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KING JOHN (Revolution Shakespeare): 2016 Fringe review 88

Christopher Munden September 25, 2016 No Comments

You won’t get many opportunities to see KING JOHN; you’re unlikely to see one as well-rendered as Revolution Shakespeare’s.

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International Fringe 2016: A welcome to theater from around the world, including refugees

Henrik Eger September 18, 2016 No Comments

The International Philly Fringe: A welcome to 28 countries

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CITY OF WOES (Found): 2015 Fringe Review 29

Debra Miller September 10, 2015 No Comments

A fluid stylistic synthesis of Dante’s Inferno with 1940s crime fiction, this ensemble-devised work is profound and affecting.

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Theater Artists Making Beautiful Music in NY and Philly

Debra Miller March 11, 2015 1 Comment

The theater community contains a wealth of multi-talented artists who are not only gifted actors, but also highly skilled singers, musicians, and composers.

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Josh Carpenter (as Marlow), Sonja Field (as Kate Hardcastle) in SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Photo by Alexander Burns.
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER (Quintessence): A contemporary 18th-century comedy

Julius Ferraro October 29, 2013 1 Comment

SHE STOOPS is an 18th-century comedy of manners and mistaken identities by Oliver Goldsmith. It is considered by many to be the most enduring of…

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Quintessence Theatre Hamlet review
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HAMLET (Quintessence): Brevity is the soul of it

Christopher Munden October 16, 2013 2 Comments

Hip, fast-paced, with a frat-boy-cool lead: these aren’t usually phrases to describe HAMLET. But Quintessence Theatre Group’s heavily edited version takes a bare bodkin to Shakespeare’s story of revenge and existential crisis in the state of Denmark.

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Found Theater Company, This Is the Twilight Kingdom,
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[5.2] THIS IS THE TWILIGHT KINGDOM (Found Theater Company): Fringe review

Debra Miller September 17, 2013 1 Comment

Devised and performed by Found Theater Company, and helmed by co-founder Sean Lally in an impressive directorial debut, THIS IS THE TWILIGHT KINGDOM takes a…

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Experience an Original Sonic Happening at the Fringe with Found Theater Company’s ELECTRIC JUNGLE

Debra Miller September 24, 2012 No Comments

Found Theater Company’s latest foray into the Fringe Festival is everything the Fringe should be: experimental, inventive, boundary-breaking, and thoroughly engaging. Devised by Found’s young…

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Stirring BLACK MONK Offered Up by Simpatico

Christopher Munden April 16, 2012 No Comments

“Forget all the laws of optics, which the legend does not recognize” —Anton Chekhov, The Black Monk Attempting to summarize the best modernist short stories…

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Simpatico concludes its Philadelphia season with David Rabe’s THE BLACK MONK

Christopher Munden April 3, 2012 No Comments

“She began dressing, too. Only now, looking at her, Kovrin realised the danger of his position — realised the meaning of the black monk and…

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