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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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  • Reviews Theater

    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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  • Reviews Theater

    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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  • Reviews Theater

    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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  • Theater

    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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Film Reviews

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (dir. Jason Woliner): Moviefilm review

Dan Scully October 22, 2020 No Comments

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is hilarious to the point of incapacitation.

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Visual Arts

Oil Painting: What Should a Beginner Start With

Smalley Bogg October 16, 2020 1 Comment

One of the things that bind people and brings them together is art. The passion of emotions and imagery is a by-product of association with art or love for any artform.

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Podcasts Theater

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (1948): Chosen by Committee episode 27

Phindie Podcasts October 13, 2020 No Comments

You may have of this one.

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Podcasts Theater

State of the Union by Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay (1946): Chosen by Committee episode 26

Phindie Podcasts October 8, 2020 No Comments

A timely episode for election season, this week’s episode considers the politically vacant yet dramatically sound State of the Union

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Theater

Looking Back: Two works by Thaddeus Phillips

Kathryn Osenlund October 6, 2020 No Comments

In today’s edition of my look back on theater from years past, I remember two Thaddeus Phillips works from 2015 and 2017: Alias Ellis Mackenzie and A Billion Nights on Earth.

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Film

Death Drop Gorgeous (dir. Michael Ahern, Christopher Dale, Brandon Perras): Salem Horror Festival capsule review

Dan Scully October 5, 2020 No Comments

Drop Dead Gorgeous takes the shiny, candy-colored world of drag and drenches it with gallons of blood

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Film

Bleed With Me (dir. Amelia Moses): Salem Horror Festival capsule review

Dan Scully October 5, 2020 No Comments

Writer/director Amelia Moses proves herself a talent to watch with this moody tale of mistrust

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Features Theater

Looking Back: I Am My Own Wife at the Wilma and Theatre Horizon

Kathryn Osenlund October 5, 2020 No Comments

Kathryn Osenlund remembers two productions of I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright. 

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Film

Papi Ramirez vs. Giant Scorpions (dir. Leslie Rivera): Salem Horror Festival capsule review

Dan Scully October 5, 2020 No Comments

Papi Ramirez vs. Giant Scorpions proves that if you’re creative enough, you can make a pretty damn good DIY movie

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Film

Philly AIDS Thrift Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Beetlejuice Drive-in

Smalley Bogg October 5, 2020 No Comments

They love Halloween and spooky season at Philly AIDS Thrift in Queen Village. Staff put up decorations and don inventive outfits, and the store is…

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Film

The Last Thanksgiving (dir. Erick Lorinc): Salem Horror Festival capsule review

Dan Scully October 1, 2020 No Comments

The carnage is a lot of fun

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Features Fringe Festival Theater

Looking Back: Chekhov Lizardbrain & Red Eye to Havre de Grace

Kathryn Osenlund October 1, 2020 No Comments

Kathryn Osenlund remembers two productions from Fringe Festivals past

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Film

Occupants (dir. Russ Emmanuel, 2015): Salem Horror Festival capsule review

Dan Scully September 30, 2020 No Comments

With a bigger budget, this concept could be turned into a much more compelling, terrifying movie, but here in this universe, it is what it is. 

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Theater

Harvey by Mary Chase (1945): Chosen by Committee Episode 25

Phindie Podcasts September 29, 2020 No Comments

Josh, John, and Chris talk about the play about the rabbit you might’ve seen in high school

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Dance Fringe Festival Interviews Theater

A Period of Drastic Change and Reordering: Interview with THE WAY OUT artists and performers.

Henrik Eger September 28, 2020 No Comments

Driving by in cars like a slow-moving funeral procession, we get new perspectives from an all-female cast 

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Bristol Riverside Jesus Christ Superstar theatre review
Theater

Looking Back at the Theater: Remembering two outstanding performances at Bristol Riverside Theater (BRT)

Kathryn Osenlund September 28, 2020 2 Comments

In a new series, Phindie takes a walk down memory lane to briefly revisit memorable theater performances in Philadelphia and environs.

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Podcasts Theater

The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder (1943): Chosen by Committee Episode 24

Phindie Podcasts September 26, 2020 No Comments

Josh, John, and Chris disagree again about Thorton Wilder. Then, they chart a path forward.

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Theater

The Way Out: New life at Laurel Hill Cemetery with an all-female ensemble of theater artists and aerialists

Henrik Eger September 26, 2020 No Comments

A never-performed before multi-arts show on wheels for Fringe audiences

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Film Reviews

THE NEST (dir. Sean Durkin): Film review

Dan Scully September 18, 2020 No Comments

Carrie Coon torches the screen contemporary version of a costume drama

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