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TRAVESTIES (Lantern): A play of ideas married to farce

Toby Zinman September 15, 2022 1 Comment

Tom Stoppard’s newest play Leopoldstadt is coming to New York, and once again he is being talked about as if he were the second coming…

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Fringe in Sketch: LUSTER (Junk)

Aaron Krolikowski September 15, 2022 No Comments

Lust for exposure and success turns… TRAGIC. Set in an underground shopping mall turned nightclub, Junk’s newest experience, Luster, reveals the twisted nature of reality show…

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Watching THE TWO-CHARACTER PLAY (OUT-CRY) by Tennessee Williams

Kathryn Osenlund September 15, 2022 No Comments

This play-within-a-play about a play takes place on the Bluver Theatre’s tiny stage, brightly lit, although called dim by the characters. The audience, up close…

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Romeo & Juliet in a Bar (Shakespeare on Tap): 2022 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 12, 2022 No Comments

A little bit naughty at times, semi-Shakespearean lingo is mixed with a good deal of TomFoolery.

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FOOD (Geoff Sobelle): 2022 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 9, 2022 No Comments

Unless you know Geoff Sobelle’s other works, you’ve never seen anything like this.

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TWO-CHARACTER PLAY (IRC): 2022 Fringe review

Toby Zinman September 9, 2022 2 Comments

Nobody writes crazy, despairing, desperate women like Tennessee Williams

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DEAR EVAN HANSEN (National Tour at Forrest Theatre): Return to sender

Joshua Herren August 19, 2022 No Comments

The show’s message is deeply cynical: that social media and community solidarity in the face of tragic events are ultimately self-serving

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A Letter, a Lie, and the Role of a Lifetime: Alaina Anderson in Dear Evan Hansen

Debra Danese August 15, 2022 No Comments

Alaina Anderson is loving her time on the national tour of Dear Evan Hansen.

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A Recurring Theme: Actor Greg Wood on TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Debra Danese July 7, 2022 No Comments

Actor Greg Wood will return to Philly with the national tour of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

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Philadelphia Theater Calendar July 2022

Calendar July 1, 2022 No Comments

What’s onstage in Philadelphia this month?

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In Search of the Kitchen Gods (1812 Productions): A recipe for success

Krista Mar June 24, 2022 No Comments

Everyone is welcome in Bi Jean Ngos Vietnamese kitchen

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TALLEY’S FOLLY by Lanford Wilson (1980): Chosen by Committee episode 54

Phindie Podcasts June 14, 2022 No Comments

Lanford Wilson’s quiet one-act play about an unlikely love between a leftist Jewish immigrant and the daughter of a Missouri garment factory dynasty won the…

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INTO THE WOODS (Arden): A Sondheim show for grown-ups

Toby Zinman June 13, 2022 No Comments

No woods. No cutesy pop-up book set. Just three hours of pure musical theater pleasure: gorgeous melodies, clever lyrics, profound ideas and a dream cast.…

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FABULATION, OR THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE (Lantern): A funny play with a serious agenda

Toby Zinman June 10, 2022 No Comments

Lynn Nottage knows how to “sustain the complexity” so that this funny play with a serious agenda works

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FAIRVIEW (Wilma): 60-second review

Christopher Munden June 6, 2022 No Comments

Pulitzer winners aren’t always great theatrical works, but they are often very revealing about the times in which they won

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Calling on Spirits: Mary Martello on her psychic role as Madame Arcarti in BLITHE SPIRIT

Debra Danese June 6, 2022 No Comments

Actress Mary Martello is back on the Walnut stage in the current production of Blithe Spirit.

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Philadelphia Theater Calendar June 2022

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What’s onstage in Philadelphia this month?

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BURIED CHILD by Sam Shepard (1979): Chosen by Committee episode 53

Phindie Podcasts May 31, 2022 No Comments

Sam Shepard’s dark look at the American family won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, so it gets the Chosen by Committee treatment on this episode of the much-loved podcast.