COMPANY (BCP): Settle down with Sondheim
Now that’s how you start off the summer! The beautiful Bucks County Playhouse opened to a full house with COMPANY. Based on the book by…
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Philadelphia Theater Calendar: June 2015
January | February | March | April | May | June July | August | September | October | November | December The Jungle Book. By Greg Banks, based on the story by Rudyard Kipling. April 15-June 21, 2015. Arden Theatre Company, 40 N. Second Street. ardentheatre.org.…
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ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (Wilma): A contemporary classic, in three parts
Tom Stoppard’s ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD is perhaps the most ubiquitous work of postmodern drama.
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Teaching Broadway: Drexel students produce FREE staged musical by Broadway alums
Students develop a new musical by NYC writer David Reiser inspired by his relationship with Broadway veteran Caissie Levy.
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FORBIDDEN BROADWAY’S GREATEST HITS (Act II): 60-second review
Act II set a new standard for closing out an excellent season. FORBIDDEN BROADWAY’S GREATEST HITS by Gerard Allessandrini is hands down hilarious. Tony Braithwaite,…
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I PROMISED MYSELF TO LIVE FASTER (Pig Iron): 60-second review
An absurd sci-fi epic with countless phallic symbols and absolutely no sense of “too much”. What more could you ask for?
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Renegade’s STORIES AND SPIRITS settles down with a drink and a good book
Novels and cocktails are two of the best things in life. STORIES AND SPIRITS combines them in a one-off evening of drinks and performances.
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Striptease Fundraiser: A true story
Henrik Eger tried to go to a fundraiser for Hidden River Arts… and ended up at a burlesque show instead.
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Undercover Circus in a West Philly Park: Tangle Movement Arts at Clark Park Farmers Market
The show will feature acrobats disguised as normal visitors to the popular Clark Park Farmers Market,
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THE LETTER OF LAST RESORT (Inis Nua): Tastefully staged pub theater
Inis Nua brings pub theater to Philly with it’s delectable production of David Greig’s THE LETTER OF LAST RESORT
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Borges and the Future of Philadelphia Theater: Pig Iron APT first year show
Pig Iron APT Class of 2016 show May 27 & 28, 2015.
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How to Live Faster: Interview with Dito van Reigersberg of Pig Iron
Pig Iron’s latest wild theatrical creation opens this week at FringeArts. I Promised Myself to Live Faster is an absurdist sci-fi epic and wild allegory about gayness in 2015,
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THE GOLDILOCKS ZONE (Passage): A cosmic consideration of post-modern parenthood
In Passage Theatre Company’s world-premiere production, the conditions needed for a post-modern couple to create life are no longer as limited as they once were
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. . . BARRY SEAL (Thaddeus Phillips/FringeArts): Smile and a wink
Thaddeus Phillips plays Barry Seal, a real-life, infamous drug smuggler-turned-DEA-informant who eventually gained the ire of both smugglers and government agents.
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AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (BRT): Pollution and politics
Henrik Ibsen’s classic gets a beautiful production at Bristol Riverside Theatre.
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I LOVE A PIANO (Walnut): A Berlin marathon
Conceived with a book by Ray Roderick and Michael Berkeley, I LOVE A PIANO is a valentine to Irving Berlin music through the ages
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LET THE DOG SEE THE RABBIT (Lightning Rod Special): A conceptual look at humans looking at animals
The experimental work is a three-part meditation on the life and death of animals under the domination of the human gaze.
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There’s No Bizness like SHOWBIZ: Sebastian has a new show
Sebastian describes SHOWBIZ as “part theater, part concert special, part social commentary extravaganza.”
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DON QUIXOTE (Hedgerow): Cervantes’ knight errant rides anew
The fanciful adventures of knight errant Don Quixote and loyal his sidekick Sancho Panza are refreshingly revived.
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SPEECH AND DEBATE (Azuka): 60-second review
Azuka Theatre found a theatrical goldmine in the world of high school misfits with its 2012 production of J.C. Lee’s Pookie Goes Grenading, and finds rich…
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