This remarkable adaptation of a century-old novel concludes EgoPo’s Harlem Renaissance season
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Tag: EgoPo Classic Theater
FOOL FOR LOVE (EgoPo): Secrets, raw passion, and danger
Sam Shepard can set up a world like nobody else
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BURIED CHILD (EgoPo): A powerful production of a difficult play
It’s very satisfying to see this 1978 play revived; it still speaks to us and to the American condition
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Spooky Queers, Reimagined Classics, Giant Misses: 2019 Fringe recap from an outsider
3 weeks. 10 plays. My first Fringe Festival.
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Theater in Sketch: MASTER HAROLD… AND THE BOYS (EgoPo)
Chuck Schultz sketches one half of the “Censured” series of South African plays
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Theater in Sketch: THREE SISTERS TWO (EgoPo)
Chuck Schultz gives his thoughts in words and sketch
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Theater in Sketch: DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS (EgoPo Classic Theater)
EgoPo Classic Theater is looking at the South African region to consider the geographical mysteries and beauty of African culture.
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Theater in Sketch: LYDIE BREEZE Part 3: MADAKET ROAD (EgoPo)
The EgoPo Classical Theater’s production of John Guare’s Lydie Breeze part III was asking the fundamental question, “what is ‘it’.”
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LYDIE BREEZE PART 2: AIPOTU (EgoPo): Seeking utopia
EgoPo’s presentation of John Guare’s Lydie Breeze continues with a look at a New England utopia.
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LYDIE BREEZE PART ONE: COLD HARBOR (EgoPo): Ambitious, sprawling, but emotionally hollow
COLD HARBOR is fast-paced and skillfully produced, with a large, stylistically diverse cast, but at its emotional core it is stiff and distant.
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TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (EgoPo): High-spirited and delightfully messy
This musical theater version of Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona, launches EgoPo’s season as a cabaret/fundraiser.
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2016-2017 Phindie Critics’ Awards
Philadelphia theater writers choose their favorite plays of the last season.
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2017 Barrymore Awards nominations
On August 21, Theatre Philadelphia announced nominees for the 2017 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre. Established companies led the day.
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Theater in Sketch: ANNA (EgoPo)
A loose adaptation by Brenna Geffer and her ensemble based on the novel, Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
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SEAGULL (EgoPo): A comedy of torn hearts and thwarted dreams
The pathetically unfulfilled romantic expectations! The sad characters and absurd human comedy! EgoPo nails it, and beautifully. Sketches by Chuck Schultz.
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DELIRIUM (EgoPo): 60-second review
At 800+ pages, Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov would not seem ideally suited to theatrical interpretation.
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MACHINAL (EgoPo): Welcome to the machine
A dank, metallic, appropriately oppressive feel imbues this production of Sophie Treadwell’s 90-year-old play.
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THE WOMEN (EgoPo): An engaging show turns a trifle into a treatise
Clare Boothe Luce saw her 1936 play as a critique of certain malicious denizens of Park Avenue. Director Lane Savadove sees more in it.
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THE CHILDREN’S HOUR (EgoPo): A superbly acted historical anecdote
EgoPo Classic Theater continues its foray into classics of American drama with a focus on female playwrights.
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A Woman’s World: A conversation with Brenna Geffers, Lane Savadove, and Adrienne Mackey on bringing a new focus on women to Philadelphia theater
For the theme of its 2015–16 season, EgoPo Classic Theater has announced it will honor American female playwrights: Lillian Hellman, Clare Boothe Luce, and Sophie Treadwell.
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