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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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    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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    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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Dance Reviews

JESSICA LANG DANCE (NextMove Dance): Simply beautiful and vocal

Eri Yoneda April 7, 2017 No Comments

Lang’s choreographies, and the movement of her dancers, give the impression of being settling and modest.

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Philadelphia Theatre Company Hand of God review
Reviews Theater

HAND TO GOD (PTC): The human comedy with sock puppets

Toby Zinman April 7, 2017 1 Comment

What a funny, nasty, smart show.

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CABARET (Roundabout Theatre): Tomorrow belongs to…

Toby Zinman April 5, 2017 No Comments

This brilliant Kander and Ebb show is about the decadence of Weimar Germany and the rise of Nazism

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Features Theater

Theater in Sketch: ANNA (EgoPo)

Chuck Schultz April 4, 2017 No Comments

A loose adaptation by Brenna Geffer and her ensemble based on the novel, Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.

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Reviews Theater

ADAPT! (Wilma): On the brink of dawn

Julia Taus April 4, 2017 No Comments

Blanka Zizka boldly steps forth as both debut playwright and seasoned director of the semi-autobiographical ADAPT!

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Philadelphia Theater Calendar April 2017

Calendar April 1, 2017 No Comments

What’s on stage in Philadelphia this month?

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Dance Reviews

THE DELPHI PROJECT ANNUAL PERFORMANCE (with PA Ballet): Child’s play

Eri Yoneda March 31, 2017 No Comments

Art is a way to express the truth. The truth of our emotions. The truth of our lives. The truth of ourselves.

View More THE DELPHI PROJECT ANNUAL PERFORMANCE (with PA Ballet): Child’s play
Bi Jean Ngo and Mina Kawahara in YOU FOR ME FOR YOU. Photo by Kate Raines/Plate 3 Photography.
Reviews Theater

YOU FOR ME FOR YOU (Interact): Sisters in different worlds

Dorie Byrne March 31, 2017 No Comments

This thoughtful production changes how we see the world and ourselves

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Arts Features Theater Visual Arts

The Art of a Show: Creating graphics for an independent theater production

Julius Ferraro March 29, 2017 No Comments

A play with gorgeous graphics for its marketing just looks like it has its shit together. How does that happen?

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Jose Llana and Laura Michelle Kelly in Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I. Photo by Matthew Murphy
Features Interviews Theater

THE KING AND I and I: Interview with star of touring production

Debra Danese March 29, 2017 1 Comment

Anthony Chan spoke with Phindie about his role as Prince Chulalongkorn.

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Features Museums

What We Save: An historic house explores non-traditional historical narratives

Natalie Risser March 28, 2017 No Comments

Though thoroughly a part of the 18th-century architecture of Society Hill, the Powel House is more than just a historic artifact.

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Dance Features

The excitement happens at BalletX’s Premier Party 2017

Eri Yoneda March 28, 2017 No Comments

Cocktails, dinner, and top-class dance.

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Features Theater

Theater in Sketch: THE KING AND I (Academy of Music)

Chuck Schultz March 27, 2017 No Comments

HE KING AND I is set in a time period of colonies and colonials.

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Playwrights Under Pressure: Part 2 of interview with OSLO playwright J.T. Rogers

Henrik Eger March 27, 2017 No Comments

“The American theater is chock full of inward looking plays that fester over small, personal family dramas”

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Bristol Riverside Jesus Christ Superstar theatre review
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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (Bristol Riverside Theatre): In a little river town a great but shopworn rock opera is reborn

Kathryn Osenlund March 27, 2017 6 Comments

I went in to the show a doubting Thomas a came out a believer.

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Emotion is the Heart of Melodrama: Adapting THE PRISONER OF ZENDA

Brock Vickers March 25, 2017 No Comments

“It’s easier to fix than to create,” says director and adapter Matt Tallman of Anthony Hope’s THE PRISONER OF ZENDA running March 30 to April…

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CABARET Couple: Talking to the married stars of a Broadway tour

Debra Danese March 25, 2017 1 Comment

Roundabout Theatre Company’s Tony award-winning production of CABARET will make its Philadelphia premiere at the Academy of Music April 4-9

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Reviews Theater

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Walnut): A trivial comedy for serious people

Toby Zinman March 22, 2017 1 Comment

Walnut Street Theatre’s delectable production of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST finds just the right tone and style.

View More THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Walnut): A trivial comedy for serious people
Features Interviews Theater

A Different Type of Theatrical Experimentation: PARROT TALK with Julius Ferraro

Christopher Munden March 22, 2017 No Comments

Philly theater creators experiment with physical theater, but use TV-type language. Julius Ferraro goes down a different path.

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Features Interviews Theater

Opening Doors, No Matter What: OSLO playwright J.T. Rogers talks about the evolution of a new world classic, developed at PlayPenn (part 1)

Henrik Eger March 21, 2017 1 Comment

Interview with J.T. Rogers on the journey from PlayPenn to Broadway.

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