A remarkably original and gloriously entertaining version of the Marlowe play.
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HE WHO GETS SLAPPED (PAC): Spectacle and sadness at the circus
Leonid Andreyev’s classic tale of love and death in the Big Top is given original interludes of circus acts and live music to set the stage and mood.
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Dear White People: TWO TRAINS RUNNING is not a play about race
A critic evaluating TWO TRAINS RUNNING is not an anthropologist studying another culture through their artifacts.
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AN OCTOROON (Wilma): A melodrama, a social commentary, an experience
Beyond being entertaining and thought-provoking, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s AN OCTOROON is an experience
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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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BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL (National Tour, Academy of Music): A finely woven tapestry
Douglas McGrath tribute to Carole King goes beyond the formulaic jukebox musical to tell a story that stands on its own
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DOGFIGHT (Media): Love and war
Jesse Cline’s production is solid and holds dramatic intensity throughout, but ‘Victoria Mayo elevates a fine staging into one worth remembering.
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SHOW NO SHOW (Gabrielle Revlock & Aleksandr Frolov): Moving relationships
A smart, funny dance piece tracking a relationship, or relationships, through a series of well-expressed interactions
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PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (Walnut): A wacky look at the backstory of Peter Pan
An outstanding ensemble recounts the backstory of Peter Pan in a madcap prequel with music.
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THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES (Hedgerow): Hercule Poirot at your service
Hedgerow Theater presents an original stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic novel.
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SAINT JOAN (Quintessence): The Maid’s new clothes
George Bernard Shaw’s play is presented in rich tonalities of color, light, positioning, and sound. It is wide awake.
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Meet the Moon Jellies: The world’s next funky acid trip of a band
Philly’s own, new, funky slice of psychedelia performed at the Mothership.
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RICHARD III (People’s Light): Smile heaven upon this fair conjunction
A dichotomy of delight and disgust makes this production such a treat—a feast with many courses, each richly flavored and deeply textured.
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TWO TRAINS RUNNING (Arden): 1969, Pittsburgh
August Wilson is a really good playwright. That’s hardly a bold critical statement, but it’s one confirmed by this vivid production at Arden Theatre Company.
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THE YEAR OF THE RAW ONION (IRC): A cabaret cocktail of satire and absurdity
A series of stand-up monologues culled from the satirical articles of The Onion delivered riotous socio-political commentary in a fast-paced 75 minutes.
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THE SOUND OF MUSIC (National Tour at the Academy of Music): Politics gets its song
THE SOUND OF MUSIC is a warhorse that has been brushed and festooned in ways that belie its age, familiarity, and expectation.
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THE MOUSETRAP (McCarter): Christie brought to life
Director Adam Immerwahr and a wonderful cast make this piece that’s been running as long in London as Queen Elizabeth II alive with an energy that belies the play’s age.
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RETROACT (Tangle): 60-second review
Yet another thrilling and charming performance by Tangle Movement Arts, RETROACT is a remix of the most exciting moments since the company’s foundation in 2011.
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AS YOU LIKE IT (Lantern): As you’ve never seen it!
A cross-temporal interpretation of Shakespeare’s Elizabethan classic injects passages of current expressions and gestures, slapstick, and original music into the well-known pastoral rom-com.
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NUREYEV’S EYES (DTC): Painter and dancer onstage
Michael Mastro’s production invigorates David Rush’s play so effectively, you almost don’t notice that each of Rush’s scenes have the same paradigm and general outcome.
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