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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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Fringe Festival Theater

Fringe in Sketch: HERE BE SIRENS (Ex Anima Artists)

Aaron Krolikowski September 10, 2023 No Comments

Drift into the “mystic misunderstood” as audience members are immersed in the psychological turmoil of three Siren sisters cursed to be alluring killers and set…

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Fringe Festival Theater

Fringe in Sketch: ODYSSEUS (Kingfisher Theatre)

Aaron Krolikowski September 9, 2023 No Comments

Odysseus is a bold and emotional tour de force, a compelling one-man play based on Homer’s epic Greek tale. Accompanied only by musician Rob Aptaker.…

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Reviews Theater

10 Dates with Mad Mary (Inis Nua): A real piece of work returns

Kathryn Osenlund September 7, 2023 No Comments

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!

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Interviews Theater

The Wonderful World of Rafiki: Interview with Gugwana Dlamini of Disney’s The Lion King

Debra Danese July 27, 2023 No Comments

The role of Rafiki is one that Gugwana Dlamini is quite familiar with.

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Harper Miles, Libby Lloyd, Nicci Claspell and Andres Quintero in the North American Tour of Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Theater

The Life of a Lady M: Interview with Libby Lloyd of Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Debra Danese July 3, 2023 No Comments

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…

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Music

Philadelphia heavy quintet Quiet Man release debut single

Elijah Bliss June 27, 2023 No Comments

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…

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Reviews Theater

TWELFTH NIGHT (Wilma): Beach blanket Bard

Kathryn Osenlund June 12, 2023 1 Comment

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.…

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Music

A Music Video to Make You HAPPY

Christopher Munden June 12, 2023 1 Comment

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…

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Theater

Yes, It’s Possible to Learn Acting from Home—Here’s How

Winnie Fisher June 12, 2023 1 Comment

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…

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Visual Arts

The Digital Era Reshaping Art: Insights from Olyvia Kwok-Decani

Lindsay Dempster June 11, 2023 No Comments

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…

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Reviews Theater

TWELFTH NIGHT (Wilma): Foolery shines everywhere

Toby Zinman June 10, 2023 No Comments

“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…

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Reviews

TWELFTH NIGHT (Lantern): Some are born great

Kathryn Osenlund June 2, 2023 1 Comment

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…

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Reviews Theater

TITANIC (Fulton Theater): 60-second review

Joshua Herren May 30, 2023 1 Comment

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…

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Reviews Theater

TWELFTH NIGHT (Lantern): Shall we set about some revels?

Toby Zinman May 29, 2023 No Comments

“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…

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Arts Visual Arts

OF GOD AND COUNTRY (PMA): A dilettante at large review

Toby Zinman May 20, 2023 1 Comment

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…

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Music

THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA’S GREAT STAGES GALA: A Dilettante at Large review

Toby Zinman May 18, 2023 No Comments

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,…

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Theater

A Fright of a Night: Interview with Michael Biren of Beetlejuice

Debra Danese May 17, 2023 1 Comment

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…

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Theater

FAT HAM + ABANDON: Considering James Ijames’s new and newer work

Toby Zinman May 8, 2023 1 Comment

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. 

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Reviews Theater

GALILEE (Azuka): A tale from down under

Toby Zinman May 7, 2023 No Comments

A small town’s main business—tourism— dries up and bit by bit small businesses follow. 

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Reviews Theater

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (1812): Fall-off-your-chair hilarity

Toby Zinman May 6, 2023 No Comments

This is not the admiring smirk or a contemptuous Ha-ha!, but fall-off-your-chair, eye-mopping hilarity.

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