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    TITANIC (Fulton Theater): 60-second review

    Featuring a large cast of fantastic singers, Fulton Theater’s production of Titanic is worth the drive to Lancaster. Telling the story of the infamous ocean…

    Joshua Herren May 20, 2023 No Comments
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  • Arts Visual

    OF GOD AND COUNTRY (PMA): A dilettante at large review

    The DAL is having quite a week! First the Orchestra and then the Museum: Philadelphia’s finest institutions providing much enjoyment. Philadelphia Museum of Art has…

    Toby Zinman May 20, 2023 1 Comment
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  • Music

    THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA’S GREAT STAGES GALA: A Dilettante at Large review

    DAL is pleased to report that this gala was more fun than glam. Oh, there was the occasional gown and a sprinkling of black ties,…

    Toby Zinman May 18, 2023 No Comments
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  • Theater

    A Fright of a Night: Interview with Michael Biren of Beetlejuice

    Michael Biren always thought it would be possible to perform at the Academy of Music. The Cherry Hill, NJ native was exposed to the arts…

    Debra Danese May 17, 2023 No Comments
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  • Theater

    FAT HAM + ABANDON: Considering James Ijames’s new and newer work

    James Ijames won the Pulitzer Prize for Fat Ham, which is now running on Broadway; his even newer play, Abandon, has just opened at Theatre Exile. 

    Toby Zinman May 8, 2023 1 Comment
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Reviews Theater

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (Theatre Unspeakable): An historical miss

Frank Schierloh March 30, 2023 No Comments

The American Revolution has an intrinsic connection to the city of Philadelphia, and as a story, it has been adapted many times over with successful…

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Interviews Theater

Five O’Clock Somewhere: Interview with Escape to Margaritaville’s Lisa Stevens

Debra Danese March 30, 2023 No Comments

With credits spanning the globe, director Lisa Steven’s latest project brings her to Philadelphia. Lisa was brought in by Walnut Street Theatre’s president and producing…

View More Five O’Clock Somewhere: Interview with Escape to Margaritaville’s Lisa Stevens
Reviews Theater

SIX (National Tour): The merry wives of Henry VIII

Toby Zinman March 24, 2023 No Comments

And now, “live in consort,” the six wives of Henry VIII: “divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.”

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Interviews Theater

A Fairytale Tour: Interview with Into the Wood’s Erica Durham

Debra Danese March 23, 2023 No Comments

Philadelphia resident Erica Durham is keeping busy on the national tour of Into The Woods.

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Reviews Theater

[NYC] PARADE (Bernard R. Jacobs Theatre): An all too familiar morality lesson

Toby Zinman March 23, 2023 No Comments

Well, of course I know they were clapping for the cast and not the characters, but there was something creepy about hundreds of people—some of…

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Interviews Theater

Divorced, beheaded, died, survived: Interview with Aryn Bohannon of SIX

Debra Danese March 17, 2023 No Comments

Aryn Bohannon plays each of the six wives of Henry VIII in the National Tour of SIX, in Philadelphia March 21-April 9

View More Divorced, beheaded, died, survived: Interview with Aryn Bohannon of SIX
60-Second Review Reviews Theater

CATS (National Tour): 60-second review

Joshua Herren March 16, 2023 No Comments

CATS goes camp!

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Dance

Continuing the Legacy: Balanchine Répétiteur Colleen Neary returns for Philadelphia Ballet’s Dancing With Gershwin

Debra Danese March 15, 2023 No Comments

Philadelphia Ballet continues to honor its Balanchine roots with the spring production of Dancing With Gershwin.

View More Continuing the Legacy: Balanchine Répétiteur Colleen Neary returns for Philadelphia Ballet’s Dancing With Gershwin
Artists of Philadelphia Ballet in THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, choreography by Angel Corella.Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.
Dance Reviews

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Philadelphia Ballet): A magnificent classic

Eri Yoneda March 9, 2023 No Comments

Philadelphia Ballet kicks off the latter half of its 2022-2023 season with a stunning production of THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, one of the best-known works of…

View More THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Philadelphia Ballet): A magnificent classic
Reviews Theater

THE TEMPEST (Quintessence): Full of magic

Kathryn Osenlund March 6, 2023 No Comments

There’s magic and mystery as wonderfully costumed characters come alive to dance, sing, cavort, wrestle, draw swords, threaten violence, and show mercy

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John Cannon (Luka) and Barbaraluz Orlanda (Elena) in Irish Heritage Theatre’s 2023 production of THE BEAR. Photo by Trina Iarosis
Reviews Theater

THE BEAR & AFTERPLAY (Irish Heritage Theatre): An unbalanced take on Chekov

Frank Schierloh March 5, 2023 No Comments

Two one act plays from playwright Brian Friel, as he takes on some of Anton Chekov’s work

View More THE BEAR & AFTERPLAY (Irish Heritage Theatre): An unbalanced take on Chekov
culture

THE PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW: A dilettante at large review

Toby Zinman March 4, 2023 No Comments

You’ll find much beauty in the vast halls of Convention Center. 

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Dance Reviews

WINTER SERIES 2023 (BalletX): Past and present

Christopher Munden March 3, 2023 No Comments

BalletX’s 2023 Winter Series sees the company reaching back into their past and looking to the future, with new or reconsidered works by three contemporary…

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Reviews Theater

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (Walnut Street Theatre): A thinking play

Kathryn Osenlund February 24, 2023 No Comments

Introducing Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as “a thinking play,” Tennessee Williams wrote to his audiences: “I want to go on talking to you…

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Reviews Theater

MEET ME AT DAWN (Inis Nua): Mysteries and satisfaction

Toby Zinman February 19, 2023 No Comments

Leave it to Inis Nua, the theater company whose name means “New Island” and is dedicated to producing plays from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.…

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Dance Interviews

The return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Interview with Jeroboam Bozeman 

Debra Danese February 18, 2023 No Comments

As Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater prepares to return to Philly, Jeroboam Bozeman took some time to talk with writer, Debra Danese. The two reconnected…

View More The return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Interview with Jeroboam Bozeman 
Reviews Theater

New York Theater Report: Reviews of PICTURES FROM HOME, ENDGAME, and CORNELIA STREET

Toby Zinman February 18, 2023 1 Comment

Toby Zinman looks at three plays now New York stages.

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Reviews Theater

EMPATHITRAX (PTC):What tools can… or, should you use to save a relationship?

Frank Schierloh February 18, 2023 No Comments

How would knowing exactly what another person is feeling change your relationship, for better or for worse?

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Music Theater

DON PASQUALE (AVA): A Dilettante at Large review

Toby Zinman February 17, 2023 No Comments

Our dilettante at large reviews Academy of Vocal Arts’ South Philly themed production of Donizetti’s comic opera

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Interviews

Standing By: Interview with 1776 actor Sara Gallo

Debra Danese February 11, 2023 1 Comment

Sara Gallo juggles many roles in her life onstage and off. The actor, teacher, and mentor is a standby for four roles in the touring…

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