Matt Pfeiffer discusses the Eugene O’Neill play ahead of PAC’s reading.
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THE HARD PROBLEM (Wilma): Stoppard makes intelligible intelligence look easy
Tom Stoppard again demonstrates his uncanny ability to make dense philosophical discussions intelligible and dramatically sensible.
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What Can The Wilma Do With $10 Million?
A new $10 million in funds includes money for an updated facade, a cafe space, and a 10-member artistic company.
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METAMORPHOSES (Arden): A swim with the gods
This visceral production explains why humans act the way that we do, and reveres love as the most sacred of experiences.
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Diving into METAMORPHOSES: A watery stage takes shape at the Arden
A look at the building of the impressive set for the Arden production of METAMORPHOSES.
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ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (Wilma): A contemporary classic, in three parts
Tom Stoppard’s ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD is perhaps the most ubiquitous work of postmodern drama.
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Lucrece’s Revenge: A Fringe masterpiece returns for a brief run at the Wilma
Hodge’s one-man adaptation of William Shakespeare’s epic poem returns to Philadelphia in a four-day copresentation with the Wilma Theater.
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HAMLET (Wilma): Blanka Zizka’s daring production amazes while keeping its distance
Not unlike the U.S. Constitution, HAMLET endures partly because its imperfections and spaces allow for different ways to read it.
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Classic Plays, Living Playwrights? Interview with Ian August, author of THE MOOR’S SON (PAC)
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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PAC’s Damon Bonetti on BLOOD WEDDING: “Peace in a cruel world”
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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RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN (Wilma): Feminism, access, and meaning on the stage
RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN is an exploration of contemporary feminist questions and a story in which those theories are put to a practical test.
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Walnut Street Theatre: Part 3, The Changing Shape of Philadelphia Theater
Katelyn Behrman’s three-part series on the Walnut Street Theatre concludes with a consideration of the Walnut’s place in the changing landscape of Philadelphia theater.
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The Walnut Street Theatre: Part 2, Crafting a Popular Season
In the second of her three-part series on the Walnut Street Theatre, Katelyn Behrman looks at how the Walnut puts together its season of popular productions, and considers the opportunities presented by the second stage and rented facilities.
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MARY STUART (PAC): The Prison of Power
Philadelphia Artist Collective’s tightly-corseted production of Frederich Schiller’s Mary Stuart, starring the earth-shattering Charlotte Northeast and the finely-tuned Krista Apple Hodge will leave you white-knuckle-gripping the edge of your seat. Sitting in a severe theater-in-the-round circle, the audience itself forms four oppressive walls seemingly trapping the actors on the Broad Street Ministry’s cherry wood floor. If Schiller were alive today, he would raise a thumb in approval of director Dan Hodge’s minimalist approach.
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The Women of The PAC’s MARY STUART
The Philadelphia Artists’ Collective concludes its 2013-14 season with Friedrich Schiller’s MARY STUART, directed by PAC co-founding artistic director Dan Hodge (whose previous credits include the company’s potent inaugural production of THE DUCHESS OF MALFI in 2010).
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ROMEO AND JULIET (Curio): A same-sex take on Shakespeare’s classic
The world’s most famous love story is given a new twist. The familiar characters are now the teenaged daughters of the feuding Montague and Capulet families, whose tragic romance is used to explore the true universality of Shakespeare’s themes.
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