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RED (Theatre Exile): Coloring an artist’s story

Kathryn Osenlund November 7, 2024 No Comments

RED, not to be confused with REDS, is a color, not a Commie. It refers to the impression given by one of ten huge canvases…

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Cyrano De Bergerac (Quintessence): 60-second review

Kathryn Osenlund October 18, 2024 No Comments

French playwright Edmond Rostand’s story about a brilliant man endowed with a large nose is a work of fiction.

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Angel Corella Marks a Decade of Artistic Leadership at Philadelphia Ballet

Debra Danese October 18, 2024 No Comments

Angel Corella was appointed artistic director of Philadelphia Ballet, formerly Pennsylvania Ballet, in 2014. Under his leadership, the company has built a reputation for combining…

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POTUS (Arden): Brash and in your face

Kathryn Osenlund September 26, 2024 No Comments

Warning: These seven marvelous actors in the all female cast, are not your nice Aunt Sara. Wild and untamed, they’re women without borders. Stepping out…

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Tribal Ties: Lamont J. Whitaker as Mafala Hatimbi in The Book of Mormon

Debra Danese September 24, 2024 No Comments

Whitaker, a Florida native, is touring in the role of Mafala Hatimbi, the Ugandan village chief.

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Home No More: Hedgerow’s last company member must leave Hedgerow House

Jessica Foley September 13, 2024 43 Comments

74-year-old Susie Wefel is leaving Hedgerow House after 45 years. It’s not a choice she made herself.

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One Day More/ Part II: Catching up with Les Misérables’ Steve Czarnecki

Debra Danese August 27, 2024 No Comments

Philadelphia native Steve Czarnecki returns home this month in the national tour of Les Misérables. In addition to his role in the ensemble, Czarnecki serves…

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Hello Gorgeous: Sean Thompson returns to Philly in FUNNY GIRL

Debra Danese July 2, 2024 No Comments

Philly native Sean Thompson returns to the area with the North American Tour of Funny Girl, arriving at the Academy of Music July 16, 2024.

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FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (Qunitessence): A theatrical odyssey

Kathryn Osenlund June 11, 2024 No Comments

Father Comes Home From The Wars by Suzan-Lori Parks is remarkable in many ways. There’s no denying the appeal that took the audience to its…

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THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (Lantern): Twins, shipwreck, mistaken identity, romance gone awry

Kathryn Osenlund May 28, 2024 No Comments

One of Shakespeare’s greatest hits, his first comedy, The Comedy of Errors, is playing at the Lantern Theater Company until June 16. Twins, shipwreck, mistaken…

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Message in a Bottle: Interview with Lizzie Gough

Debra Danese May 10, 2024 No Comments

Dancer Lizzie Gough first worked with choreographer Kate Prince over a decade ago. The two have been joining forces on various projects ever since.

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CHILDREN OF THE SUN (PAC): A knockout contemporary production of a rarely seen classic

Toby Zinman May 5, 2024 1 Comment

Now this is what a collective can do: a huge cast all so attuned to each others’ idiosyncrasies that they might as well be the household they are portraying.

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KILL MOVE PARADISE (South Camden Theatre): 60-second review

Toby Zinman May 3, 2024 1 Comment

South Camden Theatre Company’s latest production of James Ijames’s wildly moving play, Kill Move Paradise, is terrific

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TORCH SONG (1812 Productions): Songs from another time

Toby Zinman May 2, 2024 No Comments

Although the defense of gay life and the LGBTQ+ community is in a different place now, I imagine for many in the audience, Torch Song still sings.

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HADESTOWN (National Tour): To hell and back

Toby Zinman April 11, 2024 No Comments

What with the solar eclipse and an earthquake, we—sophisticated, scientific, blasé—are in a perfect position to imagine what ancient, primitive people must have thought and felt when the ground shook and the lights went out.

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Intersection (Curtis New Music Ensemble): “New music” from the rebranded ensemble

Michael Fisher April 7, 2024 No Comments

In what other walks of musical life would a piece composed more than seventy years ago by a composer born more than one hundred years ago constitute new music?