10 Dates with Mad Mary (Inis Nua): A real piece of work returns
10 Dates with Mad Mary is playing upstairs at a favored watering hole, Fergie’s Pub. The show was so popular last year that it’s back!
View More 10 Dates with Mad Mary (Inis Nua): A real piece of work returnsThe Wonderful World of Rafiki: Interview with Gugwana Dlamini of Disney’s The Lion King
The role of Rafiki is one that Gugwana Dlamini is quite familiar with.
View More The Wonderful World of Rafiki: Interview with Gugwana Dlamini of Disney’s The Lion KingThe Life of a Lady M: Interview with Libby Lloyd of Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Libby Lloyd is embracing the dance heavy role of Nini in Moulin Rouge! The Musical. The Utah native started dancing at age 10. Lloyd went…
View More The Life of a Lady M: Interview with Libby Lloyd of Moulin Rouge! The MusicalPhiladelphia heavy quintet Quiet Man release debut single
Philadelphia sludge outfit Quiet Man recently released their first single, “Set to Boil is the New Standard”, from their upcoming debut, The Starving Lesson. Quiet…
View More Philadelphia heavy quintet Quiet Man release debut singleTWELFTH NIGHT (Wilma): Beach blanket Bard
There’s a lot of Twelfth Night going around in the Philadelphia area, all different. The Wilma conjures a fresh seaside setting. A dock moves forward.…
View More TWELFTH NIGHT (Wilma): Beach blanket BardA Music Video to Make You HAPPY
Friend of Phindie Josh McIlvain and his band Casual Fantastic released a new video for their song “Happy (You Make Me)” from recently released album…
View More A Music Video to Make You HAPPYYes, It’s Possible to Learn Acting from Home—Here’s How
The path to becoming an actor is a difficult one full of twists and turns. A study in the Guardian in 2019 found that only…
View More Yes, It’s Possible to Learn Acting from Home—Here’s HowThe Digital Era Reshaping Art: Insights from Olyvia Kwok-Decani
In a rapidly changing world, the art industry is undergoing a profound transformation due to the advent of the digital age, and millennials are playing…
View More The Digital Era Reshaping Art: Insights from Olyvia Kwok-DecaniTWELFTH NIGHT (Wilma): Foolery shines everywhere
“Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines every where.” Leaving Copernicus aside, the Fool’s wry remark is an apt description…
View More TWELFTH NIGHT (Wilma): Foolery shines everywhereTWELFTH NIGHT (Lantern): Some are born great
Shakespeare wrote Twelfth Night (1599-1600), one of his few fantasy plays, immediately before he penned his incomparable Hamlet (1600-1601). As Artistic Director Charles McMahon describes…
View More TWELFTH NIGHT (Lantern): Some are born greatTITANIC (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…
View More TITANIC (Fulton Theater): 60-second reviewTWELFTH NIGHT (Lantern): Shall we set about some revels?
“Shall we set about some revels?” Yes! The battle begins: Lantern Theater Company opened its excellent and enjoyable production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night; soon to…
View More TWELFTH NIGHT (Lantern): Shall we set about some revels?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…
View More OF GOD AND COUNTRY (PMA): A dilettante at large reviewTHE 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,…
View More THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA’S GREAT STAGES GALA: A Dilettante at Large reviewA 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…
View More A Fright of a Night: Interview with Michael Biren of BeetlejuiceFAT 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.
View More FAT HAM + ABANDON: Considering James Ijames’s new and newer workGALILEE (Azuka): A tale from down under
A small town’s main business—tourism— dries up and bit by bit small businesses follow.
View More GALILEE (Azuka): A tale from down underTHE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (1812): Fall-off-your-chair hilarity
This is not the admiring smirk or a contemptuous Ha-ha!, but fall-off-your-chair, eye-mopping hilarity.
View More THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (1812): Fall-off-your-chair hilarityLa Bohème (Opera Philadelphia): Time’s arrow
Of Yuval Sharon’s reverse-chronology retelling of Puccini’s La Bohème, the Wall Street Journal says, “It’s not just a gimmick—it works.” Of course, if you have…
View More La Bohème (Opera Philadelphia): Time’s arrowDON GIOVANNI (AVA): A dilettante at large review
Mozart’s Don Giovanni is the greatest opera ever written. Don’t take my word for it—what do I know, I’m a dilettante—but that was the opinion…
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