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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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  • Reviews Theater

    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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  • Reviews Theater

    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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Arts Features Music

Back in White: Philadelphia’s fourth annual DÎNER EN BLANC

Debra Miller August 18, 2015 No Comments

The elegant group picnic returns with entertainment by DJ Sabeel Chohan, dance troupe The Canarsie Wobblers, and The Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret.

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GayFest! Reviews Theater

THE SECRETARIES (Quince): An erotic-hilarious farce—not suited for an embarrassed young man?

Alex Boucher August 16, 2015 No Comments

Warning: Don’t see this erotic-thriller-parody if you take life too seriously! Also: Don’t take life to seriously.

View More THE SECRETARIES (Quince): An erotic-hilarious farce—not suited for an embarrassed young man?
Red 40 and the Last Groovement kicks off a stellar fortnight of Late Night Fringe.
Features Fringe Festival Music

Fringe Late Night: FULL Schedule and Preview

Christopher Munden August 16, 2015 No Comments

For this year’s Fringe Festival, King Britt and Kate Watson-Wallace has put together a tasty schedule of Late Night offerings at the Fringe bar.

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Features Fringe Festival Interviews Theater

PAC Presents THE CAPTIVE: FringeArts Interview with Dan Hodge

Brendan Farrell August 15, 2015 No Comments

Philadelphia Artists Collective has produced some of the finest works of the last few Fringe Festivals. Director Dan Hodge tells us about this year’s offering.

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Features Theater

2014/15 Critics’ Awards: The best in Philadelphia theater

Christopher Munden August 14, 2015 1 Comment

Local theater writers vote for their favorites in twelve categories!

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Features Fringe Festival Interviews Theater

Fringe Preview: THE LIGHT PRINCESS (Tony Lawton with Ugly Stepsister)

Debra Miller August 14, 2015 1 Comment

The creators/performers of THE LIGHT PRINCESS discuss the development of their adaptation of the 19th-century Scottish fairytale before its workshop production in the Fringe.

View More Fringe Preview: THE LIGHT PRINCESS (Tony Lawton with Ugly Stepsister)
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1 Actor, 1 Audience Member, 64 Shows, 10 Billion Possibilities: Sam Henderson’s 100 takes over the Fringe Festival

Christopher Munden August 13, 2015 No Comments

Sam Henderson is keeping the location and the subject of his Fringe show secret. In this interview, Phindie tries to squeeze out a little more information.

View More 1 Actor, 1 Audience Member, 64 Shows, 10 Billion Possibilities: Sam Henderson’s 100 takes over the Fringe Festival
Reviews Theater

AT THE FLASH (Quince/GayFest!): No wigs, no props, no problem

Alex Boucher August 13, 2015 No Comments

Leeper uses the story of five disparate characters at one gay bar to trace five decades of LGBT history.

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Adriana (Marilyn McIntyre and Rudy Caporaso in REV's COMEDY OF ERRORS. Photo by Dave Kappler.
Reviews Theater

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (REV): I wasn’t brought up on Shakespeare; an epistolary review

Kristen Martin August 13, 2015 No Comments

This review of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors was written in form of an Open Letter to a teenager from Jamaica.

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Bill Egan, Andrew Dean Laino, and Peggy Smith in MOTHER TONGUE at GayFest! 2015. Photo by John Donges.
Features GayFest! Interviews Theater

GayFest! Reveals a Different Kind of “Love Triangle”: Interview with MOTHER TONGUE playwright F.J. Hartland, part 2

Henrik Eger August 10, 2015 No Comments

Part 2 of our interview with GayFest! playwright FJ Hartland.

View More GayFest! Reveals a Different Kind of “Love Triangle”: Interview with MOTHER TONGUE playwright F.J. Hartland, part 2
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The limits of forgiveness: Interview with FROM WHITE PLAINS playwright Michael Perlman

Henrik Eger August 9, 2015 No Comments

Successful young director-playwright Michael Perlman talks to Phindie ahead of his new play in GayFest! 2015.

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Reviews Theater

RAGE OF ACHILLES (CCTC): The absurdity and tragedy of war

Debra Miller August 9, 2015 No Comments

Commonwealth Classic Theatre presents a world-premiere production of Paul Parente’s meaningful tragicomedy on the absurdities and horrors of war, inspired by the events and characters from Homer’s Iliad.

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Reviews Theater

ASYLUM (Cheril N. Clarke): A shout loud enough to hear

Dante Robinson August 8, 2015 2 Comments

In a room where everyone else is whispering, ASYLUM screams at the top of its lungs: “Listen.”

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Previews Theater

Tongue & Groove asks “Who Are You? Who who, who who?”

Christopher Munden August 7, 2015 No Comments

This month, Tongue & Groove Spontaneous Theater is revisiting their popular improv show, WHO, in which the audience is asked to honestly answer the simple question “Who Are You?”

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Arts Features Fringe Festival

#DigitalFringe: The Fringe Festival gets digital

Courtney Lau August 7, 2015 No Comments

The 2015 Fringe Festival introduces a new component, Digital Fringe, an online platform where artists working in digital media can share their work.

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Features GayFest! Previews Theater

GayFest! 2015: Preview and schedule

Christopher Munden August 5, 2015 No Comments

GayFest! shows feature gay characters, but they are no more “gay plays” than plays featuring straight characters are “straight plays”.

View More GayFest! 2015: Preview and schedule
Features GayFest! Interviews Theater

Cruising through History with Rainbow Sails at GayFest!: Interview with Sean Chandler and David Leeper, co-authors of AT THE FLASH, part 2

Alex Boucher August 5, 2015 No Comments

Part two of our interview with GayFest! cowriters David Leeper and Sean Chandler.

View More Cruising through History with Rainbow Sails at GayFest!: Interview with Sean Chandler and David Leeper, co-authors of AT THE FLASH, part 2
Fringe Festival Theater

Get your 2015 Fringe Guide at a Special Launch Party

Christopher Munden August 4, 2015 No Comments

Red 40 and DJ Jersey Dan give a taste of the Fringe Festival at the Guide Launch Party this First Friday.

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Music Reviews Theater

HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL (Vulcan Lyric): A cult classic whose time may have passed

Naomi Orwin August 4, 2015 No Comments

A revitalized opera company offering musical performances in Philly in the summer is a good thing. But maybe some things just aren’t funny anymore, like teen suicide, gay jokes, and trying to blow up a school.

View More HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL (Vulcan Lyric): A cult classic whose time may have passed
Features GayFest! Interviews Theater

“Nobody cares what a playwright looks like”: GayFest! playwright F.J. Hartland talks MOTHER TONGUE and more (part 1)

Henrik Eger August 4, 2015 No Comments

FJ Hartland’s MOTHER TONGUE, about a different kind of love triangle, will be one of the highlight productions of this year’s GayFest!

View More “Nobody cares what a playwright looks like”: GayFest! playwright F.J. Hartland talks MOTHER TONGUE and more (part 1)

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