Henrik Eger interviews the star of Hedgerow’s new production of a classical Greek tragedy.
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WAIT UNTIL DARK (Hedgerow Theatre): For brilliant suspense…
Light, shadows, sound and silences coalesce with acting artistry to create a stirring, sensational air of suspense
View More WAIT UNTIL DARK (Hedgerow Theatre): For brilliant suspense…THE WHITE DEVIL (PAC): A bloody good thriller
PAC gives the Jacobin the veneer of a mid-20th century hard-boiler. Sketches by Chuck Schultz.
View More THE WHITE DEVIL (PAC): A bloody good thrillerTHE PRISONER OF ZENDA (Hedgerow Theatre): 60-second review
A sense of familiarity permeates THE PRISONER OF ZENDA, Matt Tallman’s adaptation of Anthony Hope’s novel of intrigue, adventure, and mistaken identity
View More THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (Hedgerow Theatre): 60-second reviewEmotion is the Heart of Melodrama: Adapting THE PRISONER OF ZENDA
“It’s easier to fix than to create,” says director and adapter Matt Tallman of Anthony Hope’s THE PRISONER OF ZENDA running March 30 to April…
View More Emotion is the Heart of Melodrama: Adapting THE PRISONER OF ZENDATHE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, PART 2 (Hedgerow): Infinite fun!
Familiarity with the pan-galactic Hitchhikers Guide isn’t necessary to appreciate this cosmic comedy, just a general suspension of time, disbelief and willingness to have infinite fun.
View More THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, PART 2 (Hedgerow): Infinite fun!Gaslighting Done Right: Interview with the cast of Hedgerow Theatre’s reinvented ANGEL STREET
Considering a trimmed, contemporized, and feminized version of a classic British drama
View More Gaslighting Done Right: Interview with the cast of Hedgerow Theatre’s reinvented ANGEL STREETTHE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (Hedgerow): Finding Sherlock
Thank goodness for Brock D. Vickers. In adapting one of Conan Doyle’s most popular Sherlock Holmes mysteries, he kept the intense tone of the original.
View More THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (Hedgerow): Finding SherlockJared Reed, a profile
“Every other actor I know had to convince their parents about why they should be in theater,” Reed says. “I never had that.”
View More Jared Reed, a profileTHE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES (Hedgerow): Hercule Poirot at your service
Hedgerow Theater presents an original stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic novel.
View More THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES (Hedgerow): Hercule Poirot at your serviceOR (Hedgerow): love, lust, loyalties and loads of laughter!
Set in London, 1660, Liz Duffy Adams’s rollicking historical romp explores the remarkable life of Aphra Behn, a spy, poet, and England’s first professional female playwright.
View More OR (Hedgerow): love, lust, loyalties and loads of laughter!THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (Hedgerow): Resistance (to fun) is Useless
A staged reading of the Douglas Adams classic.
View More THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (Hedgerow): Resistance (to fun) is UselessArming GABLER: Prop designer Paul Kuhn talks about his work on HEDDA GABLER
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.
View More Arming GABLER: Prop designer Paul Kuhn talks about his work on HEDDA GABLERPOST HASTE (Hedgerow): A play in fabulous form
“The best ingredients for likeableness are a happy expression of countenance, an unaffected manner, and a sympathetic attitude.” ~ Emily Post, Etiquette A sparkling performance,…
View More POST HASTE (Hedgerow): A play in fabulous formDON QUIXOTE (Hedgerow): Cervantes’ knight errant rides anew
The fanciful adventures of knight errant Don Quixote and loyal his sidekick Sancho Panza are refreshingly revived.
View More DON QUIXOTE (Hedgerow): Cervantes’ knight errant rides anewIntergenerational Theater, part 2: Penelope Reed on working with a young director in ON THE VERGE (Hedgerow)
In this two-part series, Henrik Eger talks to Penelope Reed and Kittson O’Neill about their intergenerational collaboration in Hedgerow Theatre’s ON THE VERGE.
View More Intergenerational Theater, part 2: Penelope Reed on working with a young director in ON THE VERGE (Hedgerow)Intergenerational Theater, part 1: Kittson O’Neill talks about directing the veteran cast of ON THE VERGE (Hedgerow)
In this two-part series, Henrik Eger talks to Penelope Reed and Kittson O’Neill about their intergenerational collaboration in Hedgerow Theatre’s ON THE VERGE.
View More Intergenerational Theater, part 1: Kittson O’Neill talks about directing the veteran cast of ON THE VERGE (Hedgerow)ON THE VERGE (Hedgerow): Self-discovery in the land of the unknown
There are so many layers to uncover in this work. It is a smart and clever piece; more performance art with humor and drama than a traditional comedy.
View More ON THE VERGE (Hedgerow): Self-discovery in the land of the unknownHAMLET (Hedgerow): The play’s the thing
I have some friends who think William Shakespeare is the greatest writer in the English language, but they don’t like going to the theater to…
View More HAMLET (Hedgerow): The play’s the thing[podcast] Cutting Hamlet: Director Dan Hodge on adapting Shakespeare’s masterpiece for the stage
Every staged version of Hamlet is edited. Posterity left us two “authentic” written versions of William Shakespeare’s masterpiece, as well as a poorly transcribed but…
View More [podcast] Cutting Hamlet: Director Dan Hodge on adapting Shakespeare’s masterpiece for the stage