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    FRANKLINLAND (Lantern): A visit with Philadelphia’s Founding Father

    The first thing to know about Lantern Theater Company’s Franklinland is that the direction is solid, the actors first-rate, and their back-and-forth conversations are punchy and funny.

    Kathryn Osenlund May 23, 2026 No Comments
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    CLASS C (Azuka): Dystopia close at hand

    Things are not yet as bad as the reality presented in the play. But it urges us to beware, to speak up for ourselves at the ballot box, and not allow the promise of 1776 to continue down the sad road to nightmare. 

    Kathryn Osenlund May 17, 2026 No Comments
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    THE HYPOCHONDRIAC (Quintessence): The silliest possible nonsense

    Outrageous and farcical, this play is not just over the top – it’s left the top so far behind that they’ve forgotten where it left it. The applause at the end was wild.

    Kathryn Osenlund April 30, 2026 No Comments
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    ROMEO AND JULIET (Arden): Bounty as boundless as the sea

    It’s quite likely that you’ll never see a finer performance of this Shakespearean warhorse.

    Kathryn Osenlund March 18, 2026 No Comments
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    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

    Smalley Bogg February 26, 2026 No Comments
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Podcasts Theater

The Effect Of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the -Moon Marigolds (1971): Chosen by Committee episode 47

Phindie Podcasts January 20, 2022 No Comments

Paul Zindel’s The Effect Of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the -Moon Marigolds premiered in Houston in 1964, but didn’t come to the attention of the Pulitzer…

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No Place to Be Somebody by Charles Gordone (1970): Chosen by Committee episode 46

Phindie Podcasts January 12, 2022 No Comments

Josh powers through his COVID to spearhead a discussion of Charles Gordone’s No Place to Be Somebody, winner of the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.…

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Interviews Theater

Pretty Woman: The Musical’s Jessica Crouch on her National Tour Role as Kit De Luca

Debra Danese January 9, 2022 No Comments

Jessica Crouch takes the role of Kit De Luca from Broadway understudy to national tour lead in the hit production, Pretty Woman: The Musical. She…

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The Great White Hope by Howard Sackler (1969): Chosen by Committee Episode 45

Phindie Podcasts January 8, 2022 No Comments

Based on the life of heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson, The Great White Hope won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best…

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A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee (1967): Chosen by Committee Episode 44

Phindie Podcasts January 4, 2022 No Comments

Edward Albee won his first of three Pulitzer Prizes for Drama in 1967 for his three-act work A Delicate Balance. In this episode of Chosen…

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Philadelphia Theater Calendar January 2022

Calendar January 1, 2022 No Comments

What’s onstage in Philadelphia in January 2022? Independent theater, regional productions, and tours.

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Sean Thompson finds a whole new world at the Walnut with THE LITTLE MERMAID

Debra Danese December 3, 2021 No Comments

Based on the beloved Hans Christian Andersen story and the classic film, Disney’s The Little Mermaid is delighting audiences at the Walnut Street Theatre now…

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Madeline Raube is back in Philadelphia for ANASTASIA at the Academy of Music

Debra Danese November 15, 2021 No Comments

The Broadway musical, Anastasia, is returning to Philadelphia this month in full regal splendor. The show first premiered on Broadway in 2017 and combines original music with popular songs…

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Film Philadelphia Film Festival Reviews

The First Step (dir. – Brandon Kramer): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully November 3, 2021 No Comments

“Are you still a communist?” yells an edgy CPAC attendee as Van Jones passes by.  “You’ll have to watch my show to find out,” laughs…

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HAMILTON (National Tour): Admirable history

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper November 1, 2021 No Comments

Excerpted from Nealspaper.com by kind permission.In HAMILTON, Lin Manuel Miranda manages to ace a feat that has daunted and defeated many. He has taken a…

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Catch the Fair One (dir. Josef Kubota Wladyka): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully November 1, 2021 No Comments

I love boxing, and I love boxing movies, so I knew I couldn’t miss a movie starring and co-written by real-life boxer Kali Reis. Catch…

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Agnes (dir. Mickey Reece): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully November 1, 2021 1 Comment

With all concessions which must be made for a movie like Agnes in place, namely that it was made rather quickly and on the cheap,…

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Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (dir. Junta Yamaguchi): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 31, 2021 No Comments

Time travel is my favorite storytelling device in existence. It’s a great way to explore a wealth of themes, and as a concept it’s just…

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Petite Maman (dir. Céline Sciamma): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 30, 2021 No Comments

I thought I’d never forget what it was like to be a kid, and I thought I hadn’t forgotten, but then I saw Petite Maman…

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One Second (dir. Yimou Zhang): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 29, 2021 1 Comment

Every year I try to see a movie, picked at random, for which I have no information. A total blind date with a film. Sometimes…

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Mother Schmuckers (dir. Harpo Guit, Lenny Guit): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 29, 2021 No Comments

Somewhere between Tom Green, Quentin Dupieux, and that shithead kid across the street who always seems to be getting in trouble exists Mother Schmuckers, a…

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Mass (dir. Fran Kranz): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 28, 2021 No Comments

Mass is a movie that feels like a play. The basic gist is that four individuals are sitting around a table discussing the fallout from…

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Red Rocket (dir. Sean Baker): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 26, 2021 No Comments

Sean Baker has built a career making films that shed a light on fringe communities

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The French Dispatch (dir. Wes Anderson): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Angela Harmon October 26, 2021 No Comments

No matter what you think, you don’t have Wes Anderson pegged.

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The Sadness (dir. Rob Jabbaz): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 26, 2021 2 Comments

I didn’t expect to have my stomach turned in any notable way.

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