As Angel Corella’s first season with Pennsylvania Ballet draws to a close, it’s safe to say that his tenure as the company’s artistic director is off to a very impressive start.
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HELLO! SADNESS! (Kimmel): Just a glimpse of the divine
All Mary Tuomanen wants to do is tell us a story about Jean Seberg, but things keep coming up.
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BORTLE 8 (Chris Davis): 60-second review
Chris Davis’s latest twisted travelog is like Bill Bryson on acid.
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MURDER FOR TWO (PTC): It’s all in the timing
Timing is everything in this 90-minute madcap whirlwind satire of Agatha-Christie-style whodunits.
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THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (Lantern): 60-second review
The adaptation appropriates the ludicrous plot points and outlandish characters in Arthur Conan Doyle’s opus for a fast and fun theatrical comedy.
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VI DEGREES (GoKash): Comrades in erotic arms
VI DEGREES by Kash Goins opens with a playfully sexual banter between an affianced couple: Solomon (Carlo Campbell), a classic tall, dark, and handsome schoolteacher…
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THE THREE CHRISTS OF MANHATTAN: What would a Christ for today be like?
If Jesus were to appear today, what form would he take? A loving son of God, a Marxist activist, or a corporate exec who wants everyone to be rich?
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COMPANY (BCP): Settle down with Sondheim
Now that’s how you start off the summer! The beautiful Bucks County Playhouse opened to a full house with COMPANY. Based on the book by…
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ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (Wilma): A contemporary classic, in three parts
Tom Stoppard’s ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD is perhaps the most ubiquitous work of postmodern drama.
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FORBIDDEN BROADWAY’S GREATEST HITS (Act II): 60-second review
Act II set a new standard for closing out an excellent season. FORBIDDEN BROADWAY’S GREATEST HITS by Gerard Allessandrini is hands down hilarious. Tony Braithwaite,…
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I PROMISED MYSELF TO LIVE FASTER (Pig Iron): 60-second review
An absurd sci-fi epic with countless phallic symbols and absolutely no sense of “too much”. What more could you ask for?
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THE LETTER OF LAST RESORT (Inis Nua): Tastefully staged pub theater
Inis Nua brings pub theater to Philly with it’s delectable production of David Greig’s THE LETTER OF LAST RESORT
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THE GOLDILOCKS ZONE (Passage): A cosmic consideration of post-modern parenthood
In Passage Theatre Company’s world-premiere production, the conditions needed for a post-modern couple to create life are no longer as limited as they once were
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. . . BARRY SEAL (Thaddeus Phillips/FringeArts): Smile and a wink
Thaddeus Phillips plays Barry Seal, a real-life, infamous drug smuggler-turned-DEA-informant who eventually gained the ire of both smugglers and government agents.
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AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (BRT): Pollution and politics
Henrik Ibsen’s classic gets a beautiful production at Bristol Riverside Theatre.
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I LOVE A PIANO (Walnut): A Berlin marathon
Conceived with a book by Ray Roderick and Michael Berkeley, I LOVE A PIANO is a valentine to Irving Berlin music through the ages
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LET THE DOG SEE THE RABBIT (Lightning Rod Special): A conceptual look at humans looking at animals
The experimental work is a three-part meditation on the life and death of animals under the domination of the human gaze.
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DON QUIXOTE (Hedgerow): Cervantes’ knight errant rides anew
The fanciful adventures of knight errant Don Quixote and loyal his sidekick Sancho Panza are refreshingly revived.
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SPEECH AND DEBATE (Azuka): 60-second review
Azuka Theatre found a theatrical goldmine in the world of high school misfits with its 2012 production of J.C. Lee’s Pookie Goes Grenading, and finds rich…
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NOISES OFF (Curio): Utter nonsense, superbly structured and out of control
Michael Frayn’s enormously popular 1980s play is a zany farce about doors and sardines, relationships, and mistakes.
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