Layla Claire and John Chest appear as Mozart’s unhappily married Count and Countess weeks before their own nuptials.
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Category: Features
Stef Smith and SWALLOW: A word with the Scots playwright of Inis Nua’s new production
We checked in with Stef Smith to find out how she approaches her work.
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How should Philadelphia Theatre Company rebrand itself?
Cameron Kelsall has some ideas for the new executive director.
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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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Making Connections: WE THE DETECTIVES at the Free Library and Rosenbach
A multipart new exhibition project exploring the detective, criminal, and all the analogs in between
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Dance in Sketch: Faye Driscoll’s THANK YOU FOR COMING: PLAY (FringeArts)
The narrative of the play dances around anxiety, narcissism, and companionship, and the cards let truth be told.
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“New York-caliber actors”: How NYC-centrism hurts regional theater
A recent article on Philly.com displays a falls into a reductive yet prevalent view of theater as the province of New York
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Dance in Sketch: Jessica Lang Dance (NextMove)
The program was quick and accumulative, with short pieces creating a common theme.
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WHITE: James Ijames on PlayPenn and Playwriting
James talked to Phindie about the genesis of WHITE and its development at PlayPenn, a Philadelphia-based organization for the development of new plays.
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Theater in Sketch: ANNA (EgoPo)
A loose adaptation by Brenna Geffer and her ensemble based on the novel, Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
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The Art of a Show: Creating graphics for an independent theater production
A play with gorgeous graphics for its marketing just looks like it has its shit together. How does that happen?
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THE KING AND I and I: Interview with star of touring production
Anthony Chan spoke with Phindie about his role as Prince Chulalongkorn.
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What We Save: An historic house explores non-traditional historical narratives
Though thoroughly a part of the 18th-century architecture of Society Hill, the Powel House is more than just a historic artifact.
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The excitement happens at BalletX’s Premier Party 2017
Cocktails, dinner, and top-class dance.
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Theater in Sketch: THE KING AND I (Academy of Music)
HE KING AND I is set in a time period of colonies and colonials.
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Playwrights Under Pressure: Part 2 of interview with OSLO playwright J.T. Rogers
“The American theater is chock full of inward looking plays that fester over small, personal family dramas”
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Emotion is the Heart of Melodrama: Adapting THE PRISONER OF ZENDA
“It’s easier to fix than to create,” says director and adapter Matt Tallman of Anthony Hope’s THE PRISONER OF ZENDA running March 30 to April…
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CABARET Couple: Talking to the married stars of a Broadway tour
Roundabout Theatre Company’s Tony award-winning production of CABARET will make its Philadelphia premiere at the Academy of Music April 4-9
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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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Opening Doors, No Matter What: OSLO playwright J.T. Rogers talks about the evolution of a new world classic, developed at PlayPenn (part 1)
Interview with J.T. Rogers on the journey from PlayPenn to Broadway.
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