Madame Ovary is a staged memoir about a young woman who survived cancer; it is the fourth female solo show opening just this week:
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DEATH OF A DRIVER (InterAct): Years pass, roads are built, potholes appear
“We are together.” This line is an often-repeated refrain in Death of a Driver, a grim new play by Will Snider presented by InterAct at the Drake’s Proscenium…
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DEATH OF A DRIVER (InterAct): 60-second review
Faced with bureaucratic nonsense or official missteps, who hasn’t said ‘fuck the government’ or a more genteel equivalent? The multi-ethnic East African Kenya Colony gained independence in…
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MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Lantern): A Gchat review
Julius Ferraro and Christopher Munden discuss Lantern Theater’s production on Gchat.
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Theater in Sketch: THE BROWNINGS (Orbiter 3)
The art world can be as small as one makes it, and the codependent relationship in THE BROWNINGS begins to shut out the rest of the world.
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THE BROWNINGS (Orbiter 3): Let me count the f%&*ing ways
In a heartfelt moment, Elizabeth Barrett Browning tells her poet-husband, “I’m going to dip your cock in laudanum and fuck you til i’m high”
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BROKEN STONES (InterAct): Searching through the meta rubble
What better theatrical vehicle for cynicism than “meta”: how many ways can the playwright fool an audience?
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2016-2017 Phindie Critics’ Awards
Philadelphia theater writers choose their favorite plays of the last season.
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Theater in Sketch: CORIOLANUS (Shakespeare in Clark Park)
The audience gather together on two adjacent hill sides and in the middle is a stretch of grass,
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THE WHITE DEVIL (PAC): A bloody good thriller
PAC gives the Jacobin the veneer of a mid-20th century hard-boiler. Sketches by Chuck Schultz.
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SHITHEADS (Azuka): Nice ride
Azuka’s terrific production of SHITHEADS, a new play by Douglas Williams, details the New York bicycle subculture.
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Young People Speaking Truth: A talk with Mantua Theater Project’s Nick Anselmo
Addressing the needs of the communities in West Philadelphia through self-esteem building experiences for youth in theater.
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THE BALD SOPRANO (Curio): The absurd banality of everyday conversation
Ionesco offers comically entertaining insight on the careless and constant cacophony that passes for communication but is just platitudinous twaddle.
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Is It Always About Sex? Director Kittson O’Neill on the sexual politics of THE ROVER
If you don’t think every play is about sex, you shouldn’t be making theater.
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GOD OF CARNAGE (Montgomery Theater): A rich unraveling
Civilization is not easy to maintain. One knock and the lapse of a moment can set it off kilter.
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RAGE OF ACHILLES (CCTC): The absurdity and tragedy of war
Commonwealth Classic Theatre presents a world-premiere production of Paul Parente’s meaningful tragicomedy on the absurdities and horrors of war, inspired by the events and characters from Homer’s Iliad.
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THE FAIR MAID OF THE WEST, PART I (PAC): A pirate adventure “worth gold!”
Thomas Heywood’s ridiculous rip-roaring romantic romp across the high seas of the English Renaissance is the latest in the Philadelphia Artists’ Collective’s acclaimed productions of rarely seen classics.
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A Reversal of Roles for KC MacMillan: The director speaks to Phindie about her return to acting in THE FAIR MAID OF THE WEST (PAC)
Known to everyone in the Philadelphia theater community as a director, dramaturg, and associate artistic director of Lantern Theater Company, KC MacMillan is now adding actor…
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J Hernandez: Feeling the Love in Philadelphia!
J Hernandez has been a constant presence on Philadelphia stages his acclaimed portrayal of Iago in a 2013 production of Othello. Phindie spoke to the Texas native about relocating, being a Latino actor, and why he loves Philly theater.
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PAC’s Damon Bonetti on BLOOD WEDDING: “Peace in a cruel world”
Phindie spoke to Damon Bonetti, a founding member of the Philadelphia Artists’ Collective and director of PAC’s latest offering, Frederico Garcia Lorca’s BLOOD WEDDING.
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