Two elderly people play cards and talk about their life in Donald L. Coburn’s quietly moving play The Gin Game, winner of the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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Category: Interviews
Philadelphia Ballet’s Charles Askegard on the Brilliance of Balanchine
Charles Askegard has spent his career perfecting the work of George Balanchine – first as a dancer with NYCB and now as the Philadelphia Ballet’s rehearsal director. The company will be presenting Bold Brilliant Balanchine as part of its commitment to honoring and celebrating its rich Balanchine roots. Askegard spoke about the upcoming program and his time with the Philadelphia Ballet.
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Emerging from the Dark: Sarah Knittel on MAKE A F@CKIN’ SHOW YOU POS
In a post-quarantine world, we often don’t know what to expect, and the same is true of Sarah Knittel and Bradley Kristian Wrenn’s upcoming experience/performance titled MAKE A F@CKIN’ SHOW YOU POS. Sarah Knittel, one half of the director/performer duo, received our smoke signals and exited her cave long enough to discuss her work and the show with Phindie.
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The Shadow Box by actor Michael Cristofer (1977): Chosen by Committee Episode 51
The winner of the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Drama gets the Chosen by Committee treatment this week. Michael Cristofer’s The Shadow Box got the nod…
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Rich and Resonating: Neill Hartley on ’NIGHT, MOTHER from Isis Productions
Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Marsha Norman’s two-woman play ’night, Mother is a tragedy on an intimate, rather than epic, scale. Taking place over a single night, it looks at a widowed mother and her divorced daughter, who is epileptic, depressed, and at the end of her rope. Philadelphia audiences can catch Norman’s award-winner from March 4 to March 27, 2022, in a presentation by Isis Productions starring Kirsten Quinn and Renee Richman-Weisband. Phindie spoke to director Neill Hartley about what makes this such a fitting play for our times.
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Oh, What a Beautiful Role: Mitch Tebo in OKLAHOMA!
Starring in the revival of OKLAHOMA!, actor Mitch Tebo brings his 40 years of theater experience to the stage as Andrew Carnes. Tebo originally played…
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A Chorus Line (1976): Chosen by Committee Episode 50
One singular sensation!
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Fate Intervenes: Bex Odorisio on her role in Hadestown
Bex Odorisio returns to Philly next week with the cast of Hadestown. The Ardmore native is playing Fate in the critically acclaimed musical, a tale of love, hope and inspiration adapted from Greek mythology.
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Pulitzer Podcast Review: STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at the Arden
Chosen by Committee podcasters Josh Herren and Christopher Munden tear themselves from the Pulitzer bookcase to see a live Pulitzer-winning show.
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Actor Matt Loehr back on the road in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Broadway veteran Matt Loehr is thrilled to be out touring again, this time in the national tour of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Loehr took…
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Jeroboam Bozeman on life as an Ailey dancer
Jeroboam Bozeman had his first introduction to the Alvin Ailey Company at an early age. Since joining the company in 2013, his career has spanned…
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That Championship Season by Jason Miller (1973): Chosen by Committee episode 48
Basketball, bigotry, and unfulfilled promise collide in Jason Miller’s look at five denizens of Scranton, Pennsylvania. The winner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama,…
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The Effect Of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the -Moon Marigolds (1971): Chosen by Committee episode 47
Paul Zindel’s The Effect Of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the -Moon Marigolds premiered in Houston in 1964, but didn’t come to the attention of the Pulitzer…
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No Place to Be Somebody by Charles Gordone (1970): Chosen by Committee episode 46
Josh powers through his COVID to spearhead a discussion of Charles Gordone’s No Place to Be Somebody, winner of the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.…
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Pretty Woman: The Musical’s Jessica Crouch on her National Tour Role as Kit De Luca
Jessica Crouch takes the role of Kit De Luca from Broadway understudy to national tour lead in the hit production, Pretty Woman: The Musical. She…
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The Great White Hope by Howard Sackler (1969): Chosen by Committee Episode 45
Based on the life of heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson, The Great White Hope won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best…
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A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee (1967): Chosen by Committee Episode 44
Edward Albee won his first of three Pulitzer Prizes for Drama in 1967 for his three-act work A Delicate Balance. In this episode of Chosen…
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Now Serving: Hedgerow resumes in-person indoor theater with THE WEIR
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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The Subject Was Roses by Frank Gilroy (1965): Chosen by Committee episode 43
Chosen by Committee · Episode 43- The Subject Was Roses (1965) Today, Frank Gilroy may be best known as the father of screenwriters Tony Gilroy…
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All the Way Home by Tad Mosel (1961): Chosen by Committee episode 40
In a long-awaited return to the podcast game, Josh, John, and Chris discuss Tad Mosel’s All the Way Home, winner of the 1961 Pulitzer Prize…
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