THE THREE MARIES (no Attytude productions): Philly Phun on Broad Street
This celebration of all things Philly and silly gets the audience strutting in their seats and laughing as they leave. Shakespeare it’s not, but Ogborn and the producers hope it will be adopted as a Philadelphia staple with a life of its own.
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The Magic of Christmas!: Barbershop Quartet with famous Philly magicians at the Society Hill Playhouse
One real barber and four famous Philadelphia magicians who are going to surprise the audience on Saturday, December 19
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Mechanical): A clever take on Dickens’ holiday classic
A witty new adaptation of Dickens’ Christmas classic is performed in under an hour by a cast of three in a beautiful historic setting.
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IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY (BCP): A wonderful holiday show
Bucks County Playhouse tackles this classic (adapted by Joe Landry) and finds a perfect way to ring in the holidays.
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PETER RABBIT TALES (Enchantment): Enchanting world-class children’s theater
An original adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s beloved children’s stories is told through expressive movement, music, and voice-over narration, with colorful costumes, masks, and puppetry.
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HANSEL AND GRETEL (Quintessence): Cool contemporary spin on Grimm
You don’t have to be ten years old to thoroughly enjoy this production, you just have to retrace the breadcrumbs and remember how to pretend again.
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BEHIND THE MUSIC: HOLIDAY TUNES (Act II): 60-second review
Did the holidays somehow sneak up on you? Get in the holiday spirit quickly with the warm, funny, and entertaining cast at Act II Playhouse.
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THE BALD SOPRANO (Curio): The absurd banality of everyday conversation
Ionesco offers comically entertaining insight on the careless and constant cacophony that passes for communication but is just platitudinous twaddle.
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Stoppard in Philadelphia: Video of the playwright’s appearance at the Wilma
Theater webmagazine Howlround provide this video of a conversation with the internationally renowned playwright.
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THE BOOK OF MORMON (First National Tour Company): Sincerely funny
This touring production doesn’t make THE BOOK OF MORMON any more savage, but it knits Parker and Stone’s comic ideas together into a moving story more satisfying because it has a human core.
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GENTLEMEN VOLUNTEERS (Pig Iron): Psychology, trickery, live foley, everything you want
GENTLEMAN VOLUNTEERS displays charm, psychological interest, and fringe sentiment which planted the roots of Pig Iron’s experimentation.
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[NYC] PERFECT CRIME (Armand Hyatt): A conundrum of a play
New York’s longest running play is a convoluted whodunit, filled with twists and turns that would confuse even the most seasoned detective.
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[NYC] MY BIG GAY ITALIAN MIDLIFE CRISIS (Bianco Productions): The side-splitting saga continues!
The third in Anthony J. Wilkinson’s Off-Broadway trilogy takes a personal look at what it means to be middle-aged, gay, and Italian, with over-the-top humor and heartwarming sensitivity.
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THE NUTCRACKER (PA Ballet): A beloved holiday tradition
A holiday tradition for many Philadelphians, the Pennsylvania Ballet’s NUTCRACKER returns for another season.
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BASKERVILLE (PTC): The adventure of the omnipresent detective
Ken Ludwig’s idea of turning a Sherlock Holmes story into a comedy isn’t groundbreaking, which means the execution of the idea needs to be really good to stand out
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X-MAS PHILES (Philadanco): What’s in the box labeled X-mas Philes?
X-MAS PHILES is fun. But fun showed itself as a side-track.
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2016 is almost knocking at the gate: Interview with LAFFERTY’S WAKE playwright Susan Turlish
In this, the second of a two-part interview (read part one here), Henrik Eger talks to playwright Susan Turlish about her work.
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A Baroque German Christmas: Tempesta di Mare presents 17th-century advent music
Tempesta di Mare is teaming up with Choral Arts Philadelphia and Piffaro Renaissance Band to perform selections of Christmas music from the Court of Dresden.
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Famous Philadelphians: Aaron Levy (1742-1815)
Aaron Levy was a prominent land speculator in Colonial Pennsylvania. A Jewish immigrant from Amsterdam, he founded Aaronsberg in Centre County, the first city in the United States designed by and named for a person of Jewish descent.
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ABBOT ADAM: NONE (No Face/ FringeArts): What does it all mean?
The second part of No Face Performance Group’s ABBOT ADAM series begins with the faintly absurd and moves to the thoroughly absurd.
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