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Tag: Arden Theatre Company

News and reviews for the Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia.

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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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FUN HOME (Arden Theatre): LOL misery

Kathryn Osenlund May 29, 2018 2 Comments

The Bechdel family has a funeral home (dubbed Fun Home by the kids) and also a not-fun family home.

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THE BLUEST EYE (Arden): Bringing Toni Morrison to the stage

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper March 22, 2018 1 Comment

In adapting THE BLUEST EYE, Lydia R. Diamond trusts Toni Morrison.

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Back to Prison: Playwright Kash Goins on his reprised play V to X at Arden Theatre

Christopher Munden March 15, 2018 1 Comment

Kash Goins talks to Phindie about the new production of his acclaimed prison drama and the Arden’s coming season.

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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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TOUCHTONES (Arden): This must be a bad connection

Kathryn Osenlund October 30, 2017 No Comments

Naughty and nice collide in TOUCHTONES, a musical fantasy in world premiere at the Arden.

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TOUCHTONES (Arden): 60-second review

Cameron Kelsall October 26, 2017 No Comments

This treacly throwback neither titillates nor liberates.

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CABARET (Arden): Glücklich zu sehen?

Cameron Kelsall September 29, 2017 No Comments

CABARET has taken on a new level of relevance, but Matthew Decker’s re-creation of Sam Mendes’ famous production remains stuck in the past.

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Kash Goins stars as Willy Loman in DEATH OF A SALESMAN. (Photo credit: Katie Balun)
Features Theater

In Judgment of Wrongs: A biting premiere on American injustice launches Kash Goins’s residency at the Arden

Christopher Munden August 30, 2017 2 Comments

In 2016, Philly playwright Kash Goins took a look at the human costs of mass incarceration in his nuanced, intimate original drama V to X…

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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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Arts Features Theater

2017 Barrymore Awards nominations

Cameron Kelsall August 22, 2017 No Comments

On August 21, Theatre Philadelphia announced nominees for the 2017 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre. Established companies led the day.

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Reviews Theater

GYPSY (Arden): A self-aware musical

Dorie Byrne May 29, 2017 2 Comments

Another take on the Arden’s GYPSY

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GYPSY (Arden Theatre): Mary’s turn

Cameron Kelsall May 25, 2017 2 Comments

Martello shines in an otherwise confused production of this classic musical.

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Anthony Heald in GYPSY: Journeyman actor makes his way to Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall May 5, 2017 1 Comment

In a casting coup, Anthony Heald has come to Philadelphia to play Herbie in GYPSY at Arden Theatre.

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Reviews Theater

THE LIGHT PRINCESS (Arden): An elixir of make-believe

Jessica Foley April 18, 2017 No Comments

The Arden Theatre Company’s world premiere of THE LIGHT PRINCESS mixes up a elixir of make-believe

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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Arden): Take pains, be perfect

Christopher Munden March 9, 2017 No Comments

Shakespeare made simple, and simply fun.

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JOHN (Arden): Things that haunt

Christopher Munden February 7, 2017 No Comments

There remains something compelling about ghost stories. Annie Baker’s JOHN demonstrates why: our past haunts just as well as any poltergeist.

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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.

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THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE (Arden): “Your First Shade!”

Joshua Millhouse October 21, 2016 No Comments

Dito van Reigersberg in a new drag persona steals the spotlight in this riotuous, fierce production.

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STUPID FUCKING BIRD (Arden): A sidesplitting and insightful reinvention of Chekhov

Debra Miller September 22, 2016 No Comments

Aaron Posner’s hilarious reinvention of The Seagull captures all of Chekhov’s laughable characters, absurdities of life, and self-references to the theater from a 21st-century perspective.

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