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RACHEL (Quintessence): Screaming from the Past

Joshua Herren February 19, 2020 No Comments

A work of incredible importance to American theatrical history

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THE SNOW QUEEN (Arden Children’s Theatre): Not a sugar-coated fairy tale

Kathryn Osenlund December 17, 2019 1 Comment

“In the realm of the unknown, kids and adults have pretty much the same needs: courage, resilience, protection.” 

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RED LODGE, MONTANA (The Antidote): 2019 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 17, 2019 1 Comment

A bizarro fusion of indolence, violence, nudity, sex, and dance

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“It’s all a marathon, not a sprint”: Interview with Keith Illidge on Inis Nua’s production of UNTITLED

Tina Gill May 8, 2019 No Comments

Tina Gill interviews Keith Illidge about his work and role in Inis Nua’s UNTITLED

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UNTITLED (Inis Nua): Brother, Name, Destiny—The American premiere of Inua Ellams’ drama

Tina Gill May 3, 2019 No Comments

Two brothers must find each other before they can find themselves.

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GEM OF THE OCEAN (Arden): A thing of beauty

Kathryn Osenlund March 12, 2019 No Comments

GEM OF THE OCEAN is about a lot of things, including race, mysticism, and murder.

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BOX CLEVER (Inis Nua): 60-second review

Rudolf Schreiber February 9, 2019 1 Comment

With BOX CLEVER, Inis Nua has done the impossible: make bureaucracy theatrical.

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COLLECTED STORIES (Act II): Friendship in the real world

Lauren Hartranft November 12, 2018 1 Comment

As we enter the season of unpredictable weather, go to Act II to get their take on the warm and fuzzies mixed with the cold shoulder.

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FRANKENSTEIN; OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS (Quintessence Theatre): It’s Alive!!

Lisa Panzer October 2, 2018 2 Comments

Quintessence Theatre dynamically brings to life Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Frankenstein and his monstrous creation in a fantastic, eerily staged production

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OUR FEW AND EVIL DAYS (Inis Nua): Tantalizing ambiguity

Toby Zinman April 30, 2018 No Comments

This is difficult review to write since almost anything I’d say would be a spoiler. I can say this much: Go see it.

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JULIUS CAESAR (Quintessence): Why must republics fall?

Julius Ferraro April 2, 2018 No Comments

Quintessence Theatre Group explores the Shakespearean death throes of the Roman Republic.

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Tiger Players: Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists present its first full production

Smalley Bogg January 18, 2018 No Comments

This month, PAPA seeks to solidify its presence in the city with its first full production, Tiger Style! by Mike Lew.

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UNCLE VANYA (Quintessence): Tedious boring people

Cameron Kelsall June 18, 2017 No Comments

Good productions of Chekhov remind us of how vital his work still can be. Bad productions feed the narrative that his plays are dated, charmless, and inconsequential.

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THE BROKEN HEART (Quintessence): Dark matter

Kathryn Osenlund April 7, 2017 No Comments

Melancholy John Ford was more ‘himself’ and less ‘Shakespearean’ than other less bold Cavalier dramatists.

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WILDE TALES (Quintessence): Where the WILDE things are

Kathryn Osenlund December 16, 2016 No Comments

Oscar Wilde once wrote to a friend that his two books of fairy tales were intended “partly for children and partly for those who have…

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Kyra Baker, Newton Buchanan, Andrew J. Carroll, Aetna Gallagher, and Doug Greene in NOISES OFF. Photo by Kyle Cassidy.
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NOISES OFF (Curio): Utter nonsense, superbly structured and out of control

Kathryn Osenlund May 11, 2015 No Comments

Michael Frayn’s enormously popular 1980s play is a zany farce about doors and sardines, relationships, and mistakes.

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Conversations on Chekhov: What gimmicks? The Arden’s THREE SISTERS has a lasting effect

Jessica Foley April 25, 2014 15 Comments

In September of 1900 Anton Chekhov confessed in a letter to his actress-wife Olga Knipper: “I find it very difficult to write THREE SISTERS, much more…

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