A rocking, irreverent look at the birth of our nation wrought with lively, believable characters.
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THE STINKY CHEESE MAN (Arden): No cheese smells this good
It’s hard to know what to expect going into a children’s theater show, but this adult was quite honestly blown away.
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SEX WITH STRANGERS (PTC): Turn the page
Laura Eason’s play raises some interesting questions about love and art, but it is largely uninterested in exploring them.
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TRANSLATIONS (Villanova): Mapping identity
When the British army renames the Irish village of Baille Baeg with an Anglicized name, the villagers must decide if it’s still the same place they’ve always known.
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BEOWULF/GRENDEL (Renegade): The difficulty of the walking play
The Renegade Company’s BEOWULF/GRENDEL, directed by the multitalented Maura Krause, leads the audience through West Philly’s scenic Mount Moriah Cemetery.
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FLY (Crossroads): Fighting for the skies
From dancing to dogfights, FLY tells the story of the Tuskagee Airmen.
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THE YELLOW WALLPAPER (Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion): 60-second review
Suffering from a “temporary nervous depression,” a woman is locked away in a large house by her husband, with only the wallpaper to keep her company.
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THE NETHER (InterAct): Lolita in Nether-land
Accompanying sketches by Aaron Krolikowski, thesketchbookreporter.com.
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SIDE MAN (PCS): Outstanding and all that jazz…
Warren Leight’s retrospective play brings to light dusky, smoked filled jazz clubs, youthful dreams, family nightmares, camaraderie and the all consuming love of music.
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YOUNG FREDERICK DOUGLASS (Beacon): From slave to American hero, the pen defeats the whip
The play celebrates and honors the life of a great American hero in a way that allows adults and young people to see how much can be accomplished through learning and perseverance.
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MACBETH (Philly Shakes): Blood should have blood
This is a solidly accessible MACBETH, with comprehensible delivery and an easy-to-follow story—the kind of Shakespeare you go see with your high school class.
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RODEO (Quince): “Who you calling a lady?”
Throw your preconceived notions about gender aside and ride your own exasperated mule to Quince Productions’ staging of RODEO.
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Check Your Privilege: (re)FOCUS Fest
Four theater ensembles explore the concept of privilege and to celebrate diversity through shared performance.
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PIFA Returns: A full schedule of the 2016 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts
The 16-day celebration of art showcasing a breadth of local and international performances and installations presented at locations across Philadelphia.
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[photo essay] Reverse Cowgirls and Hot Cowboys: Quince presents RODEO by Philip Dawkins
Photographer John Donges was at a recent run-through of RODEO, a fun family friendly play by Chicago writer Philip Dawkins.
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DOCTOR FAUSTUS (Quintessence): If you want to know everything, go to hell
A remarkably original and gloriously entertaining version of the Marlowe play.
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HE WHO GETS SLAPPED (PAC): Spectacle and sadness at the circus
Leonid Andreyev’s classic tale of love and death in the Big Top is given original interludes of circus acts and live music to set the stage and mood.
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Dear White People: TWO TRAINS RUNNING is not a play about race
A critic evaluating TWO TRAINS RUNNING is not an anthropologist studying another culture through their artifacts.
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Arts in Sacred Places: Grand opening of the Philadelphia Design Center
A new facility in Philadelphia offers theatrical designers affordable monthly memberships in an accessible co-workspace with state-of-the-arts equipment.
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Putting the fight in DOGFIGHT: Interview with JP Dunphy, multitalented actor, singer, and dancer
Part two of our interview with JP Dunphy details his preparations as an actor for a wide range of demanding roles
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