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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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  • Theater

    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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  • Reviews Theater

    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

TWO WALKENS (Miniature Refrigerator Operator): Finding Christopher Walken, finding us

Christopher Munden December 7, 2016 No Comments

Meehan and Collins use convincing Christopher Walken impressions in an intriguing look at how the fantasies of popular culture provide escape from our lives while they shape them.

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Features Theater

Theater in Sketch: ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (PAC)

Chuck Schultz December 6, 2016 1 Comment

Sketches of William Shakespeare’s ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL from Philadelphia Artists’ Collective.

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Dance Reviews

BECOMING AN IMAGE (PAFA): Intimacy and isolation in the dark – Cassils at PAFA

Gary L. Day December 5, 2016 No Comments

There is a strange, uncomfortable mix of intimacy and isolation at play when a group of people are thrust into total darkness together.

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Reviews Theater

ANTAGONYMS (Curio): What are any of us but destructive dualities

Julie Zeglen December 4, 2016 No Comments

The messiness in Rachel Gluck’s debut play is what make it most lifelike. In the end, what are any of us but destructive dualities, fighting between our desires and our own self-interest?

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Dance Previews Theater

Shhh… tell no one, invite everyone: Almanac Dance Circus Theater has a secret show

Smalley Bogg December 4, 2016 No Comments

Did you know you were a member of a secret religious cult? You are, and a meeting has been called to elect a new leader

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60-Second Review Reviews Theater

A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES (Walnut Street): 60-second review

Julie Zeglen December 4, 2016 No Comments

Written by Welshman Dylan Thomas in the 1950s, A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES is every nostalgic Christmas trope with song thrown in, and it’s totally delightful.

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SLEEPING BEAUTY (People’s Light): Festive wake-up

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper December 4, 2016 No Comments

The Grimmish fairy tale kingdom is transformed to Paoli Shoals, a town depressed by the collapse of a once-thriving recording industry

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RUMORS (Allens Lane Theater): 60-second review

Julia Taus December 4, 2016 1 Comment

Noel Hanley’s masterful treatment of Neil Simon’s RUMORS exemplifies a farce done right.

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Dance Features

Dance in Sketch: AT HOME WITH THE HUMORLESS BASTARD

Chuck Schultz December 4, 2016 No Comments

“Is this a dance performance or a social experiment?”

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HANDLE WITH CARE (Montgomery Theater): 60-second review

Julia Taus December 4, 2016 1 Comment

HANDLE WITH CARE is brilliantly seasoned with humor—the type found when differing cultures collide.

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Features Interviews Theater

The Unemployed Young Actor, a case study

Kelly Witman December 2, 2016 No Comments

When Megan Farley was still studying theater at Rutgers University in Camden, she thought life as an actor was going to be easy after college.

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Dance Reviews

JEAN & TERRY (FringeArts): A mystery of the heart

Jane Fries for The Dance Journal December 1, 2016 No Comments

What exactly is the relationship between Jean and Terry?

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Dance Theater

Theater in Sketch: JEAN & TERRY

Chuck Schultz December 1, 2016 No Comments

Philadelphia artist Melissa Krodman and long-time collaborator Kelly Bond enter the mind’s eye for an experimental new play.

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Philadelphia Theater Calendar: December 2016

Calendar December 1, 2016 No Comments

what’s on stage in Philadelphia this month?

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Features Theater

“Lauren Feldman is a goddess”: 10 Philadelphia playwrights describe a beloved PlayPenn teacher

Henrik Eger November 30, 2016 No Comments

Lauren Feldman’s 7-week course for Philadelphia area playwrights had such a profound impact on those she taught.

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Dance Features Previews

Philadelphia DANCE Annual Holiday Dance Guide 2016

Steven Weisz for The Dance Journal November 29, 2016 No Comments

Philadelphia offers a whole host of Nutcracker productions and other productions that have become holiday traditions.

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Features Interviews Theater

Meeting the TWO WALKENS: Susanne Collins and Kevin Meehan on their new work

Christopher Munden November 28, 2016 No Comments

For their debut production, Susanne Collins and Kevin Meehan looked to one of the most iconic actors of contemporary cinema: Christopher Walken.

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Reviews Theater

FOUND (PTC): 60-second review

Nicole Forrester November 26, 2016 No Comments

If you’ve ever seen an inscription in a used book and envisioned the person who wrote it, or stumbled upon a note meant for someone else and marveled, FOUND is speaking to you

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Reviews Theater

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (Broadway Philadelphia): Put on your dancing shoes, watch your spirits climb

Toby Zinman November 23, 2016 No Comments

If your dancing shoes aren’t quite up to the task, this show will do the trick.

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Music Reviews

Imogen Cooper (McCarter): Concert review

Ralph Malachowski November 23, 2016 No Comments

The distinguished British pianist Imogen Cooper presented several works for piano on November 9, 2016, at the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton.

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