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TWELFTH NIGHT (Wilma): Beach blanket Bard

Kathryn Osenlund June 12, 2023 1 Comment

There’s a lot of Twelfth Night going around in the Philadelphia area, all different. The Wilma conjures a fresh seaside setting. A dock moves forward.…

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TWELFTH NIGHT (Wilma): Foolery shines everywhere

Toby Zinman June 10, 2023 No Comments

“Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines every where.” Leaving Copernicus aside, the Fool’s wry remark is an apt description…

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FAIRVIEW (Wilma): 60-second review

Christopher Munden June 6, 2022 No Comments

Pulitzer winners aren’t always great theatrical works, but they are often very revealing about the times in which they won

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Previews Theater

Winning a Pulitzer, Directing a Pulitzer-winner

Christopher Munden May 12, 2022 No Comments

2022 Pulitzer Prize winner James Ijames directs the 2019 Pulitzer winner Fairview at the Wilma.

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PASSAGE (Wilma): Love and death in Country X

Christopher Munden May 1, 2018 No Comments

The way to get an audience to ask itself profound questions about a work is not by asking the audience profound questions about the work.

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Features Theater

Theater in Sketch: PASSAGE (Wilma Theater)

Chuck Schultz April 30, 2018 No Comments

PASSAGE reminds sketch artist Chuck Schultz of a painting at the Philadelphia Museum by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.

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PASSING STRANGE (Wilma): Youth and rebellion

Thom Nickels March 2, 2018 No Comments

Youth is the time of our lives when the more adventurous among us follow French poet Arthur Rimbaud’s dictum that “everything we are taught is false.”

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PASSING STRANGE (Wilma): A worthwhile caricature of art

Dorie Byrne January 23, 2018 No Comments

The performers leave a bright impression in a play that’s a caricature of life and art,

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BLOOD WEDDING (Wilma): Movement in the veins

Christopher Munden November 3, 2017 2 Comments

Lorca’s BLOOD WEDDING makes a fitting vehicle for the Wilma Theater in-house troupe.

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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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How should Philadelphia Theatre Company rebrand itself?

Cameron Kelsall April 23, 2017 1 Comment

Cameron Kelsall has some ideas for the new executive director.

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Reviews Theater

INFORMED CONSENT (Lantern): A strange kind of ethics

William Brock January 21, 2017 No Comments

The play has a compelling point to make about the diversity of truth and mutual respect, but in the end, it’s difficult to take the argument seriously.

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WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING (Wilma): How a hard rain’s a gonna fall

Nicole Forrester October 21, 2016 No Comments

Using the endtimes as a backdrop, Andrew Bovell uses the drama within a family’s history as a parallel for the turbulence in humanity’s.

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THE TWO GENTLEMAN OF VERONA (Shakespeare in Clark Park): A nice night in the park

William Brock July 30, 2016 1 Comment

The production, though occasionally troubled, can still put a finger on the pulse of Shakespeare at its best.

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Aaron Cromie and Ian Merrill Peakes in Walnut Street Theatre’s PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (Photo credit: Mark Garvin).
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PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (Walnut): A wacky look at the backstory of Peter Pan

Debra Miller March 24, 2016 1 Comment

An outstanding ensemble recounts the backstory of Peter Pan in a madcap prequel with music.

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Previews Theater

You might be done with the past, but the past ain’t done with you: Matt Pfeiffer on O’Neill’s ANNA CHRISTIE

Katherine Fritz March 1, 2016 No Comments

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

Christopher Munden January 16, 2016 1 Comment

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?

Christopher Munden January 12, 2016 1 Comment

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

Joshua Millhouse October 9, 2015 No Comments

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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