Now in its world premiere from Lantern Theater, the latest play by Philly’s favorite playwright Bruce Graham is based on a true story. It’s a great story.
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Local playwright makes good: An interview with Jacqueline Goldfinger
It’s been a banner month for local playwright Jacqueline Goldfinger.
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TOMMY & ME (Theatre Exile): Theatrical touchdown
A lovely and elegiac look at how a sportswriter developed his love for football and friendship with an Eagles quarterback.
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Flying with BOEING BOEING Captain Damon Bonetti: An interview with the Hedgerow director
Damon Bonetti returns to Hedgerow Theatre for another summer farce.
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WHITE GUY ON THE BUS (Passage): 60-second review
Republished by kind permission from Neals Paper. Bruce Graham is having the most magnificent year of his playwriting career. His new works so far in…
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RUMORS (BRT): 60-second review
New York City deputy mayor Charlie Brock and his wife Myra are hosting a posh party, but something is amiss.
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THE PHILLY FAN (Montgomery): The time is always ripe for a Philly sports story
Though Bruce Graham’s play is set on the eve of a potential Philadelphia sports triumph it chronicles the long-suffering, patiently impatient diehard who supports local professional teams.
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FUNNYMAN (Arden): Comedy on the brink of tragedy
A new play by Bruce Graham considers the sadness that often underlies comedy and the need to adapt to changing styles and the struggles of life.
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Second Acts: Top Philly playwright Bruce Graham talks FUNNYMAN and life in the theater
When you think Philadelphia theater, you think Bruce Graham. He shares his thoughts about his latest play, the state of theater in Philadelphia, and the art of writing plays.
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[book review] THE PHILADELPHIA CONNECTION: CONVERSATIONS WITH PLAYWRIGHTS, by B.J. Burton
Interviews with fifteen of Philadelphia’s noted contemporary playwrights give insights into the city’s flourishing theater community.
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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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ACCORDING TO GOLDMAN (Act II): How to write a script
Act II opens its new season with a bang with Bruce Graham’s ACCORDING TO GOLDMAN
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STELLA AND LOU (People’s Light): A middle-aged rom-com with South Philly attitude
No one captures the timbre of hometown Philadelphia better than playwright Bruce Graham, and nowhere is that more evident than in this regional premiere.
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Everything you always wanted to know about PlayPenn, but were afraid to ask: Interview with founder Paul Meshejian, Part 2
Part 2 of a three-part interview with PlayPenn founder Paul Meshejian.
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SOMETHING INTANGIBLE (Stagecrafters): Making Mickey Mouse
The golden age of Hollywood. Bruce Graham certainly knew how to choose a snazzy setting when he wrote SOMETHING INTANGIBLE,
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THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS (1812 Productions): Now a Musical and Better than Ever!
Lampooning everything from Hillary Clinton ‘not’ running for President in 2016 to NJ Governor Chris Christie ‘not’ closing the George Washington Bridge, 1812 Productions’ THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS delivers non-stop laughs in a fast-paced ensemble-devised review of today’s important issues.
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LAUGHTER ON THE 23rd FLOOR (Bristol Riverside Theater): The Humor and Hysteria of 1953
Neil Simon’s autobiographical comedy, LAUGHTER ON THE 23rd FLOOR, offers an intimate, insightful, and uproarious glimpse into his experiences as a junior writer for Your Show of Show—the influential TV program that ran on NBC from 1950-54, and was the first to incorporate sitcom sketches into the traditional variety-show format.
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NORTH OF THE BOULEVARD (Theatre Exile): If the Boss wrote plays he’d write this one
A few years ago I was at that good used bookstore on 20th Street by the Free Library and saw a crowd gathering on the…
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Phindie Podcast 02: Brian McCann
For the second of Phindie’s Philadelphia Independent Theater podcasts, hosts Christopher Munden and John Rosenberg talk to talented and versatile local actor Brian McCann. We…
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