Tony Braithwaite did it again with another original show
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Category: 60-Second Review
THE NERD (Bucks County Playhouse): 60-second review
Larry Shue’s 1979 farce has seen better days.
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WEST SIDE STORY (Media Theatre): 60-second review
2018 is Leonard Bernstein’s centenary, and theaters around the country are programming his greatest works in his honor. Delaware County’s Media Theatre has taken the…
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THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (Hedgerow Theatre): 60-second review
A sense of familiarity permeates THE PRISONER OF ZENDA, Matt Tallman’s adaptation of Anthony Hope’s novel of intrigue, adventure, and mistaken identity
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A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES (Walnut Street): 60-second review
Written by Welshman Dylan Thomas in the 1950s, A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES is every nostalgic Christmas trope with song thrown in, and it’s totally delightful.
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RUMORS (Allens Lane Theater): 60-second review
Noel Hanley’s masterful treatment of Neil Simon’s RUMORS exemplifies a farce done right.
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HANDLE WITH CARE (Montgomery Theater): 60-second review
HANDLE WITH CARE is brilliantly seasoned with humor—the type found when differing cultures collide.
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BOEING BOEING (Hedgerow): 60-second review
It’s difficult to tell which actor provides the most comic energy in Damon Bonetti’s lively and funny production of this farce
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LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST (PA Shakes): 60-second review
Republished by kind permission from Neals Paper. Lightning, alas, did not strike two years in a row when it came to Pennsylvania Shakespeare’s grand experiment…
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BLITHE SPIRIT (PA Shakes): 60-second review
Nothing beats watching actors at the top of their game biting into crunchy material and whipping it into a tasty delight.
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THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (Del Shakes): 60-second review
The emphasis is on the physical comedy in David Stradley’s production
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13: The Musical (Media): 60-second review
Republished by kind permission from Neals Paper. Jesse Cline has a knack for bringing out the best in performers and is especially good at developing…
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WHITE GUY ON THE BUS (Passage): 60-second review
Republished by kind permission from Neals Paper. Bruce Graham is having the most magnificent year of his playwriting career. His new works so far in…
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HOLLY’S DEAD SOLDIERS (Chris Davis, Bruce Walsh and Douglas Williams): 60-second review
Adapting Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s but not pulling verbatim from the novella, three playwrights have created a special experience in a Point Breeze row home.
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RUMORS (BRT): 60-second review
New York City deputy mayor Charlie Brock and his wife Myra are hosting a posh party, but something is amiss.
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A GALAXY UNCHERISHED (House of Solitude): 60-second review
A sketch comedy show disguised as a southern drama. Set in space.
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JUAN-WINFIELD ESCUTIA-SCOTT, OR THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR, A BUTCHER PLAY (Chris Davis): 60-second review
With, “It was Mexico, but not your grandfather’s Mexico…” Chris Davis sets the tone for an enjoyably interactive, imaginative tour back in time to the Mexican-American War.
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ON THE ROAD AGAIN (Act II): 60-second review
What better way to celebrate the cluster that is travel but with a charming show all about it in Ambler!
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A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN (Walnut): 60-second review
The Walnut’s production reveals the bones of an American classic if never quite fleshes out the potential of the enduring masterwork.
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BEHIND THE MUSIC: HOLIDAY TUNES (Act II): 60-second review
Did the holidays somehow sneak up on you? Get in the holiday spirit quickly with the warm, funny, and entertaining cast at Act II Playhouse.
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