Fresh from the inaugural weekend of NICE AND FRESH, I’m heartened to report that SmokeyScout Productions (founded by Josh McIlvain and Deborah Crocker in 2008)…
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NICE AND FRESH theater in Mount Airy
What a pleasant corner of Philadelphia is Mount Airy. A suburban urban neighborhood: trees and grass yards but also sidewalks and train lines; driveways and…
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RETURN OF CONFESSIONS OF A PLATE AND SHOE (SmokeyScout): 60-second review
Josh McIlvain’s RETURN OF CONFESSIONS OF A PLATE AND SHOE should be put in a time capsule and used by future generations as a how-to…
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ALP D’HUEZ (Hella Fresh): One couple’s twisting mountain stage
Kensington cops may ask why you’re on rundown Ormes Street, but don’t get rattled: the play happening inside the Papermill Theater satisfies like mom’s chicken…
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Interview with James C. Tolbert III
James Tolbert has decades of experience on stages in Philadelphia and around the country, most recently as the lead in August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come…
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Wild Bunch in Wild Punch in Kensington
California transplant John Rosenberg opened the Papermill Theater in an old (you guessed it) paper mill in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia in 2010. Since then, it’s…
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10 Picks for 2011 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe, and the 2011 edition looks bigger andbetter than ever. The Live Arts…
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Dance and Music Rights, or When Were You Planning To Pay For That Music, Friend?
In the not distant past, I was watching a dance performance, which I was enjoying, and I couldn’t help thinking—if this dance company was caught…
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Philly needs an Equity Showcase—sound the horn!
I was producing a Fringe show last year, and I had an Equity actor (Actors’ Equity is the union for theatre actors). No problem, my…
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What the fuck are they teaching our kids? Interview with UArts student Jessica Rodriguez
I’m interested in the growth of The University of the Arts (UArts) and how its graduates have been sticking around and building their performing arts…
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Theater Picks for the 2010 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe
The Live Arts and Philly Fringe has grown and moved mostly North and West from its Old City nexus, prices have gone up, and the roster of…
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