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THE BLUEST EYE (Arden): Bringing Toni Morrison to the stage

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper March 22, 2018 1 Comment

In adapting THE BLUEST EYE, Lydia R. Diamond trusts Toni Morrison.

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The Mother of All Roles: E. Ashley Izard plays Mary Tyrone in LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

Cameron Kelsall October 6, 2017 No Comments

E. Ashley Izard tackles one of the most daunting roles in the American canon.

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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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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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FLY (Crossroads): Fighting for the skies

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper April 16, 2016 No Comments

From dancing to dogfights, FLY tells the story of the Tuskagee Airmen.

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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Media): Killing Lee’s mockingbird

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper January 30, 2016 2 Comments

In directing Christopher Sergel’s dramatic adaptation of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Jesse Cline is uncharacteristically too reverential about the material.

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THE PIANO LESSON (McCarter): A fine tune

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper January 27, 2016 No Comments

Baikida Carroll’s PIANO LESSON is August Wilson as it’s meant to be seen.

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ALL MY SONS (People’s Light): A treat from the golden age of American theater

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper September 24, 2015 No Comments

Seeing a naturalistic play by one of the masters of the form, Arthur Miller, with a cast and set that are as realistic and as authentically moving as the text, is a rarity and a treat.

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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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LITTLE ROCK (Passage Theatre): Integrating history into theater

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper October 14, 2014 No Comments

Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj’s poignant play about nine children who integrate Little Rock’s Central High School creates a lasting impression.

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