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Tag: Henrik Ibsen

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Living in A DOLL’S HOUSE: An Ibsen adaption for these times

Christopher Munden March 19, 2021 No Comments

Wife and husband team Jennifer Summerfield and Kyle Cassidy are releasing their quarantine-themed adaptation of A Doll’s House to coincide with the one-year anniversary of Philly’s stay-at-home order,

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Risks can lead to financial loss: Interview with Bernard Havard on A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE at the Walnut Street Theatre

Henrik Eger February 17, 2020 No Comments

Bernard Havard discusses the risks of running a theater as few producers and directors would be willing to

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A LITERAL DOLL HOUSE (Macho Goat): 2019 Fringe review

Joshua Herren September 26, 2019 No Comments

Is she playing with dolls or is she controlling her own narrative?

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A Welcome to the International Artists at the 2019 Fringe Festival

Henrik Eger September 5, 2019 1 Comment

Henrik Eger greets international Fringe artists.

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Letter from Edinburgh: A dilettante at large reviews

Toby Zinman August 11, 2019 6 Comments

Toby Zinman reviews shows from the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe

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A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 (Arden): Imagining another Nora

Naomi Orwin November 7, 2018 2 Comments

Naomi Orwin asks: Would a woman have envisioned a different Nora? A different Torvald?

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A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 (Arden): After the slam

Christopher Munden November 5, 2018 No Comments

Lucas Hnath takes up Nora’s story fifteen years after the events of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play.

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A Door Slams, A Door Opens: Previewing A DOLL’S HOUSE PART 2 at the Arden

Chuck Schultz October 31, 2018 No Comments

Chuck Schultz previews Lucas Hnath’s sequel to Ibsen’s classic.

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A DOLL’S HOUSE (Arden): Ibsen for our times

Christopher Munden January 23, 2018 No Comments

A timelessly relevant damnation of our human falsehoods is also an au courant commentary on sexism.

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2018 Theater Preview: Quintessence Theatre Group

Smalley Bogg January 10, 2018 No Comments

Quintessence Theatre Group of Mount Airy produces contemporary stagings of classic theatrical works.

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Fringe in Sketch: SCRATCH NIGHT (FringeArts)

Chuck Schultz May 2, 2017 No Comments

At SCRATCH NIGHT, the change from one artist to another is exciting.

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Theater in Sketch: THE ENCHANTED (IRC) and A DOLL’S HOUSE (Swarthmore)

Chuck Schultz February 12, 2017 No Comments

Comparinge the absurdist comedy of Giraudoux with the serious drama of Ibsen.

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Arming GABLER: Prop designer Paul Kuhn talks about his work on HEDDA GABLER

Kyle Cassidy November 25, 2015 No Comments

Paul Kuhn is perhaps the finest designer in Philadelphia’s independent theater. He tells Phindie about his prop design for a site-specific production of Ibsen’s HEDDA GABLER.

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HEDDA Gets Styled to Rock: Interview with designer Autumn Kietponglert

Christopher Munden October 4, 2015 No Comments

TV-famous fashion designer Autumn Kietponglert created a gorgeous mourning dress for an upcoming production of HEDDA GABLER.

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The International Philly Fringe: A welcome to 18 countries

Henrik Eger September 8, 2015 No Comments

Here’s the latest sampling of Fringe shows, performances, playwrights, and artists from around the world, now grown to 18 countries.

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A DOLL’S HOUSE (Jo Strømgren Kompani): 2015 Fringe review 9.2

Ninni Saajola September 7, 2015 No Comments

Jo Strømgren Kompani boldly promise to deliver the essence of the celebrated play despite making ambitious changes to it.

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A DOLL’S HOUSE (Jo Strømgren Kompani): 2015 Fringe review 9.1

Julius Ferraro September 5, 2015 No Comments

This DOLL’s HOUSE is human and multifaceted, lighthearted and ironic, narrative with a dancer’s expression of character.

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AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (BRT): Pollution and politics

Lisa Panzer May 19, 2015 No Comments

Henrik Ibsen’s classic gets a beautiful production at Bristol Riverside Theatre.

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NORA (DTC): A riveting production of a feminist classic

Debra Miller February 9, 2015 No Comments

Ingmar Bergman’s 1981 stage adaptation of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House is pared-down, focused, and intense. By reducing Ibsen’s original lengthy script by nearly half, Bergman endows the 19th-century feminist milestone with a post-modern clarity and import.qD

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GINT (EgoPo): Ibsen as American folklorist

Christopher Munden May 5, 2014 1 Comment

Romulus Linney’s GINT, now in an engaging staging by EgoPo Productions, does an admirable job of translating this modernist classic for contemporary audiences. Linney reworks the story so it seems to have been lifted straight from the annals of American folklore.

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