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Features Theater

Presenting stronger new dramas by overcoming “premieritis”

Henrik Eger July 19, 2019 No Comments

The “one-and-done” premiere problem and filling more theaters through “rolling WORLD premieres”

Reviews

Circus in Sketch: XOXO MOONGIRL (Almanac)

Chuck Schultz July 19, 2019 No Comments

An acrobatic show with a slightly humorous, yet a serious smirk that hides a dark story

Dance Features

Full Cirque: Alix Croop returns to her hometown with AMALUNA

Debra Danese July 19, 2019 No Comments

Allentown native, Alix Croop, couldn’t imagine how her talents would translate to what she had seen in Cirque du Soleil’s Alegria when the show played…

Reviews Theater

THE WITCH OF EDMONTON (REV Theatre): Put on the Dog!

Lisa Panzer July 19, 2019 No Comments

“…there’s a dog already biting,—’s conscience.” ~ Dog in The Witch of Edmonton REV Theatre kicks up the heat in the 17th century THE WITCH…

Dance Reviews

SUMMER SERIES 2019 (BalletX): BalletX brings The Little Prince to life

Margaret Darby July 19, 2019 No Comments

This contemporary ballet of a classic children’s book is immediately understandable for children, but also poignant and thought-provoking for adults.

Features Theater

Theater in Sketch: JOHNNY DEPP: A RETROSPECTIVE ON LATE-STAGE CAPITALISM (Val Dunn & Jenna Kuerzi)

Chuck Schultz July 11, 2019 No Comments

I was looking forward to catching Val Dunn and Jenna Kuerzi’s presentation on late-stage capitalism, JOHNNY DEPP: A RETROSPECTIVE ON LATE-STAGE CAPITALISM, ever since I first…

Features history

Remembering Stonewall: Gay Liberation 50 years on

Thom Nickels July 8, 2019 No Comments

The goal of the movement should be the erasure of that hostility so that the movement itself is no longer necessary.

Features Theater

Theater in Sketch: GINTRY (Die-Cast Productions)

Chuck Schultz July 2, 2019 No Comments

Drinks, theater, and sketches from Quig’s Pub

calendar Theater

Philadelphia Theater Calendar July 2019

Calendar July 1, 2019 No Comments

What’s onstage in Philadelphia theater in July 2019?

Dance Film Reviews

ROMEO AND JULIET (Royal Ballet): Live ballet at the cinema

Eri Yoneda June 30, 2019 1 Comment

A live recording from Royal Opera House gives American audience a rare chance to see a classic ballet

Features Theater

Theater in Sketch: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (Walnut Street)

Chuck Schultz June 23, 2019 No Comments

A review in words and sketch by Chuck Schultz and Yumna Tolaimate

Music

CANDIDE (Philadelphia Orchestra): A dilettante at large review

Toby Zinman June 23, 2019 No Comments

A dilettante at large Toby Zinman reviews Candide by Leonard Bernstein.

Literature Reviews Theater

What Peaches and What Penumbras! A musical play concludes Whitman at 200

Thom Nickels June 21, 2019 No Comments

The last big Whitman at 200 event was Oscar Visits Walt, a musical play about the meeting of two gay poets, Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman.

Dance Reviews

ANNE-MARIE MULGREW AND DANCERS COMPANY: From the Feminine Gaze

Eri Yoneda June 21, 2019 No Comments

Anne-Marie Mulgrew presented her dance company’s 33rd home season concert at the Performance Garage on June 14 and 15.

Dance Fringe Festival

Calling Philly Residents Who Love Dance

Christopher Munden June 17, 2019 No Comments

ringeArts is calling for participants for a 100-person participatory dance piece that moves through the streets of Philadelphia.

Reviews Theater

BETTY’S SUMMER VACATION (IRC): A terribly funny nightmare of a beach trip

Margaret Darby June 16, 2019 No Comments

For their June show, the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium decided to take on a grotesque play by Christopher Durang which Tina Brock directed. Brock herself has…