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BURIED CHILD (EgoPo): A powerful production of a difficult play
It’s very satisfying to see this 1978 play revived; it still speaks to us and to the American condition
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WOMAN AND SCARECROW (Irish Heritage Theatre): When did this all end in tragedy?
An existential, feminist play of wildly mournful keening, filled with rich Ianguage, intense questions, and rueful comedy
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DANCE NATION (Wilma): What it means to be ferociously pubescent
The constant menace of teenage ambition hums under the entire production.
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THE AERONAUTS (dir. Tom Harper): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival review
Fun, thrilling, and unpredictable. An action movie for the post-superhero world.
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Neal Zoren’s Shows to See in Philadelphia This November
Rundown of Philadelphia theater shows onstage this November
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MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN (Lookingglass Theatre Company at McCarter): Second review
There’s ethereal magic to be found in this stripped and reconstituted Victorian Gothic piece
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SUNSET OF MULHOLLAND DRIVE (dir. Uli Gaulke, Agnes Lisa Wegner): 2019 Philadelphia Film Festival review
Sunset Over Mulholland Drive is not interested in exploration, only adoration.
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THE NIGHT ALIVE (Inis Nua): A little unlikely magic
A writer in touch with real life—and how scary it can be.
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COME FROM AWAY (national tour): Welcome to the Rock
Deeply stirring and mournful, a remarkable accomplishment
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MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTEIN (McCarter): Overreaching ambition
Theatrically spectacular but without the marvelous profundity of the source novel
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THE SYNGE TRIPTYCH (Quintessence): Celebrating the common people of Ireland
In repertory with their solid production of PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, the company presents three of Synge’s one-acts as THE SYNGE TRIPTYCH.
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DOT (People’s Light): A (fading) memory play
Mmemories fill a family’s West Philadelphia home like radio waves.
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An Irish Masterpiece Still Shocking: Considering Synge’s PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
An extended consideration of the new Synge production from Mount Airy’s Quintessence Theatre.
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Speak From Away: Dialect coach Joel Goldes teaches Newfie-talk and other accents for COME FROM AWAY
Dialect coach Joel Goldes breaks down what it takes to learn an accent.
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And the winners are… 2019 Barrymore Award recipients
Hey, who won a 2019 Barrymore Award?
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FALSETTOS (11th Hour Theatre Company): 60-second review
A challenging show, with musically complicated, character-driven songs, that demands performers tell almost the entire story through song.
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MINORITYLAND (Power Street Theatre): The G word
MINORITY portrays gentrification and its evils in a complexity lacking from the characters that inhabit the fictional Hope Street.
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THE NIGHT ALIVE (Inis Nua): 60-second review
A quiet, human look at modern isolation
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PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD (Quintessence): Dead dads, tall tales, Irish intrigue
When PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD premiered in Philadelphia in 1912, riots broke out. Quintessence’s skillful production features consistently strong performances that manage to surprise and delight.
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