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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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once upon a time
Film Reviews

ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD (dir. Quentin Tarantino): Potentially Tarantino’s best; certainly his most personal.

Dan Scully July 25, 2019 No Comments

Dan Scully reviews the new film by Quentin Tarantino

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Arts Previews Visual Arts

Plough’s Passages: New exhibition at Muse Galley

Smalley Bogg July 25, 2019 2 Comments

A exhibition of solo painting work by Jean Plough comes to Old City’s Muse Gallery July 31–September 1, 2019

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culture

Top 7 TV Shows with a Gambling Theme

Smalley Bogg July 24, 2019 No Comments

There are many great TV shows out there, and many centered around gambling, so it can be hard to choose.

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culture

Online Slot Growth Forecast 2020: The Future of Online Slot Industry

Smalley Bogg July 24, 2019 No Comments

It’s only a matter of time before online slot revenue overtakes their mechanical counterpart’s revenue.

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culture

5 Perks of Becoming CyberOps Certified by Passing Cisco 200-201 Exam with Dumps

Smalley Bogg July 24, 2019 No Comments

Cisco is a popular IT certification provider that offers a wide range of the most sought-for credentials.

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Dance Features

Dance in Sketch: FROM THE FEMININE GAZE (Anne-Marie Mulgrew and Dancers Co)

Yumna Tolaimate July 22, 2019 No Comments

Review by Chuck Schultz; illustrations by Yumna Tolaimate

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Film Reviews

THE LION KING (dir. Jon Favreau): Beautiful and utterly pointless

Dan Scully July 19, 2019 No Comments

A film review of the CGI live action remake

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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”

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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

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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…

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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…

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

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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…

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

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Features Theater

Theater in Sketch: GINTRY (Die-Cast Productions)

Chuck Schultz July 2, 2019 No Comments

Drinks, theater, and sketches from Quig’s Pub

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Philadelphia theater calendar
calendar Theater

Philadelphia Theater Calendar July 2019

Calendar July 1, 2019 No Comments

What’s onstage in Philadelphia theater in July 2019?

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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

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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

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

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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.

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