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Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Media Theater): An enchanted musical

Chuck Schultz December 12, 2017 No Comments

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is set in a countryside town near a forest. The musical is based on Linda Woolverton’s screenplay for Disney, which focuses on…

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Philly Actors Who Are Better Than You (at acting) and Deserve to be Seen

John Rosenberg October 10, 2017 No Comments

Casting actors you don’t know is like getting a dog from the animal shelter. Shit is cool for a while but then they flip the fuck out and bite you or run away.

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Fringe in Sketch: THE TURN OF THE SCREW (Leila and Pantea Productions)

Chuck Schultz September 25, 2017 No Comments

Leila and Pantea Productions creates art that engages audiences in new ways.

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THE TURN OF THE SCREW (Leila and Pantea Productions): 2017 Fringe review

Cameron Kelsall September 22, 2017 No Comments

An inventive and terrifying take on a classic ghost story

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SIDE SHOW (Media Theatre): Coming together on a small stage

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper March 21, 2017 No Comments

SIDE SHOW is a tricky piece, but there was much to savor at Media Theatre’s production

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1776: THE MUSICAL (Media): Not your textbook history production

Emily Kluver April 23, 2016 No Comments

1776 will make you laugh, might even make you cry, and will most certainly be more enjoyable than the lectures of your middle school history teachers.

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1776 THE MUSICAL (Media): Rollicking romp through history

Lisa Panzer April 19, 2016 No Comments

A rocking, irreverent look at the birth of our nation wrought with lively, believable characters.

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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Media): Killing Lee’s mockingbird

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper January 30, 2016 2 Comments

In directing Christopher Sergel’s dramatic adaptation of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Jesse Cline is uncharacteristically too reverential about the material.

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HANSEL AND GRETEL (Quintessence): Cool contemporary spin on Grimm

Lisa Panzer December 16, 2015 No Comments

You don’t have to be ten years old to thoroughly enjoy this production, you just have to retrace the breadcrumbs and remember how to pretend again.

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BROKEN WING (Pantea Productions): Fringe Review 29.2

Julius Ferraro September 16, 2014 No Comments

The timely BROKEN WING, offered to the FringeArts festival in an beautifully executed performance by Pantea Productions, tells the story of a brash American photographer (Bob Stineman) who, while traveling in Iran, sleeps with his host’s young wife Arezoo.