“[H]alf-way up the hill, I see the Past Lying beneath me with its sounds and sights,— A city in the twilight dim and vast, With…
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Upcoming theater and arts in Philadelphia
Flashpoint lights up the local scene with THE BENDS
Thom Weaver is familiar to me, as he may be to other Philadelphia theatergoers, because it seems every time I see a show with impressive…
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Treats of the 2012 Philly Fringe: THE GHOST SONATA and THE MAIDS
One of the great things about the Fringe Festival is the opportunity to see independent companies perform works unlikely to be attempted by more established…
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Neighborhood Treats of the 2012 Philly Fringe: Fishtown, Kensington, Northern Liberties
The annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe showcases dozens of local and international performing artists at venues all across the city, but you…
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Philadelphia FringeArts Unveils Plans for its New Headquarters
The historic High Pressure Fire Service Building on the corner of Race Street and Columbus Boulevard will have a new life as the permanent headquarters…
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Angels in America: two parts, two seasons
Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater, one of the city’s leading playhouses, is concluding its 2011/12 season with Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches. The first part of Tony Kushner‘s acclaimed two-part…
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A Philly theater double header this Saturday
One of the best things about the annual Philly Fringe festival is the opportunity to see several works of performing arts in one day or evening. I…
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Two Philadelphia companies take Medea in new directions
The story of Euripides’s third place finish in the 431 B.C. Athens Dionysia festival is one to warm the hearts of unsung writers everywhere. The great Greek…
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Simpatico concludes its Philadelphia season with David Rabe’s THE BLACK MONK
“She began dressing, too. Only now, looking at her, Kovrin realised the danger of his position — realised the meaning of the black monk and…
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Live from Philadelphia… it’s 4SW Live! (FREE show)
4SW Productions is launching onto the Philadelphia theater scene with a showcase of short comedic plays next Monday in the third-floor space at Plays & Players theater.…
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Twelfth Night at the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre
The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre opens its 15th Anniversary Season with Twelfth Night. Directed by Artistic Director Carmen Khan, the production promises to be a fun look at this…
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Philadelphia’s BRAT Productions makes the theater of the absurd even more absurd
Eugene Ionesco’s absurdest masterpiece The Bald Soprano (“La Cantatrice chauve”) ends as it begins: with an Englishwoman talking about french fried potatoes. Her husband isn’t listening, but this…
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A Valentines Playdate in Philadelphia
“First dates are stressful,” says the postcard for Matchbox Theatre Projects Valentines Day special,The Playdaters. As we all know, the 100th date can be just…
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African American History Month, onstage in Philadelphia
I’m writing this on February 4th, on what would be Rosa Parks 99th birthday. Parks herself is represented onstage in Philadelphia tonight, at the end…
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Annual Philadelphia show salutes seminal TV comedy
Now in its sixth year, 1812 Productions’ This Is The Week That Is has become a cherished Philadelphia theater tradition. Described by 1812 artistic director Jennifer Childs…
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Wild Bunch in Wild Punch in Kensington
California transplant John Rosenberg opened the Papermill Theater in an old (you guessed it) paper mill in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia in 2010. Since then, it’s…
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Fun new theater at Plays and Players in Philadelphia
Running through November 19, Joy Cutler’s Pardon My Invasion continues a rich traditional of fun theater at Plays and Players. Tucked away on the quiet residential Delancey…
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Meanwhile . . . a noir-spoof mystery at the Ruba Ballroom
Philadelphia has quite the noir pedigree. It was home to William McGivern, author of the source material to such hard-boiled classics as Rogue Cop and The Big Heat, and David…
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“I see dead artists”: Haley Joel Osment returns to Philly in PTC’s RED
Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan has used Philadelphia and its environs as the setting for all of his critically acclaimed films, most famously his 1999 breakthrough…
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10 Picks for 2011 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe, and the 2011 edition looks bigger andbetter than ever. The Live Arts…
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