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    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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  • Reviews Theater

    A Summer Day (Wilma): Existential and eccentric

    An existential and eccentric play , it’s not light-hearted theater.

    Kathryn Osenlund June 24, 2025 No Comments
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    Mushnik Reimagined: May Elizabeth Scallen in Little Shop of Horrors

    In Little Shop of Horrors, Mary Elizabeth Scanlon takes on the role of Mushnik, the flower shop owner with a front-row seat to the madness.

    Debra Danese June 24, 2025 No Comments
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    GIOVANNI’S ROOM (Quintessence): Bringing Baldwin to the stage

    Giovanni’s Room, is currently on stage in Philadelphia in world premiere. The James Baldwin Estate granted Quintessence Theatre permission to produce this theatrical adaptation, the…

    Kathryn Osenlund June 9, 2025 No Comments
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    RENT (Arden): Revisiting a 90s La boheme

    Jonathan Larson,  who wrote the book, lyrics, and music in 1994, described Rent as a Rock Opera

    Kathryn Osenlund June 2, 2025 No Comments
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Reviews Theater

IT’S SO LEARNING (Berserker Residents): Will this be on the test?

Julia Taus March 15, 2017 No Comments

The Berserker Residents take us back to school

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TORUK-THE FIRST FLIGHT (Cirque du Soleil): Awe-inspiring show by the best of the world

Eri Yoneda March 15, 2017 No Comments

Every aspect of TORUK is simply breathtaking and astonishing.

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Dance Reviews

LE CORSAIRE (PA Ballet): A flamboyant and passionate ballet of the pirates

Eri Yoneda March 13, 2017 No Comments

Pennsylvania Ballet’s LE CORSAIRE is as gorgeous and breath-taking as it should be.

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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Arden): Take pains, be perfect

Christopher Munden March 9, 2017 No Comments

Shakespeare made simple, and simply fun.

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Music Reviews

Opera in Sketch: DOCTOR ATOMIC (Curtis) + BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE (Philadelphia Orchestra)

Chuck Schultz March 8, 2017 No Comments

The stillness in the endings for both Bartok’s BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE and John Adam’s DOCTOR ATOMIC at The Kimmel Center this past weekend left me with a clear image for, “all’s fair in love and war.”

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Beyond PlayPenn: Former conference interns come into their own, part 3

Henrik Eger March 8, 2017 No Comments

Former PlayPenn interns come into their own as theater professionals.

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IT’S SO LEARNING is Even Berserker!

FringeArts March 6, 2017 No Comments

Republished by kind permission from FringeArts. Bradley Wrenn, co-founder of The Berserker Residents, talks about how the company is revamping their 2015 Fringe hit It’s So Learning…

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Dance Reviews

BLOOM (Allendance): Motorman motivated dance

Rhiannon Laymon March 6, 2017 No Comments

Using movement to explore narrative, the dancers exhibited both stability and vulnerability in their presence.

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Music Reviews Theater

AN ADULT EVENING OF SHEL SILVERSTEIN (Allens Lane): Our ridiculous grown up world

Dorie Byrne March 6, 2017 No Comments

From the author of such children’s classics as The Giving Tree and Where the Sidewalk Ends comes a socially insightful series of vignettes

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LOST GIRLS (Theatre Exile): We are all capable of redemption

Julie Zeglen March 6, 2017 No Comments

Yes, that was me sobbing on opening night of LOST GIRLS.

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Under the wing of America’s most promising playwrights: PlayPenn interns speak, part 2

Henrik Eger March 5, 2017 No Comments

PlayPenn interns describe what its like to work with top playwrights.

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Reviews

Choreographic Workshop (PA Ballet): Dance beginnings from Pennsylvania Ballet

Eri Yoneda March 5, 2017 No Comments

Not only successful as a forum to provide opportunities and experiences to young choreographers and dancers, the Choreographic Workshop was also very well done as a performance.

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Music Reviews

Transcendent pianism from Kirill Gerstein at the McCarter

Ralph Malachowski March 5, 2017 No Comments

Kirill Gerstein bathed his Princeton audience in splendor Monday, February 27, when the pianist presented a recital featuring Bach, Brahms, Beethoven and Liszt at the…

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Interning PlayPenn, part 1: What theater students do behind the scenes of the playwriting conference

Henrik Eger March 1, 2017 1 Comment

We hear from PlayPenn interns about the daily goings on of the conference.

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Philadelphia Theater Calendar March 2017

Calendar March 1, 2017 No Comments

What’s on stage this month in Philadelphia?

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Dance Reviews

THE JUNGLE BOOK (PA Ballet II): Ballet for kids and kids at heart

Eri Yoneda February 28, 2017 No Comments

A ballet that appeals across ages and language.

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Performance in Sketch: NICE AND FRESH (Automatic Arts)

Chuck Schultz February 28, 2017 No Comments

Last weekend Moving Arts of Mount Airy witnessed a gathering artists connecting subjects to their own artistic voices

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Reviews Theater

SHITHEADS (Azuka): Nice ride

Toby Zinman February 27, 2017 No Comments

Azuka’s terrific production of SHITHEADS, a new play by Douglas Williams, details the New York bicycle subculture.

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A USER’S MANUAL (Thomas Choinacky): In search of a map

Rhiannon Laymon February 26, 2017 No Comments

What does this spacial or architectural acknowledgement yield?

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The Curious Incident: Gene Gillette on acting in the Tony-winning play making its Philly debut

Debra Danese February 26, 2017 No Comments

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time makes its Philadelphia debut February 28-March 5, 2017, at the Academy of Music.

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