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Tag: J Hernandez

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EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL (PTC): 60-second review

Joshua Herren February 27, 2020 1 Comment

Philadelphia Theatre Company’s production of Chelsea Marcantel’s emotional and thought-provoking Everything is Wonderful is gorgeous

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KING LEAR (Quintessence): England at his feet

Sarah Paulos March 25, 2019 No Comments

As Lear, Robert Jason Jackson is “every inch a king.

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Arden Charlotte's Web
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Theater in Sketch: CHARLOTTE’S WEB (Arden Theatre)

Chuck Schultz January 25, 2019 No Comments

Looking at Arden Childrens Theater in words and sketch

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Sweat Philadelphia theater review
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SWEAT (PTC): What’s the matter with Reading?

Christopher Munden October 19, 2018 No Comments

Why does SWEAT appeal to us, as aging urban middle-to-upper-to-upper-upper-class theatergoers? Do we hope to understand? Relate? Gawk? What do we applaud?

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Theater of the Extreme: Amanda Schoonover looks back on PHAEDRA’S LOVE

Henrik Eger October 13, 2018 No Comments

Henrik Eger talks to actor Amanda Schoonover about Sarah Kane and her career.

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THE TEMPEST (Lantern): Sounds and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not

Toby Zinman March 23, 2018 No Comments

Lantern Theater’s production of THE TEMPEST, Shakespeare’s last play, is an enjoyable, modest show, full of comedy and romance and the gentle spirit of human forgiveness.

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Why Wait? Director Ken Marini talks about Quintessence Theatre’s brilliant WAITING FOR GODOT

Henrik Eger February 22, 2018 4 Comments

Quintessence Theatre’s production of WAITING FOR GODOT just closed. Henrik Eger spoke to the director about his background and his experiences directing Samuel Beckett’s classic.

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WAITING FOR GODOT (Quintessence): Really absurd

Christopher Munden February 12, 2018 No Comments

Quintessence Theatre Group’s WAITING FOR GODOT strikes a balance between humor and pathos, between realism and ridiculousness.

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2017 Barrymore nominees: In their own words

Cameron Kelsall August 24, 2017 1 Comment

Phindie asked this year’s crop of Barrymore Award nominees about their experience of being nominated.

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Features Theater

Theater in Sketch: HOW TO USE A KNIFE (InterAct)

Chuck Schultz June 17, 2017 No Comments

The InterAct Theater goes behind the scenes of a working kitchen

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HOW TO USE A KNIFE (InterAct): A sharp new play

Toby Zinman June 1, 2017 No Comments

Scene one is hilarious; scene two wipes the smile right off your face.

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AS YOU LIKE IT (Lantern): As you’ve never seen it!

Debra Miller March 18, 2016 2 Comments

A cross-temporal interpretation of Shakespeare’s Elizabethan classic injects passages of current expressions and gestures, slapstick, and original music into the well-known pastoral rom-com.

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DRACULA (Hedgerow): Raising the stakes

Lisa Panzer October 27, 2015 No Comments

This not your usual resurrection of the Dracula story of seducing young women to join him in the realm of the undead.

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RAGE OF ACHILLES (CCTC): The absurdity and tragedy of war

Debra Miller August 9, 2015 No Comments

Commonwealth Classic Theatre presents a world-premiere production of Paul Parente’s meaningful tragicomedy on the absurdities and horrors of war, inspired by the events and characters from Homer’s Iliad.

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Reviews SoLow Fest 2016 Theater

SPLEEN (Johnny Smith): SoLow review

Debra Miller June 25, 2015 No Comments

Smith reveals the conflicting aspects of his personality in his outwardly funny but internally anguished reactions to the damage done to his body and psyche by a car crash that left him physically and emotionally scarred,

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THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Lantern): Capturing the passion and the parody

Debra Miller March 26, 2015 2 Comments

Director Charles McMahon equates the hot-blooded battle of wills between Kate and Petruchio with the intense, sensual, and stylized dance of the tango.

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J Hernandez as Iago in The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre’s Othello, 2013 (Photo credit: Chris Miller)
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J Hernandez: Feeling the Love in Philadelphia!

Debra Miller February 5, 2015 1 Comment

J Hernandez has been a constant presence on Philadelphia stages his acclaimed portrayal of Iago in a 2013 production of Othello. Phindie spoke to the Texas native about relocating, being a Latino actor, and why he loves Philly theater.

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Interviews Theater

Classic Plays, Living Playwrights? Interview with Ian August, author of THE MOOR’S SON (PAC)

Katherine Fritz February 4, 2015 No Comments

Katherine Fritz sat down with Ian August to chat Shakespeare, history, and what it means to be the guy who says, “I think I’d like to write a sequel to Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus.”

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Victoria Rose Bonito and J Hernandez star in BLOOD WEDDING (Photo credit: Kate Raines/PLATE 3 Photography)
Reviews Theater

BLOOD WEDDING (PAC/MPiRP): A symbiotic relationship between the arts and education

Debra Miller November 10, 2014 1 Comment

Love, betrayal, vengeance, and death are the themes of Federico García Lorca’s Spanish Symbolist tragedy, BLOOD WEDDING.

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Director Damon Bonetti, captured during last night's "Blood Wedding" rehearsal, by Drexel photography student Cindi Landmesser.
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PAC’s Damon Bonetti on BLOOD WEDDING: “Peace in a cruel world”

Christopher Munden November 5, 2014 No Comments

Phindie spoke to Damon Bonetti, a founding member of the Philadelphia Artists’ Collective and director of PAC’s latest offering, Frederico Garcia Lorca’s BLOOD WEDDING.

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