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Reviews Theater

DUBLIN BY LAMPLIGHT (Inis Nua / Drexel MPiRP): Irish theater for the theatrical

Dorie Byrne November 18, 2016 No Comments

Inis Nua Theatre Company’s 2011 breakout hit DUBLIN BY LAMPLIGHT returns to the stage in partnership with Drexel University’s Mandell Professionals in Residence Project

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Dance Reviews

REVOLUTION (PA Ballet): Revolution for our mind

Eri Yoneda November 13, 2016 No Comments

Dance is an ever-changing artform: the standard themes change, technique changes,audiences change. Even such key aspects and tools as the body shape of the dancers change.

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Reviews Theater

MARISOL (Villanova): Wake up call by golf club

Lisa Panzer November 12, 2016 No Comments

José Rivera’s fantastically powerful portent of a world is fabulously riveting as directed by James Ijames at Villanova Theatre.

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Reviews Theater

MAURITIUS (Act II): Feeling the philatelia

Lauren Hartranft November 8, 2016 No Comments

Act II Playhouse gets all dramatic with Theresa Rebeck’s MAURITIUS

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Dance Reviews

MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY (NextMove DANCE): Timeless dances

Eri Yoneda November 6, 2016 No Comments

As a pioneer dancer and choreographer, Martha Graham established the root of modern dance almost single-handedly.

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Reviews Theater

DELIRIUM (EgoPo): 60-second review

Christopher Munden November 2, 2016 No Comments

At 800+ pages, Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov would not seem ideally suited to theatrical interpretation.

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Reviews Theater

[NYC] HEISENBERG and VIETGONE (Manhattan Theatre Club): A weekend report

Kathryn Osenlund November 1, 2016 No Comments

Thoughts on two shows, HEISENBERG and VIETGONE, under the auspices of the Manhattan Theatre Club.

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Reviews Theater

BREATHE SMOKE (Orbiter 3): These are times of change

Joshua Millhouse October 28, 2016 No Comments

Williams avoids the metatheatrics associated with plays about performance for an inquiry into painful transitions we all must undergo.

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Reviews Theater

GUARDS AT THE TAJ (Theatre Exile): Beauty and brutality join hands

Toby Zinman October 27, 2016 No Comments

The debate central to Rajiv Joseph’s absorbing new play isn’t just talk: when you lose this one, you really lose.

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Music Reviews

BELCEA STRING QUARTET in recital at Princeton University

Ralph Malachowski October 27, 2016 No Comments

The Belcea String Quartet appeared on the Richardson Auditorium stage in Alexander Hall on the campus of Princeton University on October 13, 2016.

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Museums Reviews Theater

MYSTERY IN THE HOUSE OF USHER: A POE TALE (Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion): A morbidly fun affair

Evan Nelson October 25, 2016 No Comments

The spirits of Edgar Allen Poe’s tales come alive in the historical Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion.

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Reviews Theater

THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS: THE ELECTION SPECIAL (1812 Productions): Yuugely funny

Julie Zeglen October 25, 2016 No Comments

Ho boy, it’s been quite the election cycle. Thankfully, Philadelphia has 1812 Productions to ease the pain with its annual satirical show.

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Reviews Theater

RADIANT VERMIN (Inis Nua): Devilishly good home redecoration

Toby Zinman October 23, 2016 No Comments

An entertaining cautionary tale about the wages of greed and consumerism

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Reviews Theater

DISGRACED (McCarter): No disgrace here

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper October 23, 2016 1 Comment

A divinely thorough production of an honest, far reaching play.

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Dance Reviews

Hope Rising concert inspires awareness and action

Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal October 22, 2016 No Comments

Some 50 dance artists and choreographers presenting a wide variety of styles and dance leve

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Reviews Theater

A NEW BRAIN (Horizon): Getting a new lease on life

Debra Miller October 22, 2016 2 Comments

Theatre Horizon’s production of William Finn’s autobiographical musical comedy is filled with off-beat humor, powerhouse vocals, and a life-affirming message.

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Reviews Theater

WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING (Wilma): How a hard rain’s a gonna fall

Nicole Forrester October 21, 2016 No Comments

Using the endtimes as a backdrop, Andrew Bovell uses the drama within a family’s history as a parallel for the turbulence in humanity’s.

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Reviews Theater

THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE (Arden): “Your First Shade!”

Joshua Millhouse October 21, 2016 No Comments

Dito van Reigersberg in a new drag persona steals the spotlight in this riotuous, fierce production.

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Reviews Theater

MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN (Quintessence): Epic theater!

Lisa Panzer October 18, 2016 1 Comment

Quintessence Theatre brings to life a beautifully staged, truly epic production of Bertolt Brecht’s MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN, as brilliantly directed by Alexander Burns.

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Dance Reviews

RUBBERBANDance Group (NextMove Dance): Hip-Hop, beyond borders

Eri Yoneda October 16, 2016 No Comments

Over four decades, NextMove Dance (formerly Dance Affiliates) has led the dance scene in Philadelphia, bringing countless cutting-edge dance companies from around the world. As…

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