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    A Life Unfolds: Kathryn Grody’s The Unexpected 3rd

    Acclaimed actor and writer Kathryn Grody brings her wit, warmth, and sharp perspective to People’s Light in The Unexpected 3rd. Known for her distinctive voice…

    Debra Danese September 19, 2025 No Comments
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  • Reviews Theater

    A Summer Day (Wilma): Existential and eccentric

    An existential and eccentric play , it’s not light-hearted theater.

    Kathryn Osenlund June 24, 2025 No Comments
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  • Theater

    Mushnik Reimagined: May Elizabeth Scallen in Little Shop of Horrors

    In Little Shop of Horrors, Mary Elizabeth Scanlon takes on the role of Mushnik, the flower shop owner with a front-row seat to the madness.

    Debra Danese June 24, 2025 No Comments
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    GIOVANNI’S ROOM (Quintessence): Bringing Baldwin to the stage

    Giovanni’s Room, is currently on stage in Philadelphia in world premiere. The James Baldwin Estate granted Quintessence Theatre permission to produce this theatrical adaptation, the…

    Kathryn Osenlund June 9, 2025 No Comments
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    RENT (Arden): Revisiting a 90s La boheme

    Jonathan Larson,  who wrote the book, lyrics, and music in 1994, described Rent as a Rock Opera

    Kathryn Osenlund June 2, 2025 No Comments
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Features Fringe Festival Interviews Music Theater

Coming Out to Philadelphia: Fringe visitor Bay Bryan talks GROWING INTO MY BEARD

Christopher Munden August 26, 2015 No Comments

Bay Bryan talks about his queer at heart Fringe show and how Philadelphia is like Scotland.

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Capable of Truthiness: Jessica Creane gets honest about CAPACITY FOR VERACITY

Christopher Munden August 25, 2015 No Comments

Lies, damned lies, and theater: that’s what they say. Maybe. Jessica Creane is one Fringe creator/performer with a large CAPACITY FOR VERACITY.

View More Capable of Truthiness: Jessica Creane gets honest about CAPACITY FOR VERACITY
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Art, History, Love: Hannah Van Sciver and FIFTY DAYS AT ILIAM

Christopher Munden August 24, 2015 No Comments

With last year’s Fringe hit Marbles and her recent SoLow show Bicycle Face, Hannah Van Sciver has been building a reputation as a “smart, funny,…

View More Art, History, Love: Hannah Van Sciver and FIFTY DAYS AT ILIAM
Features

Nominate This! 2015 Barrymore Awards nominees

Christopher Munden August 24, 2015 No Comments

Theatre Philadelphia announced the nominations for 2015 Barrymore Awards for Excellence (think Tony or Olivier, wiz wit).

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Tucker Delaney-Winn in the title role of Feast Productions’ HAMLET THE HIP-HOPERA (Photo credit: Courtesy of the Production)
Reviews Theater

[NYC] HAMLET THE HIP-HOPERA (Feast Productions): FringeNYC review

Debra Miller August 24, 2015 3 Comments

This FringeNYC mash-up of Shakespeare and Eminem combines passages of The Bard’s verse and prose with current explications and amplifications set to an urban beat.

View More [NYC] HAMLET THE HIP-HOPERA (Feast Productions): FringeNYC review
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Skin Deep: Jeanine McCain talks UNDER HER SKIN

Christopher Munden August 23, 2015 No Comments

Jeanine McCain talks about her inventive dance show in the 2015 Fringe Festival.

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Features Fringe Festival Theater

Living on the fringes: a survival guide for the avant-garde theater of Toneelgroep Amsterdam

Simon Joseph August 22, 2015 1 Comment

Toneelgroep Amsterdam mixes a distinctive trademark blend of the classical and the innovative with its adaptation of Ingmar Bergman.

View More Living on the fringes: a survival guide for the avant-garde theater of Toneelgroep Amsterdam
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[NYC] TO DANCE – THE MUSICAL (Dancing in the Dark Productions): FringeNYC review

Debra Miller August 22, 2015 No Comments

The life and struggles of Russian ballet dancer Valery Panov continues to inspire new generations.

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I’m The Hero? This Fringe, Daniel Park says YOU ARE THE HERO

Christopher Munden August 22, 2015 No Comments

Daniel Park is a happy guy, and he’d like to make you happy too. First, he’ll give you a Sturburst, then he’ll invite you to…

View More I’m The Hero? This Fringe, Daniel Park says YOU ARE THE HERO
Film

A 13-Year-Old, Kickstarter, and a Feature Film: Emily DiPrimio’s CARVER at Ritz Theatre in Oaklyn, NJ

Christopher Munden August 21, 2015 No Comments

Many adolescents have ideas for a horror movie, some might go as far a having their friends dress up for a home video. Emily DiPrimio raised $32,000 on Kickstarter and made a feature film.

View More A 13-Year-Old, Kickstarter, and a Feature Film: Emily DiPrimio’s CARVER at Ritz Theatre in Oaklyn, NJ
Dance Features Fringe Festival Interviews

Disarming Discourse: Arielle Pina talks race and the body in her Fringe show UNARMED

Christopher Munden August 21, 2015 No Comments

America has embarked on a complicated discussion about race and policing. How can a Fringe show contribute to this conversation?

View More Disarming Discourse: Arielle Pina talks race and the body in her Fringe show UNARMED
Dance Features

Editorial: Dancing around the glass closet

Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal August 20, 2015 No Comments

Vestiges of homophobia and negative gay stereotypes persist even in the dance community.

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Dance Features Fringe Festival Theater

Dance at the Fringe: Lew Whittington on the Fringe line-up and other insights

Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal August 20, 2015 No Comments

This year’s festival presents over 30 dance events by newcomers and favorites. Dance writer Lew Whittington previews some highlights.

View More Dance at the Fringe: Lew Whittington on the Fringe line-up and other insights
Features Fringe Festival Theater

Jess Conda’s Shameless Plugs and Top Picks for the 2015 Fringe Festival

Jess Conda August 20, 2015 No Comments

Jess Conda IS Fringe. Here are her in-the-know picks and plugs for the 2015 Fringe Festival

View More Jess Conda’s Shameless Plugs and Top Picks for the 2015 Fringe Festival
Reviews Theater

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Mechanical): A rapid-fire current view of Shakespeare’s “merry war”

Debra Miller August 20, 2015 No Comments

Shakespeare’s popular romantic comedy is given a new look and a quick pace in Mechanical Theater’s delightful production, performed at Society Hill’s historic Powel House.

View More MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Mechanical): A rapid-fire current view of Shakespeare’s “merry war”
Features Fringe Festival Interviews Theater

Shakespeare’s Darkest Play, Literally: TILL BIRNAM WOOD… returns to the Fringe

Christopher Munden August 20, 2015 No Comments

Director John Schultz talks about his immersive staging of Shakespeare’s Macbeth: to a blindfolded audience.

View More Shakespeare’s Darkest Play, Literally: TILL BIRNAM WOOD… returns to the Fringe
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Nowhere Woman: Femme fatale Emilie Krause on 901 NOWHERE STREET

Christopher Munden August 19, 2015 No Comments

Emilie Krause talks about her Fringe play, her work as an actor and devisor, and how she’s probably not a real-ife femme fatale.

View More Nowhere Woman: Femme fatale Emilie Krause on 901 NOWHERE STREET
​Dwayne Thomas as Iago and LaNeshe Miller-White as his wife Emilia. Photo by Tieshka Smith.
Features Interviews Theater

An ALL-Black OTHELLO: Director Ozzie Jones talks about his “gloriously liberating” casting for Theatre in the X, part 2

Henrik Eger August 19, 2015 2 Comments

In part two of our interview with Ozzie Jones, the director talks about his decision to cast an ALL-black OTHELLO.

View More An ALL-Black OTHELLO: Director Ozzie Jones talks about his “gloriously liberating” casting for Theatre in the X, part 2
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Bringing OTHELLO to the Hood: Interview with director Ozzie Jones, part 1

Henrik Eger August 18, 2015 No Comments

Henrik Eger speaks to director Ozzie Jones about Theatre in the X and presenting Shakespeare in an area some call “the hood”.

View More Bringing OTHELLO to the Hood: Interview with director Ozzie Jones, part 1
Reviews Theater

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE (Bucks County Playhouse): Spelling good times

Lauren Hartranft August 18, 2015 No Comments

Take a few awkward adolescents, put them in a competition moderated by awkward adults, toss some words (or some formulation of one) at them, and…

View More THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE (Bucks County Playhouse): Spelling good times

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