Taking place entirely within the cockpit of a hijacked commercial airliner, this minimalist performance piece benefits greatly from a high-level of sustained tension.
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BABYTEETH (dir. Shannon Murphy): Film review
An A-rate tale of flawed, kindhearted humans doing their best to be as good as they possibly can.
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SHRED AMERICA (dir. Arthur Swidzinski): Film review
Back in the summer of 2008, a group of skaters decided to go on an adventure.
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THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND (dir. Judd Apatow): Film review
A moving tale of a delayed coming of age
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THE TRIP TO GREECE (dir. Michael Winterbottom): Film review
While not an unwelcome addition to a now decade-long odyssey of travelers Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan, this final entry feels a bit flatter than its predecessors; a bit perfunctory.
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THE WRETCHED (dir. Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce): Film review
It works so hard to invoke so many influences that it dilutes itself from being as memorable or as effective as it so clearly wants to be.
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THE SOUND OF THE WIND (dir. Jared Douglas): Film review
A gritty, realistic perspective on mental illness
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BALLOON (dir. Michael Herbig): Film review
The real life story of two East German families attempt to escape to West Germany via a homemade hot-air balloon.
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THE HUNT (dir. Craig Zobel): Film review
Above all dumb political concerns, this is a “humans being hunted” movie, and it’s a pretty good one.
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POPCORN FALLS (Walnut Street): Ups and downs and non-stop surprises
Another take on POPCORN FALLS
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LA BAYADERE (PA Ballet): Overcoming criticism
The performance on opening night proved that Pennsylvania Ballet is now one of the top ballet companies in the world.
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KEELY AND DU (Allens Lane): 60-second review
An unexpected friendship
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POPCORN FALLS (Walnut Street): A disservice to small towns and comedy
Popcorn Falls is not the town it used to be! The historic waterfall (with some fictional connection to George Washington) has been dammed up. Tourists…
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TURN (Kimmel Center) 60-second review
For those that were worried that Turn, a musical exploration of being a black woman in America through the lens of Shakespeare’s Othello, might be…
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THE STEWARD OF CHRISTENDOM (IRT): What went wrong?
Sebastian Barry, author of The Steward of Christendom, is a major Irish playwright. I am a major fan of Irish drama. Irish Heritage Theatre, whose…
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I ♥ ALICE ♥ I (Curio): Feels like home
I ♥ ALICE ♥ I at Curio Theatre feels a lot like home to Josh Herren
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EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL (PTC): 60-second review
Philadelphia Theatre Company’s production of Chelsea Marcantel’s emotional and thought-provoking Everything is Wonderful is gorgeous
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HELLO, DOLLY! (touring): Call on Dolly
Josh Herren realizes he simply loves HELLO, DOLLY!
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[nyc] THE HEADLANDS (Lincoln Center): Unraveling a family history
Families, as we know, have secrets
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[nyc] CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND (Signature Theatre): Rocking Off-Broadway
Playwright Lauren Yee’s script is really two shows: an old-fashioned rock concert uncomfortably yoked to a somber history drama.
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