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    Ready for Anything: Rachel Britton Hart on Swinging into Some Like It Hot

    Rachel Britton Hart is showcasing versatility and poise as a swing in the national tour of Some Like It Hot, a high-energy reimagining of the…

    Debra Danese May 13, 2025 No Comments
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  • Dance Features

    Dancing through the Seasons: Allegra Vianello of Malandain Ballet Biarritz

    Allegra Vianello, a longtime dancer with Malandain Ballet Biarritz, takes center stage in the company’s acclaimed production of The Four Seasons. The performances will mark…

    Debra Danese May 2, 2025 No Comments
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  • Interviews Theater

    Birthday Candles: Director Abbey Adams on Staging Noah Haidle’s Play at People’s Light

    Abbey Adams’ took time here to reflect on the creative process, the challenges of staging BIRTHDAY CANDLES, and the emotional impact of this unique production.

    Debra Danese April 13, 2025 1 Comment
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  • Music

    “Fantastic” new album: The Wingle and the Wangle

    On April 14, local Philly band Casual Fantastic releases a new double album, The Wingle and the Wangle.

    Smalley Bogg April 13, 2025 2 Comments
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  • Dance Interviews

    Riverdance 30- The New Generation: Interview with fiddler Haley Richardson

    South Jersey native, Haley Richardson, is a driving force behind the electrifying music of Riverdance 30.

    Debra Danese April 11, 2025 No Comments
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Interviews Theater

One Day More/ Part II: Catching up with Les Misérables’ Steve Czarnecki

Debra Danese August 27, 2024 No Comments

Philadelphia native Steve Czarnecki returns home this month in the national tour of Les Misérables. In addition to his role in the ensemble, Czarnecki serves…

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Interviews Theater

Hello Gorgeous: Sean Thompson returns to Philly in FUNNY GIRL

Debra Danese July 2, 2024 No Comments

Philly native Sean Thompson returns to the area with the North American Tour of Funny Girl, arriving at the Academy of Music July 16, 2024.

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Reviews Theater

FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (Qunitessence): A theatrical odyssey

Kathryn Osenlund June 11, 2024 No Comments

Father Comes Home From The Wars by Suzan-Lori Parks is remarkable in many ways. There’s no denying the appeal that took the audience to its…

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Reviews Theater

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (Lantern): Twins, shipwreck, mistaken identity, romance gone awry

Kathryn Osenlund May 28, 2024 No Comments

One of Shakespeare’s greatest hits, his first comedy, The Comedy of Errors, is playing at the Lantern Theater Company until June 16. Twins, shipwreck, mistaken…

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Reviews

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE (Miller Theater): A sting in the tale

Toby Zinman May 17, 2024 No Comments

This is a show—not a play, not musical theater—about bodies and the astonishing things this company of 23 dancers can do

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Interviews Theater

Message in a Bottle: Interview with Lizzie Gough

Debra Danese May 10, 2024 No Comments

Dancer Lizzie Gough first worked with choreographer Kate Prince over a decade ago. The two have been joining forces on various projects ever since.

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Reviews Theater

CHILDREN OF THE SUN (PAC): A knockout contemporary production of a rarely seen classic

Toby Zinman May 5, 2024 1 Comment

Now this is what a collective can do: a huge cast all so attuned to each others’ idiosyncrasies that they might as well be the household they are portraying.

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60-Second Review Reviews Theater

KILL MOVE PARADISE (South Camden Theatre): 60-second review

Toby Zinman May 3, 2024 1 Comment

South Camden Theatre Company’s latest production of James Ijames’s wildly moving play, Kill Move Paradise, is terrific

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Reviews Theater

TORCH SONG (1812 Productions): Songs from another time

Toby Zinman May 2, 2024 No Comments

Although the defense of gay life and  the LGBTQ+  community is in a different place now, I imagine for many in the audience, Torch Song still sings.

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Music

MADAME BUTTERFLY (Opera Philly): A dilettante at large review

Toby Zinman April 30, 2024 1 Comment

with so many opportunities to put a political foot wrong, MADAME BUTTERFLY is a minefield. Opera Philadelphia has sidestepped the obvious dangers.

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Dance

The Look of Love: Mark Morris’s Tribute to the late Burt Bacharach

Debra Danese April 28, 2024 No Comments

Mark Morris and musical collaborator Ethan Iverson pay homage to the chart-topping songs of Burt Bacharach.

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Reviews Theater

HADESTOWN (National Tour): To hell and back

Toby Zinman April 11, 2024 No Comments

What with the solar eclipse and an earthquake, we—sophisticated, scientific, blasé—are in a perfect position to imagine what ancient, primitive people must have thought and felt when the ground shook and the lights went out.

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Reviews Theater

Intersection (Curtis New Music Ensemble): “New music” from the rebranded ensemble

Michael Fisher April 7, 2024 No Comments

In what other walks of musical life would a piece composed more than seventy years ago by a composer born more than one hundred years ago constitute new music?

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Reviews Theater

MACBETH (Quintessence): Onstage magic

Kathryn Osenlund April 1, 2024 No Comments

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Cool it with a baboon’s blood, then the charm is firm and good. Macbeth, the…

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Reviews Theater

THE LEHMAN TRILOGY (Arden): A play in three acts

Kathryn Osenlund March 21, 2024 No Comments

A tale about cotton, Civil War, commodities, finance, and wealth told through the story of three brothers and the company they found.

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Previews

Exploring Self With and Without an Audience: ART HOE: A NEW ERA

Sebastian Cummings March 11, 2024 No Comments

If Art is an exploration of self in front of an audience, what is an exploration of self without an audience?

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Interviews Theater

Whiteout: Interview with Nick Silverio from Disney’s Frozen

Debra Danese March 11, 2024 No Comments

Penn grad Nick Silverio returns to Philadelphia in the national tour of Disney’s FROZEN

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60-Second Review Reviews Theater

Once Upon a Bridge (Inis Nua): 60-second review

Kathryn Osenlund March 11, 2024 No Comments

 Inis Nua has done its best with a story more told than shown, an aftermath.

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Reviews Theater

OVERWINTER (Azuka): A laboratory for important ideas

Toby Zinman March 3, 2024 1 Comment

Azuka Theatre presents Overwinter, an interesting new play by local playwright Mackenzie Raine Kirkman; it’s about important ideas, making it a welcome change from the…

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culture

2024 PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW: A dilettante at large review

Toby Zinman March 2, 2024 No Comments

You don’t have to tend your own plot to enjoy the gorgeous colors and scents at the 2024 Flower Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

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