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Tag: Gil Johnson

Reviews Theater

DRACULA: A GOTHIC MYSTERY (Mechanical Theater): Magnificently mesmerizing at Laurel Hill Cemetery

Lisa Panzer October 29, 2017 No Comments

The Mechanical Theater has succeeded in reviving Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

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Reviews

Sketches of Ives: IRC’s ALL IN THE TIMING

Chuck Schultz November 15, 2015 No Comments

Here’s what Chuck Schultz saw at the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium’s production of ALL IN THE TIMING by David Ives.

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ALL IN THE TIMING (IRC): Six fast and funny existentialist shorts

Debra Miller October 30, 2015 No Comments

A collection of six short one-act comedies address the existentialist dilemma and pose the ubiquitous question, “What if?”

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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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Gil Johnson (left) and Peter Andrew Danzig. Photo by Andy Joos.
Previews Theater

Pope fever continues with ALTAR CALL

Christopher Munden September 28, 2015 No Comments

Random Acts of Theater and the Liberty Education Forum are riding the wave of Pope fever with the Philadelphia premiere of Melissa McBain’s ALTAR CALL,

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Reviews Theater

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Mechanical): A rapid-fire current view of Shakespeare’s “merry war”

Debra Miller August 20, 2015 No Comments

Shakespeare’s popular romantic comedy is given a new look and a quick pace in Mechanical Theater’s delightful production, performed at Society Hill’s historic Powel House.

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Features Reviews Theater

That’s Just Like Your Opinion, Man: RAW ONION REVIVAL (IRC) actors become their own critics

Henrik Eger May 8, 2015 No Comments

Every actor has experienced theater critics who got things a little wrong. Here’s their chance to peel their own onion.

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Rott (Steve Underwood) interrogates Bonhoeffer (Chase Byrd) against swastika background. Photo by © James Jackson.
Features Interviews Theater

A Theologian and the Nazis: Interview with Mary Ruth Clarke, playwright of BONHOEFFER’S COST (Beacon Theatre Productions)

Henrik Eger April 21, 2015 No Comments

We spoke to Mary Ruth Clarke her thought-provoking play based on an extraordinary German theologian who worked for the anti-Nazi resistance.

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60-Second Review Reviews Theater

BONHOEFFER’S COST (Beacon): 60-second review

Henrik Eger April 19, 2015 No Comments

A serious drama about the last year and a half of a short, fascinating life.

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Previews Theater

A Day to Play: P&P’s 24-Hour Play Festival

Christopher Munden October 3, 2014 No Comments

The festival features plays created from scratch in just one day. It won’t be polished, but it should be fun.

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Fringe Festival Fringe reviews Reviews Theater

LIVING IN EXILE: A RETELLING OF THE ILIAD (Philadelphia Experimental Theatre Ensemble): Fringe Review 68

Olivia Jia September 21, 2014 No Comments

LIVING IN EXILE presents a compelling reinterpretation of the Trojan War; playwright Jon Lipsky’s script draws directly upon the Homeric tradition of oral recitation.

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