A new play by Bruce Graham considers the sadness that often underlies comedy and the need to adapt to changing styles and the struggles of life.
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SOLONELY TOGETHER (Carolyn O’Brien): Finding gems in DIY art
A collection of short pieces by a number of different emerging artists from various disciplines on the subject of loneliness.
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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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THE HARD PROBLEM (Wilma): Stoppard makes intelligible intelligence look easy
Tom Stoppard again demonstrates his uncanny ability to make dense philosophical discussions intelligible and dramatically sensible.
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LES BALLETS JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL (Dance Affiliates): Daring, dazzling dancers take your breath away
Three Philadelphia premieres with unique and intense color of their own provide a platform for BJM’s exquisite dancers
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What: How Green Was My Valley with music by Roger Ames and book and lyrics by Elizabeth Bassine; The Gig with music, book, and lyrics by Doug Cohen;…
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THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (Hedgerow): Resistance (to fun) is Useless
A staged reading of the Douglas Adams classic.
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[NYC] SANCTUARY (Yardley Productions): One woman’s impassioned call for peace
An original multimedia solo show explores the impact of war on women throughout the world and across time, while considering the role they could, and should, play to bring peace to our planet.
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Bearded Magda and Boy Heroes at the First Scratch Night of 2016
A look at the first Scratch Night of 2016 at FringeArts.
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL (McCarter): One for past and present, but unfortunately not future
After this year, a holiday tradition will be refreshed. Here’s wishing it would remain.
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JINGLE BELLES: SNOWED IN (Nightcap Cabaret): A fast and funny dose of musical Christmas cheer
An original fast and funny holiday cabaret will teach you the true meaning of Christmas and leave you wishing that you were snowed in with this talented team of creators/performers!
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THE THREE MARIES (no Attytude productions): Philly Phun on Broad Street
This celebration of all things Philly and silly gets the audience strutting in their seats and laughing as they leave. Shakespeare it’s not, but Ogborn and the producers hope it will be adopted as a Philadelphia staple with a life of its own.
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Mechanical): A clever take on Dickens’ holiday classic
A witty new adaptation of Dickens’ Christmas classic is performed in under an hour by a cast of three in a beautiful historic setting.
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IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY (BCP): A wonderful holiday show
Bucks County Playhouse tackles this classic (adapted by Joe Landry) and finds a perfect way to ring in the holidays.
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PETER RABBIT TALES (Enchantment): Enchanting world-class children’s theater
An original adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s beloved children’s stories is told through expressive movement, music, and voice-over narration, with colorful costumes, masks, and puppetry.
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HANSEL AND GRETEL (Quintessence): Cool contemporary spin on Grimm
You don’t have to be ten years old to thoroughly enjoy this production, you just have to retrace the breadcrumbs and remember how to pretend again.
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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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THE BALD SOPRANO (Curio): The absurd banality of everyday conversation
Ionesco offers comically entertaining insight on the careless and constant cacophony that passes for communication but is just platitudinous twaddle.
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THE BOOK OF MORMON (First National Tour Company): Sincerely funny
This touring production doesn’t make THE BOOK OF MORMON any more savage, but it knits Parker and Stone’s comic ideas together into a moving story more satisfying because it has a human core.
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GENTLEMEN VOLUNTEERS (Pig Iron): Psychology, trickery, live foley, everything you want
GENTLEMAN VOLUNTEERS displays charm, psychological interest, and fringe sentiment which planted the roots of Pig Iron’s experimentation.
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