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Theater in Sketch: MORNING’S AT SEVEN (People’s Light)

Chuck Schultz January 23, 2018 1 Comment

Paul Osborne’s 1939 comedy gets a new production in Malvern, PA.

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SIMPATICO (McCarter Theatre Center): A Red Orchid Theatre’s production comes to Princeton

Ralph Malachowski October 2, 2017 1 Comment

Ralph Malachowski see’s the Pride Night performance of Sam Shepard’s SIMPATICO.

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A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (Walnut): A funny thing is happening now at the Walnut

Ralph Malachowski September 30, 2017 No Comments

Sondheim’s classic musical in a new production is directed by Frank Ferrante.

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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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THE NEW & IMPROVED STAGES OF GRIEF (Act II): Laughing through tears

Cameron Kelsall July 12, 2017 No Comments

Philadelphia’s queen of comedy takes on a dark subject with humor and heart.

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THE NERD (Bucks County Playhouse): 60-second review

Cameron Kelsall June 29, 2017 No Comments

Larry Shue’s 1979 farce has seen better days.

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FUN HOME (national tour at Forrest Theatre): A study in want

Julie Zeglen June 22, 2017 No Comments

There was a perfection to the timing of FUN HOME’s arrival in Philadelphia: Another take on FUN HOME

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BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS (Act II Playhouse): The same old schtick

Cameron Kelsall May 23, 2017 No Comments

A play for people who need to be told how to feel.

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Theater in Sketch: THE MASSIVE TRAGEDY OF MADAME BOVARY (Curio)

Chuck Schultz May 17, 2017 No Comments

The small cast at Curio Theatre play multiple roles in THE MASSIVE TRAGEDY OF MADAME BOVARY, a dramatization of Gustave Flaubert’s novel (read the Phindie…

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THE MASSIVE TRAGEDY OF MADAME BOVARY (Curio): Not your high school English class

Julie Zeglen May 8, 2017 No Comments

A meta take on Flaubert’s classic.

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LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR (Walnut): Funny, morbid, timely, and of a time

Julie Zeglen January 28, 2017 No Comments

Theatergoers who long for the good ol’ days of pre-political correctness will love it. Everyone else, just enjoy the ride.

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THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS: THE ELECTION SPECIAL (1812 Productions): Yuugely funny

Julie Zeglen October 25, 2016 No Comments

Ho boy, it’s been quite the election cycle. Thankfully, Philadelphia has 1812 Productions to ease the pain with its annual satirical show.

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MILLENNIA (Brad Ogden): 2016 Fringe review 63

Tyler Horst September 18, 2016 No Comments

Millennia is funny, ambitious, and a little bit confused—just like millennials.

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THE INSTITUTE FOR RELATIVITY STUDIES (Brian Shapiro Presents): 2016 Fringe review 37

Tyler Horst September 15, 2016 No Comments

Comedy for people who want to have a little extra to think about after the show

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AN OCTOROON (Wilma): A melodrama, a social commentary, an experience

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper March 29, 2016 No Comments

Beyond being entertaining and thought-provoking, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s AN OCTOROON is an experience

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THE PHILLY FAN (Montgomery): The time is always ripe for a Philly sports story

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper February 28, 2016 No Comments

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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Commedia dell’Arte: Highlights from the “Master Class with Antonio Fava”

Benjamin Lloyd February 17, 2016 No Comments

Experiences in a master class with maestro Antonio Fava

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Inspecting the Circus Sideshow of Government: IRC director Tina Brock talks Gogol

Henrik Eger February 8, 2016 1 Comment

In this two-part interview with Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium (IRC) director Tina Brock shares facts and her insights on Gogol’s The Government Inspector,

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LAFFERTY’S WAKE (Society Hill Playhouse): Putting the fun in funeral

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper December 3, 2015 No Comments

The LAFFERTY’S WAKE ensemble is quick and amiable in Susan Turlish’s gentle comic story,

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SHIPWRECKED! (Walnut): A delight of theater

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper October 17, 2015 No Comments

SHIPWRECKED! goes to the heart of storytelling. It doesn’t matter whether a tale is true or false as long as it engages and even thrills.

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