From being bullied to falling in love with Judy Garland. Tyler Houchins takes us down the yellow brick road.
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Tag: Allen Radway
FROZEN (Isis Productions): Forgiveness, redemption, and moving on
Neill Hartley’s ensemble for FROZEN makes the most of all the emotion and thoughtfulness Bryony Lavery invests in his play of forgiveness, redemption, and moving on.
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IDEATION (Theatre Exile): How to succeed in business
The sterile corporate-speak of modern business pervades Aaron Loeb’s darkly comic contemporary play
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Theater in Sketch: THE ROSES IN JUNE (Seagull Productions)
Chuck Schultz reviews in words and image.
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IRONBOUND (Simpatico): Does this bus stop at 82nd street?
IRONBOUND takes place outside of a bus stop in front of a factory in New Jersey.
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THE IT GIRL (Simpatico): Sounds of silence that still resonate
A world-premiere fictionalized bio-play on silent-film star Clara Bow captures the era and the lessons of her life and career as seen through a contemporary lens.
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WATERSHIP DOWN (Simpatico/ Drexel MPiRP): A hop along a classic of children’s literature
Director Allen Radway coordinates an intricate but unpretentious array of parts into a coherent and appealing whole.
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Not of an Age: Remembering 10 years of Shakespeare in Clark Park
Performers past and present share their thoughts and memories on a decade of Shakespeare in Clark Park.
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Many Goodly Creatures: Allen Radway talks THE TEMPEST, Simpatico, and fatherhood
Even a brief encounter with Allen Radway reveals the intelligence, sympathy, and generosity of spirit evident in his theatrical work. We talk to him ahead of his newest, CCTCs THE TEMPEST.
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ASKING FOR IT (Simpatico): You asked for it, you got it
Want to hear rape jokes, see nudity, and get doused with reality at a “comedy” show? You asked for it.
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THE GLASS MENAGERIE (Commonwealth Classic): Through the glass darkly
Commonwealth’s production draws the curtain on enough of the play’s window into regret to reveal the melancholy brilliance of THE GLASS MENAGERIE.
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Kyle Cassidy Photo Essay: THE GLASS MENAGERIE (Commonwealth Classic Theatre)
Kyle Cassidy photographs Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company’s production of Tennessee Williams’s THE GLASS MENAGERIE, now onstage at the Off Broad Street Theatre.
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IN A DARK DARK HOUSE (Simpatico Theatre Project): Oh! Neil LaBute is not just a sadistic prig!
At the opening night performance of LaBute’s IN A DARK DARK HOUSE I had what alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity: Suddenly an entire oeuvre littered with cruel antihero bastards made sense.
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Directing the Future: An Interview with DG Founder Jill Harrison
Since moving to Philadelphia in 2009 (from New York, where she began her career), and joining the Philadelphia theater community as a freelance director, producer,…
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The City of Brotherly Bard: Revolution Shakespeare returns with a show and a webseries
Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better Philadelphia’s newest Shakespeare company, Revolution Shakespeare, will present the second offering of its inaugural season on…
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Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Brother/Sister Trilogy: Philadelphia audiences get a great look at an acclaimed new playwright
Allen Radway, James Ijames, and Daniel Student discuss Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Brother/Sister trilogy. All three plays in the series hit Philadelphia stages this fall.
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AMERICAN SLIGO (New City): Wrestling with dysfunction
The American dysfunctional family was the theme of New City Stage Company’s successful 2012/13 season, and it would be hard to find a play which…
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Stirring BLACK MONK Offered Up by Simpatico
“Forget all the laws of optics, which the legend does not recognize” —Anton Chekhov, The Black Monk Attempting to summarize the best modernist short stories…
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Simpatico concludes its Philadelphia season with David Rabe’s THE BLACK MONK
“She began dressing, too. Only now, looking at her, Kovrin realised the danger of his position — realised the meaning of the black monk and…
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Simpatico’s THE MEEP PROJECT Brings Innovation to All-Ages Theater
THE MEEP PROJECT is a charming collaboration between playwright Ed Swidey and Simpatico Theatre Project. The world premiere development piece (which looked as fully developed as any original production I’ve seen!) employs new methods of storytelling, using movement and sound in place of language.
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