Theatre Exile’s newest offering left Josh Herren cold. He is trying to figure out why.
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Playing God: Jacqueline Goldfinger talks about her newest play
Jackie Goldfinger on building a tower to god.
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RED LODGE, MONTANA (The Antidote): 2019 Fringe review
A bizarro fusion of indolence, violence, nudity, sex, and dance
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Fringe preview: An unapologetic love letter to David Lynch
Red Lodge, Montana is The Antidote’s Fringe love letter to Lynch
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BETTY’S SUMMER VACATION (IRC): A terribly funny nightmare of a beach trip
For their June show, the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium decided to take on a grotesque play by Christopher Durang which Tina Brock directed. Brock herself has…
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Theater in Sketch: THREE SISTERS TWO (EgoPo)
Chuck Schultz gives his thoughts in words and sketch
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Theater of the Extreme: Amanda Schoonover looks back on PHAEDRA’S LOVE
Henrik Eger talks to actor Amanda Schoonover about Sarah Kane and her career.
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PHAEDRA’S LOVE (Svaha Theatre Collective): 2018 Fringe review
Two decades after her suicide, Kane remains one of the most truthful voices in theater. Svaha’s production captures her brilliance.
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I <3 ADRIAEN (Gerhardus): 2018 Fringe review
An artful blend of theater and history thrives among the tombstones at Old Swedes Church
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Theater in Sketch: ANNA (EgoPo)
A loose adaptation by Brenna Geffer and her ensemble based on the novel, Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
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RIZZO (PTC): A larger-than-life life onstage
An entertaining work about a compelling character, RIZZO displays pitfalls common to biographical drama.
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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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K.O. DelMarcelle: Maintaining versatility with an eye on the future
Barrymore Award-nominated actress and choreographer K.O. DelMarcelle talks about her past experiences, current life, and future aspirations.
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RIZZO (Theatre Exile): A romp through the Rizzo years
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”
A world-premiere production on former Mayor Frank Rizzo portrays the good and the bad of the controversial Philadelphia icon.
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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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THE HAIRY APE (EgoPo): The cage of modern life
The challenge for EgoPo director Brenna Geffers was to make a play which must have been theatrically and politically radical a century ago relevant to a 21st-century audience.
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THE GLASS MENAGERIE (Act II): 60-second review
Tennessee Williams’ classic story comes to life on the stage of Act II Playhouse.
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LA BÊTE (Arden Theatre Company): “Excellence Must Struggle to Survive!”
David Hirson’s riotous comedy in rhyming couplets evokes the farcical Baroque style of Molière while conveying a timeless message about high art versus low art.
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BRAINPEOPLE (Luna): A Haunting Invitation to Dinner
Concluding its 2013-14 themed season “Once upon a Time,” Luna Theater Company’s 80-minute Philadelphia premiere of BRAINPEOPLE, told in real time, is mysterious, disturbing, and challenging; but then director Gregory Scott Campbell was never one to avoid a challenge
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