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Sketches of Willy Wonka and more.
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As we enter the season of unpredictable weather, go to Act II to get their take on the warm and fuzzies mixed with the cold shoulder.
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We like our fantasies to be readily identifiable as such and to be realistic in their details.
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Donald Margulies talks about COLLECTED STORIES and more
View More “Mentors and protégés exist everywhere”: Interview with playwright Donald Margulies on COLLECTED STORIESPETITE MORT and World Premieres (Pennsylvania Ballet): Lamentation and Revolution
The exuberant choreography was spectacular, the dancers striking, and the dramatic finale stirred the viewers’ imagination.
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The film explores the lengths that someone will go just to save their reputation and/or bank account.
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Real life parents play onstage parents in MATILDA THE MUSICAL.
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Don’t stop creating interesting and appealing content
View More How to Make Your Art Blog Popular AbroadHow Big Is That Theater? Seating capacities of Philadelphia theaters
Ranked list of Philadelphia theaters by seating capacity
View More How Big Is That Theater? Seating capacities of Philadelphia theatersTalking to Willy Wonka: Noah Weisberg brings Roald Dahl’s classic to Philadelphia
Broadway veteran Noah Weisberg is starring as Willy Wonka in the national tour of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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Naomi Orwin asks: Would a woman have envisioned a different Nora? A different Torvald?
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A review in words and sketches.
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The film blogosphere has been alight about Joseph Kahn’s latest feature, Bodied, since its explosive debut at TIFF over a year ago.
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Full list of 2018 Barrymore Award winners
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Not quite “Sing, oh muse, of the rage of Achilles.”
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The experienced dancer and aspiring choreography spoke to Phindie days before his world premiere.
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An open letter to a theater legend.
View More Remembering Joel Markowitz, founding editor of DC Metro Theater ArtsA DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 (Arden): After the slam
Lucas Hnath takes up Nora’s story fifteen years after the events of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play.
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From Portugal comes what is easily the funniest film of 2018
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Civilization has collapsed but The Simpsons is still going.
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