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Bringing Shakespeare to Life: Interview with director Matt Pfeiffer about SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (People’s Light)

Henrik Eger March 10, 2020 No Comments

Matt Pfeiffer talks love of Shakespeare and SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

60-Second Review Reviews Theater

EUREKA DAY (InterAct): 60-second review

Rudolf Schreiber November 6, 2019 No Comments

Another, brief take on InterAct Theatre’s latest production

Reviews Theater

EUREKA DAY (InterAct): An infectious satire

Toby Zinman October 31, 2019 No Comments

No easy answers, no good guys/bad guys; it’s life as we cope with it, only funnier.

Reviews

THE SEA VOYAGE (PAC): 2019 Fringe review

Rudolf Schreiber September 11, 2019 No Comments

PAC makes waves with a solid classic comedy with simplistic use of physicality and inventive fight choreography.

Fringe Festival Fringe reviews Reviews Theater

THE SEA VOYAGE (PAC): 2019 Fringe review

Lisa Panzer September 8, 2019 No Comments

Adventure, reunion, and love intertwine to create a scrappy maritime tale of marauding and romance.

Features Fringe Festival

A Welcome to the International Artists at the 2019 Fringe Festival

Henrik Eger September 5, 2019 1 Comment

Henrik Eger greets international Fringe artists.

Fringe Festival Previews Theater

Fringe preview: Sail away with the PAC

Smalley Bogg September 2, 2019 No Comments

Philadelphia Artists’ Collective hits the water with another Fringe gem.

Features Theater

Theater in Sketch: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (Walnut Street)

Chuck Schultz June 23, 2019 No Comments

A review in words and sketch by Chuck Schultz and Yumna Tolaimate

Features Theater

Theater in Sketch: MARIA MARTEN, or The Murder in the Red Barn (PAC)

Chuck Schultz June 21, 2018 No Comments

Maria Marten or The Murder in the Red Barn by the Philadelphia Artist Collective found the silly in the serious

Features Theater

Theater in Sketch: THE RAPE OF LUCRECE (PAC at the Rosenbach)

Chuck Schultz April 7, 2018 No Comments

It was interesting to compare last week’s reading of Shakespeare’s THE RAPE OF LUCRECE at the Rosenbach to the original presentation at the Broad Street Ministry in 2016.

Reviews Theater

BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY (Walnut Street): Ken Ludwig’s version turns the story on its head

Kathryn Osenlund January 15, 2018 2 Comments

An ancestral manor, a family curse, a fiend: Ken Ludwig’s version turns this Sherlock Holmes story on its head.

Reviews Theater

THE CRAFTSMAN (Lantern): Crafting a good story

Christopher Munden November 16, 2017 No Comments

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.

Features Fringe Festival Theater

Fringe in Sketch: I, PEASEBLOSSUM (Curio Theatre)

Christopher Munden September 20, 2017 No Comments

I, PEASEBLOSSOM was a great character study for me. I wanted to keep capturing the many sides of Brian McCann.

Features Fringe Festival

International Fringe 2017: A welcome to theater from around the world coming to the Philadelphia Fringe Festival

Henrik Eger September 15, 2017 No Comments

Welcome to Philadelphia, international Fringe artists.

Fringe Festival Fringe reviews Reviews Theater

IPHIGENIA AT AULIS (PAC): 2017 Fringe review

Christopher Munden September 13, 2017 No Comments

If there’s an ideal company to introduce works of classical theater, it’s the Philadelphia Artists’ Collective

Reviews

Fringe in Sketch: IPHEGENIA AT AULIS (PAC)

Chuck Schultz September 11, 2017 No Comments

Hurricane Harvey battered the coasts of Texas and Louisiana. Hurricane Irma was destroying entire islands in the Caribbean, and moving towards Florida. So even before stepping aboard…