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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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  • Reviews Theater

    RARE ACCIDENTS: HENRY IV parts I and II abridged (Quintessence): A quick visit to Eastcheap

    We are treated to a rare spectacle in a show that would surely please Shakespeare.

    Kathryn Osenlund February 24, 2026 No Comments
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  • Reviews Theater

    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 1 Comment
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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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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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Overwinter Azuka
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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Music Reviews

THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA (Academy of Vocal Arts): A dilettante at large review

Toby Zinman February 23, 2024 No Comments

DAL continues her musical education with this stunning chamber opera at the Academy of Vocal Arts.

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Interviews Theater

Girl from the North Country: Interview with Actress Chiara Trentalange

Debra Danese February 17, 2024 No Comments

The critically acclaimed Girl from the North Country is making its way to the Forrest Theatre this month with local actor Chiara Trentalange.

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Dance Interviews

Dancing with Ailey: Interview with Michael Jackson, Jr.

Debra Danese February 15, 2024 No Comments

Dancer Michael Jackson Jr credits a video of Revelations as the start of his journey with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

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Arts Visual Arts

LUNAR NEW YEAR AT PMA: A dilettante at large review

Toby Zinman February 13, 2024 No Comments

The Philadelphia Museum of Art celebrated the Chinese new year with some fascinating special events on Sunday

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Reviews Theater

FAITH HEALER (Lantern): Powerful storytelling

Kathryn Osenlund February 13, 2024 1 Comment

The Lantern Theater’s performance of Faith Healer, by Brian Friel is presented as four monologues that represent three points of view, those of Frank Hardy…

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Reviews Theater

COST OF LIVING (PTC): A compelling new play, diminished

Toby Zinman February 11, 2024 No Comments

Diminished or not, it’s worth seeing for the understanding of people living with disabilities and the people who care for them.

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Reviews Theater

A RAISIN IN THE SUN (Bristol Riverside): An old fashioned play, carefully executed

Kathryn Osenlund February 10, 2024 2 Comments

Lorraine Hansberry wrote Raisin in the Sun in 1959, a bold play for its time. It takes a dark view of the progress of integration,…

View More A RAISIN IN THE SUN (Bristol Riverside): An old fashioned play, carefully executed
Reviews Theater

THE FLATLANDERS (1812 Productions): Couples theater can be couples therapy

Toby Zinman February 5, 2024 No Comments

Real-life married couple Scott Greer and Jennifer Childs play a fictitious couple in Bruce Graham’s newest play. 

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Dance Interviews

Artistic Vision: Interview with BODYTRAFFIC’s Tina Finkelman Berkett

Debra Danese January 15, 2024 No Comments

LA-based BODYTRAFFIC is getting ready to present four works at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts this week as part of Penn Live Arts 2023-24 season.

View More Artistic Vision: Interview with BODYTRAFFIC’s Tina Finkelman Berkett
Reviews Theater

AIN’T TOO PROUD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS (National Tour): Songs, fun, and nostalgia

Toby Zinman January 6, 2024 2 Comments

This is Motown, and this cast is up to the task: good voices, great moves.

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Interviews Theater

Get Ready: Interview with Michael Andreaus in AIN’T TOO PROUD

Debra Danese January 2, 2024 No Comments

Michael Andreaus is playing the role of Otis Williams in the national tour of Ain’t Too Proud- The Life and Times of The Temptations.

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