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Tag: A Doll’s House

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Living in A DOLL’S HOUSE: An Ibsen adaption for these times

Christopher Munden March 19, 2021 No Comments

Wife and husband team Jennifer Summerfield and Kyle Cassidy are releasing their quarantine-themed adaptation of A Doll’s House to coincide with the one-year anniversary of Philly’s stay-at-home order,

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A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 (Arden): Imagining another Nora

Naomi Orwin November 7, 2018 2 Comments

Naomi Orwin asks: Would a woman have envisioned a different Nora? A different Torvald?

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A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 (Arden): After the slam

Christopher Munden November 5, 2018 No Comments

Lucas Hnath takes up Nora’s story fifteen years after the events of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play.

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A Door Slams, A Door Opens: Previewing A DOLL’S HOUSE PART 2 at the Arden

Chuck Schultz October 31, 2018 No Comments

Chuck Schultz previews Lucas Hnath’s sequel to Ibsen’s classic.

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A DOLL’S HOUSE (Arden): Ibsen for our times

Christopher Munden January 23, 2018 No Comments

A timelessly relevant damnation of our human falsehoods is also an au courant commentary on sexism.

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Fringe in Sketch: SCRATCH NIGHT (FringeArts)

Chuck Schultz May 2, 2017 No Comments

At SCRATCH NIGHT, the change from one artist to another is exciting.

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The International Philly Fringe: A welcome to 18 countries

Henrik Eger September 8, 2015 No Comments

Here’s the latest sampling of Fringe shows, performances, playwrights, and artists from around the world, now grown to 18 countries.

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A DOLL’S HOUSE (Jo Strømgren Kompani): 2015 Fringe review 9.2

Ninni Saajola September 7, 2015 No Comments

Jo Strømgren Kompani boldly promise to deliver the essence of the celebrated play despite making ambitious changes to it.

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A DOLL’S HOUSE (Jo Strømgren Kompani): 2015 Fringe review 9.1

Julius Ferraro September 5, 2015 No Comments

This DOLL’s HOUSE is human and multifaceted, lighthearted and ironic, narrative with a dancer’s expression of character.

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Dance at the Fringe: Lew Whittington on the Fringe line-up and other insights

Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal August 20, 2015 No Comments

This year’s festival presents over 30 dance events by newcomers and favorites. Dance writer Lew Whittington previews some highlights.

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Photo shoot for A Dolls House. Photo: Josh McIlvain.
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Jumping Out Of Airplanes: Trey Lyford on theater, life, and DOLL’S HOUSE at the 2015 Fringe Festival

Courtney Lau July 14, 2015 No Comments

This fall, Lyford takes a break from his typical role as a contemporary clown and returns to Fringe Festival in Jo Strømgren’s recreation of Henrik Ibsen’s famous play, A Doll’s House.

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NORA (DTC): A riveting production of a feminist classic

Debra Miller February 9, 2015 No Comments

Ingmar Bergman’s 1981 stage adaptation of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House is pared-down, focused, and intense. By reducing Ibsen’s original lengthy script by nearly half, Bergman endows the 19th-century feminist milestone with a post-modern clarity and import.qD

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Victor Fiorillo, A Doll’s House, and the role of the reviewer

Julius Ferraro September 23, 2013 4 Comments

A review by Victor Fiorillo of EgoPo Classic Theatre’s A Doll’s House got Phindie writer Julius Ferraro contemplating the role of reviewer. This is part of Phindie‘s…

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[8] A DOLL’S HOUSE (EgoPo Classic Theatre): Fringe review

Christopher Munden September 7, 2013 1 Comment

A DOLL’S HOUSE, Henrik Ibsen’s classic tale of female confinement, is ripe for adaptation to the world of a teenage girl: the claustrophobia of a…

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Fringe Preview 9: Center City Fringe

Christopher Munden September 6, 2013 1 Comment

There’s still a cachet and a natural audience draw when a work is staged in the center of town, and that’s still where most of…

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Jennifer Summerfield and Peter Zielinski as Nora and Torvald in the site-specific Victorian setting of Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion's A DOLL'S HOUSE. Photo by Kyle Cassidy.
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A DOLL’S HOUSE (Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion): 60-second review

Christopher Munden August 19, 2013 1 Comment

It’s hard to imagine a better set design for Henrik Ibsen’s devastating feminist classic than the living room of the Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion Victorian House…

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Don’t Worry Philly, There Will Be Theater in August

Julius Ferraro August 1, 2013 No Comments

August is not the best of theater months. For most theaters, mainstream and small, the season is still a September or October to May session.…

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Deb Miller’s Top Picks for FringeArts 2013

Debra Miller July 29, 2013 No Comments

HUSH NOW SWEET HIGH HEELS AND OAK by Brian Sanders’ JUNK (Photo credit: Steve Belkowitz) This year’s FringeArts Festival has a new name, but the…

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