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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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Interviews Theater

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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Reviews Theater

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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60-Second Review Reviews Theater

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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Reviews Theater

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?

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MACBETH (Quintessence): Onstage magic

Kathryn Osenlund April 1, 2024 No Comments

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Cool it with a baboon’s blood, then the charm is firm and good. Macbeth, the…

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THE LEHMAN TRILOGY (Arden): A play in three acts

Kathryn Osenlund March 21, 2024 No Comments

A tale about cotton, Civil War, commodities, finance, and wealth told through the story of three brothers and the company they found.

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Interviews Theater

Whiteout: Interview with Nick Silverio from Disney’s Frozen

Debra Danese March 11, 2024 No Comments

Penn grad Nick Silverio returns to Philadelphia in the national tour of Disney’s FROZEN

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60-Second Review Reviews Theater

Once Upon a Bridge (Inis Nua): 60-second review

Kathryn Osenlund March 11, 2024 No Comments

 Inis Nua has done its best with a story more told than shown, an aftermath.

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Reviews Theater

OVERWINTER (Azuka): A laboratory for important ideas

Toby Zinman March 3, 2024 1 Comment

Azuka Theatre presents Overwinter, an interesting new play by local playwright Mackenzie Raine Kirkman; it’s about important ideas, making it a welcome change from the…

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Girl from the North Country: Interview with Actress Chiara Trentalange

Debra Danese February 17, 2024 No Comments

The critically acclaimed Girl from the North Country is making its way to the Forrest Theatre this month with local actor Chiara Trentalange.

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Reviews Theater

FAITH HEALER (Lantern): Powerful storytelling

Kathryn Osenlund February 13, 2024 1 Comment

The Lantern Theater’s performance of Faith Healer, by Brian Friel is presented as four monologues that represent three points of view, those of Frank Hardy…

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COST OF LIVING (PTC): A compelling new play, diminished

Toby Zinman February 11, 2024 No Comments

Diminished or not, it’s worth seeing for the understanding of people living with disabilities and the people who care for them.

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A RAISIN IN THE SUN (Bristol Riverside): An old fashioned play, carefully executed

Kathryn Osenlund February 10, 2024 2 Comments

Lorraine Hansberry wrote Raisin in the Sun in 1959, a bold play for its time. It takes a dark view of the progress of integration,…

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THE FLATLANDERS (1812 Productions): Couples theater can be couples therapy

Toby Zinman February 5, 2024 No Comments

Real-life married couple Scott Greer and Jennifer Childs play a fictitious couple in Bruce Graham’s newest play. 

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