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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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  • 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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  • Reviews Theater

    RARE ACCIDENTS: HENRY IV parts I and II abridged (Quintessence): A quick visit to Eastcheap

    We are treated to a rare spectacle in a show that would surely please Shakespeare.

    Kathryn Osenlund February 24, 2026 1 Comment
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  • Reviews Theater

    MACBETH (Lantern): Dancing, singing… and murder

    In opening scenes three Weird Sisters, witches, brew evil in a pot using scarce ingredients like eye of newt. They cherry pick the future for Macbeth with oracular accuracy, giving over the goods while leaving out important elements.

    Kathryn Osenlund November 11, 2025 1 Comment
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  • Features Interviews

    A Life Unfolds: Kathryn Grody’s The Unexpected 3rd

    Acclaimed actor and writer Kathryn Grody brings her wit, warmth, and sharp perspective to People’s Light in The Unexpected 3rd. Known for her distinctive voice…

    Debra Danese September 19, 2025 No Comments
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Film Philadelphia Film Festival Reviews

BLOODY MILK (dir. Hubert Charuel): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 23, 2017 No Comments

Bloody Milk is a sort of genre-less affair which could best be described as “occupational drama
dressed up like a thriller.”

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Dance Features

Dance in Sketch: CE QUE LE JOUR DOIT A LA NUIT (Herve Koubi / Next Move Dance)

Chuck Schultz October 23, 2017 No Comments

What does the day owe to the night?

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Film Philadelphia Film Festival Reviews

JANE (dir. Brett Morgen): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Dan Scully October 23, 2017 No Comments

The term ‘found footage’ is typically reserved for horror, where it describes a specific filmmaking style. With Jane, the stunning documentary about conservationist, Jane Goodall,…

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Film Reviews

I, TONYA (dir. Craig Gillespie): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Angela Harmon October 23, 2017 1 Comment

I, Tonya wants to be about love.

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Features Film Philadelphia Film Festival Reviews

Dispatches from the 26th Philadelphia Film Festival: Capsule reviews from opening weekend

Dan Scully October 23, 2017 No Comments

Dan Scully considers I, Tonya; Thoroughbreds, and The Villianness.

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Film Philadelphia Film Festival Reviews

BREATHE (dir. Andy Serkis): Philadelphia Film Festival review

Angela Harmon October 23, 2017 No Comments

What is most impressive about Breathe is its unimpressiveness. And that is a sincere compliment.

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Theater

One More Thing to Keep your Eyes Away from the Stage

Smalley Bogg October 23, 2017 No Comments

cell-phoneThere should be a federal law to keep smartphones out of entertainment venues.

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Reviews Theater

IDEATION (Theatre Exile): How to succeed in business

Christopher Munden October 19, 2017 No Comments

The sterile corporate-speak of modern business pervades Aaron Loeb’s darkly comic contemporary play

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Features Music

Opera in Sketch: GiariGiari Bel Canto Competition (Academy of Vocal Art)

Chuck Schultz October 16, 2017 No Comments

The beauty on stage dressed every kind of part and made it possible to learn about the different styles of opera singing and acting.

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Buyer & Cellar 1812 Productions
Reviews Theater

BUYER & CELLAR (1812 Productions): The way we are

Toby Zinman October 11, 2017 1 Comment

This is one of those truth-is-stranger-than-fiction moments. BUYER AND CELLAR is about Barbra Streisand’s basement.

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Features Music

Performance in Sketch: BLACKOUTS: Twilight of Idols (Dickie Beau at the Crossing The Line Festival with Abrons Arts Center)

Chuck Schultz October 11, 2017 No Comments

This US premiere of BLACKOUTS: Twilight of Idols brings together an audience on stage to witness the underbelly of The Crossing The Line Festival.

View More Performance in Sketch: BLACKOUTS: Twilight of Idols (Dickie Beau at the Crossing The Line Festival with Abrons Arts Center)
Features Interviews Music

America’s Diva Comes to Philadelphia: An interview with Renée Fleming

Cameron Kelsall October 11, 2017 No Comments

Renée Fleming has been at the forefront of classical music for three decades.

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Features Theater

Devised Theater Workshop with Leading UK Practitioner Frantic Assembly

Smalley Bogg October 11, 2017 1 Comment

Innovative London-based company Frantic Assembly is coming to Philadelphia on October 18, 2017, with a Devised Theater Workshop

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Features Theater

Philly Actors Who Are Better Than You (at acting) and Deserve to be Seen

John Rosenberg October 10, 2017 No Comments

Casting actors you don’t know is like getting a dog from the animal shelter. Shit is cool for a while but then they flip the fuck out and bite you or run away.

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Reviews Theater

LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Quintessence): Love and desire and hate

Christopher Munden October 10, 2017 No Comments

An excellent play well done.

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Arts Reviews Visual Arts

Art at Kings Oaks: A weeklong pop-up exhibit

Lev Feigin October 8, 2017 1 Comment

If you only visit one art show this month, make it Bucks County’s Kings Oaks Farm in Newtown

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Features Film

The 26th Philadelphia Film Festival skates off with Tonya Harding and closes with Martin McDonagh

Christopher Munden October 7, 2017 No Comments

From October 19 to 29, the Philadelphia Film Society hosts the 26th annual Philadelphia Film Festival.

View More The 26th Philadelphia Film Festival skates off with Tonya Harding and closes with Martin McDonagh
Features Interviews Theater

The Mother of All Roles: E. Ashley Izard plays Mary Tyrone in LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

Cameron Kelsall October 6, 2017 No Comments

E. Ashley Izard tackles one of the most daunting roles in the American canon.

View More The Mother of All Roles: E. Ashley Izard plays Mary Tyrone in LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
Features Fringe Festival Fringe reviews Reviews Theater

A PERIOD OF ANIMATE EXISTENCE (Pig Iron): Creating an environment for thought

Lily Kind October 6, 2017 No Comments

It is our job as artists to create environments for people to see things differently. Pig Iron did that.

Sketches by Chuck Schultz.

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Features Theater

[NYC] Dance in Sketch: I WILL BE THERE WHEN YOU DIE (Alessandro Sciarroni at the Crossing the Line Festival)

Chuck Schultz October 4, 2017 No Comments

The Crossing the Line Festival presented by FIAF in New York brings artists from around the world to broaden our perspective.

View More [NYC] Dance in Sketch: I WILL BE THERE WHEN YOU DIE (Alessandro Sciarroni at the Crossing the Line Festival)

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