NOT RIGHT NOW (James Christy): 2022 Fringe review
There are many, many moments that become stories.
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DEAR EVAN HANSEN (National Tour at Forrest Theatre): Return to sender
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
Alaina Anderson is loving her time on the national tour of Dear Evan Hansen.
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Vengeance (dir. B.J. Novak): Film review
Vengeance walks a pretty confident tightrope as a crime-focused, West Texas-set black comedy with more substance than a deep-fried Twinkie. It never really comes across as…
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A Recurring Theme: Actor Greg Wood on TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Actor Greg Wood will return to Philly with the national tour of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
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Flux Gourmet (dir. Peter Strickland): Film review
Peter Strickland’s Flux Gourmet is another auteur-flavored oddity all the way. Capturing the senses whether it’s through sound mixing in film production (“Berberian Sound Studio”),…
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Philadelphia Theater Calendar July 2022
What’s onstage in Philadelphia this month?
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In Search of the Kitchen Gods (1812 Productions): A recipe for success
Everyone is welcome in Bi Jean Ngos Vietnamese kitchen
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Acro on Ice: Cirque du Soleil’s Robert Tannion talks about Crystal
Cirque du Soleil is known for pushing creative and physical limits. In the company’s first ice show, Cirque expands those boundaries with both acrobats and skaters.
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Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (dir. Sophie Hyde): Film review
There are plenty of movies about sex, but not enough movies about sexual pleasure involving women of a certain age.
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Showing Their Mussel: Living art lab on Cherry Street Pier considers the mollusk and fresh water
Freshwater mussels were once the most abundant bivalve mollusks in rivers around the world, but their populations have seen steep declines. They are now some…
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TALLEY’S FOLLY by Lanford Wilson (1980): Chosen by Committee episode 54
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
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
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
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
Actress Mary Martello is back on the Walnut stage in the current production of Blithe Spirit.
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Fire Island (dir. Andrew Ahn): Film review
Pack your poppers, lube, and rainbow bikini briefs — director Andrew Ahn’s Fire Island takes us to the gay mecca off the South Shore of…
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Philadelphia Theater Calendar June 2022
What’s onstage in Philadelphia this month?
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BURIED CHILD by Sam Shepard (1979): Chosen by Committee episode 53
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.
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HAIRSPRAY (National Tour at Miller Theater): As fresh as ever
I was delighted to find that the charms of Hairspray are still hard to resist.
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