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Talking to Willy Wonka: Noah Weisberg brings Roald Dahl’s classic to Philadelphia
Broadway veteran Noah Weisberg is starring as Willy Wonka in the national tour of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 (Arden): Imagining another Nora
Naomi Orwin asks: Would a woman have envisioned a different Nora? A different Torvald?
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A HUMAN BEING DIED THAT NIGHT (EgoPo): Illuminating apartheid
A review in words and sketches.
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Winners of the 2018 Barrymore Awards
Full list of 2018 Barrymore Award winners
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WARPLAY (Azuka): A playground at the gates of Troy
Not quite “Sing, oh muse, of the rage of Achilles.”
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Remembering Joel Markowitz, founding editor of DC Metro Theater Arts
An open letter to a theater legend.
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A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 (Arden): After the slam
Lucas Hnath takes up Nora’s story fifteen years after the events of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play.
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MR BURNS (Wilma): Darkness on the edge of Springfield
Civilization has collapsed but The Simpsons is still going.
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Philadelphia Theater Calendar November 2018
What’s onstage in Philadelphia theater in November 2018?
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A Door Slams, A Door Opens: Previewing A DOLL’S HOUSE PART 2 at the Arden
Chuck Schultz previews Lucas Hnath’s sequel to Ibsen’s classic.
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Cooking Up Theater and Indian Food: Shreshth Khilani talks Immigrant Kitchen
Traverse a culinary landscape marked by family memories and ancient myth
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America the Beautiful, America the Ugly: An open letter to a German visitor
Henrik Eger considers PTC’s Sweat, Walnut’s Holiday Inn, and the state of American culture.
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MEDEA, A Woman in Crisis: Interview with Jennifer Summerfield
Henrik Eger interviews the star of Hedgerow’s new production of a classical Greek tragedy.
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“Anything might be there in the dark”: Josh Hitchens talks fear, ghosts, and horror theater
Never underestimate the power of taking away the lights. Then anything might be there in the dark.
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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Broadway tour at Academy of Music): An updated Fiddler
The thrill of a big show-biz production and the feeling of authenticity
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Theater in Sketch: DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS (EgoPo Classic Theater)
EgoPo Classic Theater is looking at the South African region to consider the geographical mysteries and beauty of African culture.
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10 Ways YOU Can Improve Theater Criticism
Actions you can take since you’re upset with theater criticism in Philadelphia.
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SWEAT (PTC): What’s the matter with Reading?
Why does SWEAT appeal to us, as aging urban middle-to-upper-to-upper-upper-class theatergoers? Do we hope to understand? Relate? Gawk? What do we applaud?
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Musical in Sketch: LOVE NEVER DIES (Phantom of the Opera 2)
Sketches of the Phantom of the Opera sequel.
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