Why Deaf Theater is a Form of Resistance
This film follows Daymond Sands, a Deaf theatre program director, preparing his first original showcase, highlighting the cast’s heartfelt effort to bring Deaf perspectives center stage
STOMP (Merriam): Still going strong
Why has STOMP, with its pedestrian costumes and trash yard set, stood the test of time?
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Phindie in 2014: The most-read articles of the past year
The first complete calendar year of Phindie’s existence is almost at a close. This year Phindie published almost 500 pieces on local theater, dance, and other arts. We look back at the articles which you liked the most in 2014. Here are the top ten in various categories.
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ALICE’s ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (Quintessence): Mystifying appearances and disappearances, levitations and mysterious goings-on at Mount Airy’s Sedgwick Theater
For the latest installment in their tradition of performing literary family classics for the holidays, Quintessence Theatre Group brings ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND and its parade of beloved batty characters to Sedgwick Theater.
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1,1 HOLIDAY REVUE SPECIAL (Brian Sanders’ JUNK): Family fun?
Ordinarily I wouldn’t recommend JUNK for children, but the company’s 1.1 Holiday Revue Special is just fabulous.
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MAKING SPIRITS BRIGHT (Act II Playhouse): 60-second review
Presented in variety-show style with skits, songs, and improv sessions, this show is downright funny.
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Josh McIlvain’s SLIDESHOW: A bizarre recreation of a bygone ritual
I was born in the late 1970s, so my childhood only just coincided with the days of the family slideshow. We never had one in my…
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PLAID TIDINGS (Bucks County Playhouse): 60-second review
A budding 50s guy group that met an untimely end in an accident find themselves out of their heavenly digs and back on Earth – in front of a live audience.
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THE SANTALAND DIARIES (Flashpoint): The return of a hilarious holiday tradition
Flashpoint Theatre Company brings back its signature show for the holidays, David Sedaris’s THE SANTALAND DIARIES, for a ten-performance pre-Christmas run.
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WILD (dir. Jean-Marc Vallée): Movie review
This is a movie about one woman gaining personal survival skills that will give her confidence to face the vicissitudes of everyday life when she returns to it.
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THE IMITATION GAME (dir. Morten Tyldum): Movie review
Morten Tyldum does a fine job of blending two stories: Alan Turing’s role in deciphering Nazi Germany’s Enigma Code, and his arrest and conviction for gross indecency.
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“Musicians of Silence”: MUMMENSCHANZ returns to the Annenberg
MUMMENSCHANZ transform the ordinary into extraordinary using everyday objects and silent storytelling.
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Arden): An innovative retelling of a favorite fairytale
Director Whit MacLaughlin employs both live actors and shadow puppets to convey both the darkness and magic of the popular story.
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THE SINCERITY PROJECT (Team Sunshine): Real bodies doing real things
THE SINCERITY PROJECT uses honest dialogue and candid storytelling to blend truth and creative license into a deeply resonant piece.
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JAMES JOYCE’S THE DEAD (CTC): An immersive event in an Irish pub setting
The one-act musical adaptation of Joyce’s short story is presented as a memory play, told through narration and re-enactments.
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THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS (1812): 60-second review
With references to Throwback Thursday, Snapchat, and that annoying five-second wait to skip a YouTube video, the show focuses our attention on the funny intricacies that make up our times.
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OUTSIDE MULLINGAR (PTC): Land, loss, and love in rural Ireland
John Patrick Shanley’s rom-com charmer is a play about feelings, expressed with an Irish lilt by two generations of neighbors in the Emerald Isle
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Theater, dance, and circus for the price of a sandwich: NICE AND FRESH December
This month features circus heroes Almanac, Philadanco alum Lauren Putty White, a short by SmokeyScout artistic director Josh McIlvain, and the return of prodigal playwright John Rosenberg.
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Scratch Night provides a preview of a family-friendly holiday special from Brian Sanders’ JUNK
FringeArts’ December Scratch Night included a sneak peek of the 1.1 HOLIDAY REVUE SPECIAL, this year’s all-ages seasonal offering by Brian Sanders’ JUNK.
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HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (Blend Theatrics): A sweet treat for the season
Holiday magic is alive and well at the Laurie Beechman Cabaret Theater.
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BIRDMAN (dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu): Movie review
The spirit of Samuel Taylor Coleridge has to be invoked practically every minute Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Birdman” digitally projects on the screen.
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