, after being admitted to hospital for a heart condition several days earlier. He was 79.

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Phindie’s Most Read Articles of 2020

Christopher Munden December 31, 2020 No Comments

What a fucking year that was.

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Looking Back: I Am My Own Wife at the Wilma and Theatre Horizon

Kathryn Osenlund October 5, 2020 No Comments

Kathryn Osenlund remembers two productions of I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright. 

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Chekhov lizard brain
Features Fringe Festival Theater

Looking Back: Chekhov Lizardbrain & Red Eye to Havre de Grace

Kathryn Osenlund October 1, 2020 No Comments

Kathryn Osenlund remembers two productions from Fringe Festivals past

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10 Picks for the 2020 Philadelphia Fringe Festival

Christopher Munden September 10, 2020 2 Comments

The Fringe Festival kinda crept up on us this year, but here are a few shows we’re looking out for this festival.

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Words words words

Christopher Munden August 13, 2020 No Comments

In this time of physical isolation, a writer should be able to reach out with language. Our prose should build bridges.

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Art in the Time of COVID: Two new projects from Ninth Planet

Smalley Bogg August 2, 2020 No Comments

Can the performing arts survive a pandemic? Ninth Planet’s answer is a resounding yes.

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I Am Sorry You Lost Your Monopoly Money

John Rosenberg May 8, 2020 16 Comments

What are you holding onto? Things are not going to return to how they were before.

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Arts Funding: Three wishes for post-pandemic philanthropy

Deborah Crocker April 15, 2020 2 Comments

As the days of this pandemic roll on, I am spending time helping organizations craft messages about COVID 19 and how the virus is impacting their programming.

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Damon Bonetti as Mercutio in The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre’s 2008 production of ROMEO AND JULIET (Photo credit: John Bansemer)
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Remembering Mercutios and Tybalts

Kathryn Osenlund April 9, 2020 2 Comments

In recent days of home-captivity my mind has wandered to Romeo & Juliet performances, new and old. But I’m more interested in Mercutio and Tybalt than the star-crossed lovers.

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Quintessence Theatre Hamlet review
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Remembering Hamlets

Kathryn Osenlund March 28, 2020 9 Comments

Cooped up inside, with no theater in sight, I’m remembering Hamlets I’ve known.

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More Videos of Philadelphia Theater to Get You Through the Shutdown

Christopher Munden March 26, 2020 No Comments

Our last post of videos of recent Philly theater productions proved popular, so we’re sharing another. Here are five more recordings to get you through.

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Fundraising for Essential and Non-essential Nonprofits

Deborah Crocker March 26, 2020 No Comments

How do we balance the desire to support the nonprofits that are “essential” while making sure the “non-essential” are still here when we get through this pandemic?

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