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DEATH OF A DRIVER (InterAct): Years pass, roads are built, potholes appear

Toby Zinman November 7, 2022 No Comments

“We are together.”  This line is an often-repeated refrain in Death of a Driver, a grim new play by Will Snider presented by InterAct at the Drake’s Proscenium…

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Theater

DEATH OF A DRIVER (InterAct): 60-second review

Kathryn Osenlund November 7, 2022 No Comments

Faced with bureaucratic nonsense or official missteps, who hasn’t said ‘fuck the government’ or a more genteel equivalent? The multi-ethnic East African Kenya Colony gained independence in…

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Podcasts Reviews Theater

Pulitzer Podcast Review: STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at the Arden

Phindie Podcasts February 3, 2022 No Comments

Chosen by Committee podcasters Josh Herren and Christopher Munden tear themselves from the Pulitzer bookcase to see a live Pulitzer-winning show.

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Reviews Theater

GEM OF THE OCEAN (Arden): A thing of beauty

Kathryn Osenlund March 12, 2019 No Comments

GEM OF THE OCEAN is about a lot of things, including race, mysticism, and murder.

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Reviews Theater

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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Features Theater

2016-2017 Phindie Critics’ Awards

Cameron Kelsall August 26, 2017 3 Comments

Philadelphia theater writers choose their favorite plays of the last season.

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Features Theater

2017 Barrymore nominees: In their own words

Cameron Kelsall August 24, 2017 1 Comment

Phindie asked this year’s crop of Barrymore Award nominees about their experience of being nominated.

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Reviews Theater

BUZZER (Theatre Exile): We wouldn’t come here if we didn’t live here

Toby Zinman May 11, 2017 No Comments

A provocative and dismaying story, conveyed through complex characters rather than through statistics and theories

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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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Features Reviews Theater

Two by Tuomanen: MARCUS/EMMA (InterAct) and HELLO! SADNESS (FringeArts)

Christopher Munden January 28, 2017 No Comments

Two shows by Philadelphia writer Mary Tuomanen opened on consecutive nights last week, providing a singular opportunity to assess common threads tying together works by the author.

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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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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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Interviews Podcasts

[podcast] Lobby “Hero”?

Darnelle Radford for REP Radio March 2, 2016 No Comments

On today’s podcast, Akeem Davis and Brian Radcliffe are joined by Mark Bookman and Dana Cook of the Atlantic Center for Capital Representation to dig deep into the matter of LOBBY HERO by: Kenneth Lonergan.

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Reviews Theater

LOBBY HERO (Theatre Horizon): A web of unintended consequences

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper March 2, 2016 No Comments

Kenneth Lonergan’s new play explores the many levels of trust.

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RIZZO (Theatre Exile): A romp through the Rizzo years

Kathryn Osenlund October 24, 2015 1 Comment

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear when Frank Rizzo strode the city like he owned it.

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RIZZO (Theatre Exile): A big hit on the “Big Bambino”

Debra Miller October 23, 2015 No Comments

A world-premiere production on former Mayor Frank Rizzo portrays the good and the bad of the controversial Philadelphia icon.

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ALL MY SONS (People’s Light): A treat from the golden age of American theater

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper September 24, 2015 No Comments

Seeing a naturalistic play by one of the masters of the form, Arthur Miller, with a cast and set that are as realistic and as authentically moving as the text, is a rarity and a treat.

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Reviews Theater

HENRY V (PA Shakespeare): The king is but a man

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper July 27, 2015 1 Comment

While HENRY V contains two of Shakespeare’s most stirring speeches, smaller, less rhetorical moments are the more engrossing in Matt Pfeiffer’s staging for Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival

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IN THE BLOOD (Theatre Horizon): Social satire in the service of compassion

Debra Miller April 25, 2015 3 Comments

Suzan-Lori Parks’ post-modern re-envisioning of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter addresses the theme of destiny, the tragedy of poverty, and the societal need for compassion in a provocative in-your-face production

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60-Second Review Reviews Theater

UNNECESSARY FARCE (Act II): 60-second review

Lauren Hartranft March 5, 2015 No Comments

A stakeout goes awry with hilarious consequences in UNNECESSARY FARCE at Act II Playhouse.

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