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MACBETH (Quintessence): Onstage magic

Kathryn Osenlund April 1, 2024 No Comments

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Cool it with a baboon’s blood, then the charm is firm and good. Macbeth, the…

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More Videos of Philadelphia Theater to Get You Through the Shutdown

Christopher Munden March 26, 2020 No Comments

Our last post of videos of recent Philly theater productions proved popular, so we’re sharing another. Here are five more recordings to get you through.

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Beyond PlayPenn: Former conference interns come into their own, part 3

Henrik Eger March 8, 2017 No Comments

Former PlayPenn interns come into their own as theater professionals.

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Shakespeare Fringe Roundup: Misadventures among the classics

Toby Zinman September 26, 2016 1 Comment

Toby Zinman gives bullet reviews of nine Shakespeare-ish shows in this year’s Fringe.

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How to Win at Fringe: Seeing 35 shows with Brett Mapp

Christopher Munden September 1, 2016 No Comments

Brett Mapp knows his Fringe. His itinerary would be a good starting point for anyone considering what to see.

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Deb Miller’s Top Picks for the 2016 Philadelphia Fringe Festival

Debra Miller July 8, 2016 No Comments

Can’t decide what to see in the 2016 Philadelphia Fringe Festival? Check out Deb Miller’s recommendations in her annual top picks preview.

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MACBETH (Philly Shakes): Blood should have blood

Christopher Munden April 9, 2016 2 Comments

This is a solidly accessible MACBETH, with comprehensible delivery and an easy-to-follow story—the kind of Shakespeare you go see with your high school class.

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MACBETH (Villanova): Ambition, conscience, fates, and kazoos

Scott Wiser November 14, 2015 No Comments

This production offers gore, unconventionality, and laughs, and certainly strikes up debates about the meaning of the play’s profound poetry.

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EQUIVOCATION (Arden): They made him an offer he can’t refuse

Kathryn Osenlund November 6, 2015 No Comments

In the wake of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, Shakespeare is summoned to take on a play commission for the Crown.

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DISHWASHER (Brian Feldman): 2015 Fringe review 10.2

Jessica Foley September 11, 2015 No Comments

DISHWASHER exposes a reality of life: Performing a monologue can be a service just like washing a dish

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TILL BIRNAM WOOD… (John Schultz): 2015 Fringe review 3

Lisa Panzer September 4, 2015 No Comments

Shakespeare blindfolded: In the darkness, Shakespeare is illuminated.

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THE SECRETARIES (Quince): An erotic-hilarious farce—not suited for an embarrassed young man?

Alex Boucher August 16, 2015 No Comments

Warning: Don’t see this erotic-thriller-parody if you take life too seriously! Also: Don’t take life to seriously.

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2014/15 Critics’ Awards: The best in Philadelphia theater

Christopher Munden August 14, 2015 1 Comment

Local theater writers vote for their favorites in twelve categories!

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Ian Merrill Peakes as Macbeth with Ben Dibble as Banquo. Photo by Mark Garvin.
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MACBETH (Arden): Rare emotion and rarer straightforwardness [critical mass review #5]

Michael Fisher April 13, 2015 No Comments

The elements which displease other writers are what makes this production a success, according to Michael Fisher in review five of the ongoing Critical Mass series.

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“My greatest challenge as a director on Shakespeare”: Alex Burns on language in MACBETH (Arden), part 2

Henrik Eger April 11, 2015 No Comments

“The magic of Shakespeare is not in his plots. Shakespeare’s genius is his poetry,”

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MACBETH (Arden): Shakepeare as spectacle [critical mass review #4]

Julius Ferraro April 7, 2015 No Comments

It’s the fourth installment of the Critical Mass review of MACBETH at the Arden, but Julius Ferraro thinks too many works have already been written about an unremarkable piece of theater.

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MACBETH (Arden): Numb from the neck down, well almost [critical mass review #3]

Jessica Foley March 28, 2015 No Comments

Jessica Foley gives this week’s critical mass take on MACBETH at the Arden, part of a new review series on Phindie.

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MACBETH (Arden): Fast but not furious [critical mass review #2]

Ninni Saajola March 20, 2015 10 Comments

Alexander Burns’ production of MACBETH at Arden Theatre Company is energetic and visually engaging, but it lacks ferocity and substance.

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MACBETH (Arden): Bloody bold and resolute [critical mass review #1]

Christopher Munden March 12, 2015 No Comments

Burns maintains the energy and pacing of his best work for Quintessence and takes full advantage of the Arden’s high production values to create an exuberant and understandable version of Shakespeare’s masterpiece.

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Ian Merrill Peakes as Macbeth with Ben Dibble as Banquo. Photo by Mark Garvin.
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Critical Mass: Arden’s MACBETH introduces a new feature on Phindie

Christopher Munden March 11, 2015 No Comments

Readers of Phindie will know that I’m a big fan of William Shakespeare. Yet in the Fall, when I got an invitation to see a…

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