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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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Features Theater

10 Ways YOU Can Improve Theater Criticism

Christopher Munden October 23, 2018 4 Comments

Actions you can take since you’re upset with theater criticism in Philadelphia.

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Film Reviews

Shoplifters (dir. Hirokazu Koreeda): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 23, 2018 No Comments

The best films are those which afford the viewer an inside look into a life experience different from their own

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Burning (dir. Chang-dong Lee): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 22, 2018 No Comments

Based on a Murakami short story, BURNING clocks in at 148 indispensable minutes.

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SWEAT (PTC): What’s the matter with Reading?

Christopher Munden October 19, 2018 No Comments

Why does SWEAT appeal to us, as aging urban middle-to-upper-to-upper-upper-class theatergoers? Do we hope to understand? Relate? Gawk? What do we applaud?

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Features Music

Broadway Wants You to Vote

Douglas Cartwright October 17, 2018 No Comments

Mario Lopez and Daphne Rubin-Vega lead a group of Broadway performers lending their voices to a new “Get Out the Vote” music video

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Dance Features

Dance in Sketch: Spectrum Dance Theater (Next Move Dance)

Chuck Schultz October 16, 2018 No Comments

A conversation between James Baldwin and Margaret Mead

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Features

Renowned Seattle Circus Troupe Comes to FringeArts

Smalley Bogg October 16, 2018 No Comments

Virtuosio athletic feats are offset with the fragility of humanity and the inevitable risks of passion and love.

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Without Peer: The Cherry Street Pier opening is an unqualified success

Margaret Darby October 13, 2018 No Comments

An anticipated cultural attraction opens along the Delaware River.

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Features Theater

Musical in Sketch: LOVE NEVER DIES (Phantom of the Opera 2)

Chuck Schultz October 13, 2018 No Comments

Sketches of the Phantom of the Opera sequel.

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Theater of the Extreme: Amanda Schoonover looks back on PHAEDRA’S LOVE

Henrik Eger October 13, 2018 No Comments

Henrik Eger talks to actor Amanda Schoonover about Sarah Kane and her career.

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Mule for Hire: John Rosenberg returns to Philly with some hella fresh theater

Christopher Munden October 10, 2018 3 Comments

Our favorite DIY theatermaker returns to Philadelphia with a new play that probably won’t suck

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Matchmaker, Matchmaker: Philadelphia meets Maite Uzal in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

Debra Danese October 10, 2018 No Comments

Interview with the star of the Broadway tour.

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James Ijames Gets Kesselring Prize

Douglas Cartwright October 10, 2018 No Comments

Philadelphia playwright wins prestigious award.

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PLUNGE (Brian Sanders JUNK): 2018 Fringe review

Yumna Tolaimate October 10, 2018 No Comments

PLUNGE is yet another fruit of Brian Sanders’ creative genius

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Dance Features

Dance in Sketch: 10000 GESTURES (Boris Charmatz)

Chuck Schultz October 9, 2018 No Comments

Chuck visits NYC with his sketchbook for the Crossing the Line Festival

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Dance Features Fringe Festival

Dance in Sketch: CAEN AMOUR at Fringe Festival and Alliance Francaise

Chuck Schultz October 3, 2018 No Comments

Sketches of Trajal Harrell and CAEN AMOUR.

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Reviews Theater

FRANKENSTEIN; OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS (Quintessence Theatre): It’s Alive!!

Lisa Panzer October 2, 2018 2 Comments

Quintessence Theatre dynamically brings to life Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Frankenstein and his monstrous creation in a fantastic, eerily staged production

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Music Reviews

A dilettante at large reviews NE QUITTEZ PAS (Opera Philadelphia)

Toby Zinman October 1, 2018 No Comments

What a complicated evening, filled with gorgeous singing and roiled emotions and puzzling theatrics

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Philadelphia Theater Calendar October 2018

Calendar October 1, 2018 No Comments

What’s onstage in Philadelphia in October 2018?

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GARDENS SPEAK (Tania El Khoury): 2018 Fringe review

Yumna Tolaimate September 28, 2018 1 Comment

GARDENS SPEAK is a metaphysical experience of death and injustice… and a tangible experience of growth and self-expansion.

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