Leave cynicism in the lobby and pick it up later
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[nyc] THE MIKADO (NYGASP): Same music, less yellow-face
A vibrant, three-hour clever and engaging tale accompanied by its many classic show-stopping musical numbers
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NICE AND FRESH Returns with Josh McIlvain, Irina Varina, Steve Lippe, Evalina “Wally” Carbonell
Philadelphia’s best revue of new performing arts returns for another season January 13 and 14, 2017, at Moving Arts of Mount Airy.
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Philadelphia Theater Calendar January 2017
Wizard of Oz. November 8, 2016-January 9, 2017. Walnut Street Theatre. 825 Walnut Street. $20-$95. walnutstreettheatre.org. One-Man Apocalypse Now by Chris Davis. January 11-18, 2017. Beard Cave at St. Mary’s…
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Pantomine in Sketch: SLEEPING BEAUTY (People’s Light)
Sleeping Beauty the Musical Panto by Peter Pryor and Samantha Reading expresses an ageless story. It is an artistic exploration into space, time, and sound.
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WILDE TALES (Quintessence): Where the WILDE things are
Oscar Wilde once wrote to a friend that his two books of fairy tales were intended “partly for children and partly for those who have…
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BORTLE 8 (Tiny Dynamite): Set the controls for the heart of darkness
Chris Davis’s imaginative one-man play gets a deservedly professional staging as part of Tiny Dynamite’s A Play, A Pie, and A Pint series
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THE CAROLS (1812 Productions): Ghost of past holiday movies brought to comic life
A great entertainment present for Philly’s Christmas present.
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All the Holiday Favorites (and then some)
This year, all the beloved holiday classics are coming to Chestnut Hill with Casabuena Cultural Productions’ Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some).
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Amanda Palmer meets Lizzie Borden
The NYC-based producers of an Amanda Palmer musical welcome cast members from 11th Hour Theater Company’s Lizzie for a one-night-only collaboration.
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THIS WONDERFUL LIFE (Act II): Every time a bell rings…
Tony Braithwaite re-enacts a holiday film classic in Act II Playhouse’s THIS WONDERFUL LIFE.
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Welsh Christmas in Philadelphia: Interview with the cast of Walnut Street Theatre’s A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES
A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES: Interview with Aaron Cromie, Scott Greer, Maggie Lakes, Matthew Mastronardi, and Amanda Jill Robinson
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ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (PAC): A mingled web well woven
PAC’s current production confirms its reputation as the best adaptor of classic works.
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A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD (Arden Children’s Theatre): Another year with frog and toad
The simple tricks of the stage awe an audience of CGI-era children, showing that even something as normal as friendship can be magic.
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TWO WALKENS (Miniature Refrigerator Operator): Finding Christopher Walken, finding us
Meehan and Collins use convincing Christopher Walken impressions in an intriguing look at how the fantasies of popular culture provide escape from our lives while they shape them.
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Theater in Sketch: ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (PAC)
Sketches of William Shakespeare’s ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL from Philadelphia Artists’ Collective.
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ANTAGONYMS (Curio): What are any of us but destructive dualities
The messiness in Rachel Gluck’s debut play is what make it most lifelike. In the end, what are any of us but destructive dualities, fighting between our desires and our own self-interest?
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Shhh… tell no one, invite everyone: Almanac Dance Circus Theater has a secret show
Did you know you were a member of a secret religious cult? You are, and a meeting has been called to elect a new leader
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A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES (Walnut Street): 60-second review
Written by Welshman Dylan Thomas in the 1950s, A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES is every nostalgic Christmas trope with song thrown in, and it’s totally delightful.
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SLEEPING BEAUTY (People’s Light): Festive wake-up
The Grimmish fairy tale kingdom is transformed to Paoli Shoals, a town depressed by the collapse of a once-thriving recording industry
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