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    MACBETH (Lantern): Dancing, singing… and murder

    In opening scenes three Weird Sisters, witches, brew evil in a pot using scarce ingredients like eye of newt. They cherry pick the future for Macbeth with oracular accuracy, giving over the goods while leaving out important elements.

    Kathryn Osenlund November 11, 2025 No Comments
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  • Features Interviews

    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

A STREETCAR NAMED DURANG (IRC): 60-second review

Debra Miller November 18, 2014 No Comments

High-energy hilarity fills L’Étage as the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium remounts its 2008 Fringe hit, a trio of one-act parodies by Christopher Durang.

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Previews Theater

PESTS opens Inis Nua’s reading series tonight

Christopher Munden November 17, 2014 No Comments

Vivienne Franzmann’s new play, PESTS, is the first offering of Inis Nua Theatre Company’s 2014/15 reading series

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Film

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (dir. James Marsh): Movie review

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper November 14, 2014 No Comments

“The Theory of Everything” is a strong story because it’s one of care and victory.

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Reviews Theater

BIG LOVE (Villanova): 60-second review

Christopher Munden November 14, 2014 No Comments

Based upon a 2,500-year-old classical Greek play, BIG LOVE tells the story of 50 brides who show up at an Italian mansion, fleeing their 50 cousins/potential husbands.

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Reviews Theater

THE (CURIOUS CASE OF THE) WATSON INTELLIGENCE (Azuka): Connecting with audience

Lisa Panzer November 11, 2014 No Comments

A thoroughly entertaining, beautifully staged exploration of trust, love, relationships, entanglement, dependency and technology and intimacy.

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Robert Stineman and Ellie Ruttenberg in John Rosenberg's CANA OF GALILEE at the 2014 Nice and Fresh winter series.
Features Theater

[audio] Exclusive reading of John Rosenberg’s CANA OF GALILEE (Hella Fresh Theater)

Christopher Munden November 11, 2014 2 Comments

Exclusive recording of John Rosenberg’s CANA OF GALILEE, a full-length play only performed once, in a living room in Philadelphia, April 2014.

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Victoria Rose Bonito and J Hernandez star in BLOOD WEDDING (Photo credit: Kate Raines/PLATE 3 Photography)
Reviews Theater

BLOOD WEDDING (PAC/MPiRP): A symbiotic relationship between the arts and education

Debra Miller November 10, 2014 1 Comment

Love, betrayal, vengeance, and death are the themes of Federico García Lorca’s Spanish Symbolist tragedy, BLOOD WEDDING.

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Raviv Ullman, Bill Pullman, and Holly Hunter in STICKS AND BONES. Photo credit: Monique Carboni
Reviews Theater

[NYC] STICKS AND BONES (The New Group): A revival with a local connection is attracting attention in New York

Kathryn Osenlund November 10, 2014 No Comments

STICKS AND BONES vents Vietnam era fury against a war that sent an endless stream of young men home damaged or in body bags.

View More [NYC] STICKS AND BONES (The New Group): A revival with a local connection is attracting attention in New York
Reviews Theater

CAUGHT (InterAct): On the nature of art and truth

Debra Miller November 10, 2014 No Comments

When artful deceptions permeate an artist’s life, it casts doubt on everything we believe but never really knew.

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Reviews Theater

RED SPEEDO (Theatre Exile): A dive into the waters of amorality

Christopher Munden November 7, 2014 No Comments

“We all do things that are sorta good, and things that are sorta not so good.” In RED SPEEDO, each character is capable of doing those things that are sorta not so good.

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Features Previews Theater

Any house is a DREAM HOUSE with some imagination: Philadelphia Local Artists for Youth and Plays & Players prepare a Rainy Day Play

Kaitlyn Foti November 6, 2014 No Comments

A product of the Philadelphia Local Artists for Youthprogram, DREAM HOUSE is is designed to unleash the creativity of audiences young and old alike.

View More Any house is a DREAM HOUSE with some imagination: Philadelphia Local Artists for Youth and Plays & Players prepare a Rainy Day Play
60-Second Review Reviews Theater

THE GLASS MENAGERIE (Act II): 60-second review

Lauren Hartranft November 6, 2014 No Comments

Tennessee Williams’ classic story comes to life on the stage of Act II Playhouse.

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Bradley K. Wrenn as Ezra Chater and Nathan Foley as Captain Brice in Lantern Theater Company's production of ARCADIA. Photo by Mark Garvin.
Features Reviews Theater

“The Experiment”, conclusion: ARCADIA (Lantern)

Michael Fisher November 6, 2014 No Comments

Michael Fisher concludes his multi-part review experiment of ARCADIA at the Lantern Theater Company. Was it a success?

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Director Damon Bonetti, captured during last night's "Blood Wedding" rehearsal, by Drexel photography student Cindi Landmesser.
Features Interviews Theater

PAC’s Damon Bonetti on BLOOD WEDDING: “Peace in a cruel world”

Christopher Munden November 5, 2014 No Comments

Phindie spoke to Damon Bonetti, a founding member of the Philadelphia Artists’ Collective and director of PAC’s latest offering, Frederico Garcia Lorca’s BLOOD WEDDING.

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Features Previews Theater

Isabella Rossellini Brings GREEN PORNO to World Cafe Live

Debra Miller November 5, 2014 1 Comment

Inspired by her love of animals and her concerns about unsound environmental practices, Rossellini’s well-researched work is both funny and educational.

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Reviews Theater

CAUGHT (InterAct): The truth is just a lie

Christopher Munden November 4, 2014 1 Comment

CAUGHT marks the first entry into InterAct’s season of all-new plays. What a great start.

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Dance Reviews

November 2014 Showcase (ETC Performance Series): Camaraderie, innovation, and tap

Kat Richter for The Dance Journal November 4, 2014 No Comments

For the past 8 years, the ETC. Performance Series has provided local dancers with a supportive environment in which to experiment, try out new ideas and strut their stuff.

View More November 2014 Showcase (ETC Performance Series): Camaraderie, innovation, and tap
Previews

Tenth Annual Philadelphia Improv Festival

Christopher Munden November 3, 2014 No Comments

  Apparently, November is Comedy Month in Philadelphia. That’s funny! Kicking off the festivities is the tenth annual Philadelphia Improv Festival (PHIF) November 4-8, 2014,…

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Josh Carpenter (left) as Pip and Sally Mercer as Miss Havisham in the Arden Theatre Company’s GREAT EXPECTATIONS. Photo by Mark Garvin.
Arts Reviews Theater

GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Arden): Exceeds all expectations

Nicholas Ryan November 3, 2014 No Comments

With a perfect combination of passion, pride, storytelling, and imagination, the Arden Theatre Company’s production of GREAT EXPECTATIONS is a thrilling night of theater.

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Dance Previews Theater

Scratch Night returns to FringeArts

Christopher Munden November 3, 2014 No Comments

FringeArts’ monthly Scratch Night is a great place to see inventive performance art in an embryonic form.

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