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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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  • 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 No Comments
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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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    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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Features Interviews Theater

Welsh Christmas in Philadelphia: Interview with the cast of Walnut Street Theatre’s A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES

Henrik Eger December 10, 2016 No Comments

A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES: Interview with Aaron Cromie, Scott Greer, Maggie Lakes, Matthew Mastronardi, and Amanda Jill Robinson

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Reviews Theater

ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (PAC): A mingled web well woven

Christopher Munden December 7, 2016 No Comments

PAC’s current production confirms its reputation as the best adaptor of classic works.

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Reviews Theater

A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD (Arden Children’s Theatre): Another year with frog and toad

Dorie Byrne December 7, 2016 No Comments

The simple tricks of the stage awe an audience of CGI-era children, showing that even something as normal as friendship can be magic.

View More A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD (Arden Children’s Theatre): Another year with frog and toad
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

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

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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60-Second Review Reviews Theater

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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60-Second Review Reviews Theater

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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