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LITTLE RED ROBIN HOOD (People’s Light): What is a panto?

Joshua Herren December 2, 2019 No Comments

Takeaway: Bring your kids to this unique Philadelphia area tradition!

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HAPGOOD (Lantern): Rising to the challenge of a gleefully complicated spy story

Toby Zinman September 14, 2018 No Comments

Hapgood is not just a spy story, it’s also a physics story

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THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (People’s Light): An intense retelling of a familiar story

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper March 9, 2018 No Comments

David Bradley’s production of this classic is a sterling example of a strong scripts coupled with a great ensemble.

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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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MOON OVER BUFFALO (People’s Light): A few doors short of a farce

Cameron Kelsall July 26, 2017 2 Comments

Why did People’s Light exhume this largely forgotten play from its well-deserved obscurity?

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Neal Zoren’s BEST OF PHILADELPHIA THEATER, 2016

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper February 12, 2017 1 Comment

Neal Zoren chose his favorite productions, directors, and actors from the last year.

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LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST (PA Shakes): 60-second review

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper August 2, 2016 No Comments

Republished by kind permission from Neals Paper. Lightning, alas, did not strike two years in a row when it came to Pennsylvania Shakespeare’s grand experiment…

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JULIUS CAESAR (PA Shakespeare): A staging come to steal away your hearts

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper July 1, 2016 No Comments

One must praise Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s CAESAR and do everything to keep it from being buried until the maximum number of people see Patrick Mulcahy’s intelligent, timely production.

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METAMORPHOSES (Arden): A swim with the gods

Joshua Millhouse October 9, 2015 No Comments

This visceral production explains why humans act the way that we do, and reveres love as the most sacred of experiences.

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AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (PA Shakespeare): A comic circumnavigation of Verne’s classic

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper June 30, 2015 No Comments

Director Russell Treyz grants quarter to cogent, cohesive storytelling in his production Mark Brown’s adaptation of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS for Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.

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Ian Merrill Peakes as Macbeth with Ben Dibble as Banquo. Photo by Mark Garvin.
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MACBETH (Arden): Rare emotion and rarer straightforwardness [critical mass review #5]

Michael Fisher April 13, 2015 No Comments

The elements which displease other writers are what makes this production a success, according to Michael Fisher in review five of the ongoing Critical Mass series.

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MACBETH (Arden): Numb from the neck down, well almost [critical mass review #3]

Jessica Foley March 28, 2015 No Comments

Jessica Foley gives this week’s critical mass take on MACBETH at the Arden, part of a new review series on Phindie.

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MACBETH (Arden): Fast but not furious [critical mass review #2]

Ninni Saajola March 20, 2015 10 Comments

Alexander Burns’ production of MACBETH at Arden Theatre Company is energetic and visually engaging, but it lacks ferocity and substance.

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MACBETH (Arden): Bloody bold and resolute [critical mass review #1]

Christopher Munden March 12, 2015 No Comments

Burns maintains the energy and pacing of his best work for Quintessence and takes full advantage of the Arden’s high production values to create an exuberant and understandable version of Shakespeare’s masterpiece.

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Christopher Patrick Mullen as Merlyn and Susan McKey as Archimedes in ARTHUR AND THE TALE OF THE RED DRAGON at People’s Light (Photo caption: Mark Garvin)
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ARTHUR AND THE TALE OF THE RED DRAGON: A MUSICAL PANTO (People’s Light): Coming of age in the Middle Ages

Debra Miller November 24, 2014 No Comments

The family friendly holiday panto takes a wacky look at the growing pains of the future King Arthur as he faces the challenges of life, learning, and leadership.

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Kim Carson stars in People’s Light & Theatre Company’s CINDERELLA (Photo credit: Mark Garvin)
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CINDERELLA (People’s Light): The Return of an Award-Winning Panto

Debra Miller December 9, 2013 No Comments

In celebration of its tenth anniversary season of wintertime pantos People’s Light & Theatre Company in Malvern is presenting a remount of CINDERELLA, its most acclaimed panto to date.

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The Arden Hits a High Note with A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

Debra Miller June 1, 2013 No Comments

Stephen Sondheim’s transcendent musical exposé of love, liaisons, and life in 1900 Sweden.

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