Revisiting Philly theater history through the eyes of one of its finest critics.
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Philadelphia Theater through the eyes of J. Cooper Robb, Part 1: 2002–2003
Remembering Philadelphia theater history through the eyes of a venerable theater reviewer.
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Blast from the Past: Schedule for the very first Philadelphia Fringe Festival
Useful if you have a time machine. A full listing of events for the 1997 Fringe Festival.
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Texan Death Squad Comes To Philadelphia: Bastion Carboni arrives at the Fringe with SOMETIMES CALLIE AND JONAS DIE
Épater la bourgeoisie! That’s what they say in Texas, and that’s the sensibility Bastion Carboni says he isn’t bringing here with his smart-mouthed Fringe show SOMETIMES CALLIE AND JONAS DIE.
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Erik Ransom Takes New York by Storm!
New Jersey native Erik Ransom developed a huge following in Philadelphia with his original work COMING: A ROCK MUSICAL OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS, for which he wrote the book, music, and lyrics, and also starred as glam-rock protagonist Damian Salt.
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Meanwhile . . . a noir-spoof mystery at the Ruba Ballroom
Philadelphia has quite the noir pedigree. It was home to William McGivern, author of the source material to such hard-boiled classics as Rogue Cop and The Big Heat, and David…
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Talkin’ Irish with Madi Distefano of Brat Productions
Six theater companies came together this season to create the Philadelphia Irish Theatre Festival, which featured eight contemporary plays from the Emerald Isle. Brat Productions…
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Brat Productions’ CRAIC Fringes the Irish Theatre Fest
There are some 400 million native English-language speakers in the world and about 6 million of them live on the island of Ireland, but the…
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