Adapted by Patrick Barlow from the novel by John Buchan and the movie by Alfred Hitchcock
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RED (Theatre Exile): Coloring an artist’s story
RED, not to be confused with REDS, is a color, not a Commie. It refers to the impression given by one of ten huge canvases…
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CHILDREN OF THE SUN (PAC): A knockout contemporary production of a rarely seen classic
Now this is what a collective can do: a huge cast all so attuned to each others’ idiosyncrasies that they might as well be the household they are portraying.
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THE LEHMAN TRILOGY (Arden): A play in three acts
A tale about cotton, Civil War, commodities, finance, and wealth told through the story of three brothers and the company they found.
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What’s going on behind the scenes?: Interview with Bernard Havard on working with his creative team at the Walnut Street Theatre
Bernard Havard shares his experiences with his creative team for A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE by Oscar Wilde:
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DESCRIBE THE NIGHT (Wilma): Put on your thinking caps
Put on your thinking cap if you’re thinking of going to see DESCRIBE THE NIGHT
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THE LAST MATCH (Lantern): Set points
Playwright Anna Ziegler drops us deep into an intricate game of high-stakes tennis
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A SMALL FIRE (PTC): 60-second review
Joanie Schultz’s direction centers on masterful and delicate performances by Bebe Neuwirth and John Dossett.
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THE NIGHT ALIVE (Inis Nua): 60-second review
A quiet, human look at modern isolation
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THE RESISTABLE RISE OF ARTURO UI (Lantern): 60-second review
A quick, masterful production that would make Brecht proud.
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Theater in Sketch: CHARLOTTE’S WEB (Arden Theatre)
Looking at Arden Childrens Theater in words and sketch
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SWEAT (PTC): What’s the matter with Reading?
Why does SWEAT appeal to us, as aging urban middle-to-upper-to-upper-upper-class theatergoers? Do we hope to understand? Relate? Gawk? What do we applaud?
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PASSAGE (Wilma): Love and death in Country X
The way to get an audience to ask itself profound questions about a work is not by asking the audience profound questions about the work.
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Theater in Sketch: PASSAGE (Wilma Theater)
PASSAGE reminds sketch artist Chuck Schultz of a painting at the Philadelphia Museum by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
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A STEADY RAIN (Walnut St): An intense and engrossing cop show
If you’re a fan of TV police procedurals this is the play for you.
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MORNING’S AT SEVEN (People’s Light): A sorority of acting talent
A delightful comedy that shows an evening and morning in the lives of four sisters
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Theater in Sketch: MORNING’S AT SEVEN (People’s Light)
Paul Osborne’s 1939 comedy gets a new production in Malvern, PA.
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THE CRAFTSMAN (Lantern): Crafting a good story
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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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES DICKENS & COUNT LEO TOLSTOY: DISCORD (Lantern Theater Company): Locked in limbo with literati
The Lantern team transforms an essentially all-talk playscript into an engaging, living piece of theater.
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MAURITIUS (Act II): Feeling the philatelia
Act II Playhouse gets all dramatic with Theresa Rebeck’s MAURITIUS
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