In true B-movie fashion, the show provides it all – song, dance, drama, comedy, and of course, utterly enjoyable debauchery.
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HAMLET (Hedgerow): The play’s the thing
I have some friends who think William Shakespeare is the greatest writer in the English language, but they don’t like going to the theater to…
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QUILLS (Luna): Sadism never felt so good
This brilliantly twisted, fictionalized look at de Sade’s time in the asylum of Charenton, is now getting a delightfully dark treatment on the new Luna Theater stage.
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The winners of the 2014 Barrymore Awards…
From about 100 entries, winners in twenty-two categories were selected by a panel of twelve judges and announced at the Barrymore Awards ceremony tonight. InterAct…
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Micro-interviews of some Micromaniacs: Manon Manavit, Julius Ferraro, Drew Carroll, Scott Rodrigue, James Wadsworth Strong, Shelby Jackson
Interviews with the creative team for Micromanias, a double-bill of original performances coming up this November at Kensington’s Little Berlin.
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DEATH OF A SALESMAN (EgoPo): A Jewish take on the classic of American theater
DEATH OF A SALESMAN is often seen as a cultural comment on the American Dream, in EgoPo’s production it is a moving look at a man, his son, and their personal tragedies.
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HENRY V (Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre): Bringing history to life and making learning fun
Aaron Cromie brings his inimitable brand of wit and insight to this exuberant interpretation of HENRY V.
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THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (BrainSpunk): A seasonally spooky treat
Adapted to the stage by Andrew Leslie from Shirley Jackson’s cornerstone horror novel, THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE is a seasonally spooky treat.
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Richard II (Quintessence): Let us sit on the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings
RICHARD II is a richly rewarding play, full of insightful and startling verse, but you might want to read a synopsis before seeing this production.
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AS YOU LIKE IT (Quintessence): Do you not know I am a woman?
Burns and his cast humanize Shakespeare’s characters and provide a smart, jolly time that is tinged with genuine sentiment.
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WE CAN ALL AGREE TO PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED (Tiny Dynamite and InterAct Theatre Company): A Philadelphia world-premiere comedy
Season 4 of Tiny Dynamite’s month-long happy-hour series A Play, A Pie and A Pint concludes with its first commissioned work.
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A Conversation with Playwright Lucas Hnath, Director Deborah Block, and the Cast of Theatre Exile’s RED SPEEDO
Playwright Lucas Hnath raises serious legal, ethical, societal, and personal issues in RED SPEEDO, his 2013 play enjoying its Philadelphia premiere at Theatre Exile.
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MASQUE OF POE (Mechanical Theater): A hauntingly powerful evening of storytelling
Mechanical Theater’s Halloween-season offering, MASQUE OF POE, honors its mission of creating theatrical projects designed for Philadelphia’s unique historical settings.
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[podcast] Cutting Hamlet: Director Dan Hodge on adapting Shakespeare’s masterpiece for the stage
Every staged version of Hamlet is edited. Posterity left us two “authentic” written versions of William Shakespeare’s masterpiece, as well as a poorly transcribed but…
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PHINDIE BIKE TOUR 2.0: Kensington Arts
On November 8, 2014, join Phindie for Bike Tour 2.0, which will take viewers to experience the Near Northeast’s idiosyncratic, cutting-edge arts!
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“The Experiment”, part 2: ARCADIA (Lantern)
Part 2 of Michael Fisher’s multi-part, multi-week consideration of ARCADIA at the Lantern.
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RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN (Wilma): Feminism, access, and meaning on the stage
RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN is an exploration of contemporary feminist questions and a story in which those theories are put to a practical test.
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“My busy, wacky, wonderful life”: Parents on stage and off stage, THE ADDAMS FAMILY (Media Theatre)
The wacky parents of THE ADDAMS FAMILY at the Media Theatre share the joys and difficulties of juggling two lead roles in their lives.
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ROW AFTER ROW (People’s Light): Finding the courage to fight and to heal
Local-born playwright Jessica Dickey considers the humor and heartache of mustering the courage to fight in an insightful comedy about three Civil War re-enactors.
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DETROIT (PTC): Where the American Dream goes to die
Cities and thrones and powers/ Stand in time’s eye,/ Almost as long as flowers,/ Which daily die
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