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Tag: Dan Hodge

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WAITING FOR GODOT (Curio): Highlighting the hilarity of Beckett’s classic

Dorie Byrne February 16, 2017 No Comments

Curio’s designers have created a bubble of no time, no place, in which anything or nothing can happen.

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ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (PAC): A mingled web well woven

Christopher Munden December 7, 2016 No Comments

PAC’s current production confirms its reputation as the best adaptor of classic works.

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Theater in Sketch: ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (PAC)

Chuck Schultz December 6, 2016 1 Comment

Sketches of William Shakespeare’s ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL from Philadelphia Artists’ Collective.

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STUPID FUCKING BIRD (Arden): A sidesplitting and insightful reinvention of Chekhov

Debra Miller September 22, 2016 No Comments

Aaron Posner’s hilarious reinvention of The Seagull captures all of Chekhov’s laughable characters, absurdities of life, and self-references to the theater from a 21st-century perspective.

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THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (PA Shakes): Shrewd Shakespeare

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper July 27, 2016 No Comments

A good production that benefits most when it puts farce aside and concentrates on two people using their will to create partnership and harmony

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Aaron Cromie and Ian Merrill Peakes in Walnut Street Theatre’s PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (Photo credit: Mark Garvin).
Reviews Theater

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (Walnut): A wacky look at the backstory of Peter Pan

Debra Miller March 24, 2016 1 Comment

An outstanding ensemble recounts the backstory of Peter Pan in a madcap prequel with music.

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DEATH OF A SALESMAN (Curio): Bringing Arthur Miller to life

Rachel Dukeman February 19, 2016 No Comments

Curio’s production underscores the delusion and the rawness of the lives of the Loman family.

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Reviews Theater

EQUIVOCATION (Arden): They made him an offer he can’t refuse

Kathryn Osenlund November 6, 2015 No Comments

In the wake of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, Shakespeare is summoned to take on a play commission for the Crown.

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Liz (Kate Czajkowski) and Charlie (Scott Greer) in Theatre Exile's THE WHALE by Samuel D. Hunter. Photo credit: Paola Nogueras.
Features Theater

And the Winners Are… 2015 Barrymore Award winners

Christopher Munden November 2, 2015 No Comments

2015 Barrymore Awards recipients by award category

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Reviews Theater

DRACULA (Hedgerow): Raising the stakes

Lisa Panzer October 27, 2015 No Comments

This not your usual resurrection of the Dracula story of seducing young women to join him in the realm of the undead.

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ALTAR CALL (Melissa McBain): “Theologically speaking, have you ever considered going to hell?”

Henrik Eger October 17, 2015 No Comments

ALTAR CALL begins and ends with hymns, not only setting the mood but, through carefully chosen songs, it sends out thought-provoking messages

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THE CAPTIVE (PAC): 2015 Fringe review 5

Christopher Munden September 4, 2015 No Comments

Although it has lost the shock value (lesbianism!) it had in the 1920s, it is easy to see why PAC were attracted to this forgotten play.

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PAC Presents THE CAPTIVE: FringeArts Interview with Dan Hodge

Brendan Farrell August 15, 2015 No Comments

Philadelphia Artists Collective has produced some of the finest works of the last few Fringe Festivals. Director Dan Hodge tells us about this year’s offering.

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2014/15 Critics’ Awards: The best in Philadelphia theater

Christopher Munden August 14, 2015 1 Comment

Local theater writers vote for their favorites in twelve categories!

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HENRY V (PA Shakespeare): The king is but a man

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper July 27, 2015 1 Comment

While HENRY V contains two of Shakespeare’s most stirring speeches, smaller, less rhetorical moments are the more engrossing in Matt Pfeiffer’s staging for Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival

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Ben Dibble, winner of "Best Actor" for his role in Herringbone at Flashpoint Theatre.
Features Theater

Picks for Best in Theater, 2014/15, by Philly Reviewer Neal Zoren

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper July 12, 2015 No Comments

Each year, Philadelphia-based reviewer Neal Zoren announces his choices for the Helen and Morris Zoren Awards for World Theater. A fair number of the picks on Neal’s list are performers and productions from the Philadelphia area.

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THE THREE CHRISTS OF MANHATTAN: What would a Christ for today be like?

Naomi Orwin June 7, 2015 No Comments

If Jesus were to appear today, what form would he take? A loving son of God, a Marxist activist, or a corporate exec who wants everyone to be rich?

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Dan Hodge, Rape of Lucrece 2 by Kate Raines
60-Second Review Reviews Theater

THE RAPE OF LUCRECE (Philadelphia Artists’ Collective): 60-second review

Ninni Saajola April 22, 2015 No Comments

Dan Hodge’s one-man performance of Shakespeare’s poem RAPE OF LUCRECE is back! And it is not to be missed (again).

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Lucrece’s Revenge: A Fringe masterpiece returns for a brief run at the Wilma

Christopher Munden April 20, 2015 No Comments

Hodge’s one-man adaptation of William Shakespeare’s epic poem returns to Philadelphia in a four-day copresentation with the Wilma Theater.

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Reviews Theater

THE FAIR MAID OF THE WEST, PART I (PAC): A pirate adventure “worth gold!”

Debra Miller April 4, 2015 1 Comment

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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