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Tag: Philadelphia Theater

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Bringing Women’s Voices to the Stage: an interview with Polly Rose Edelstein of Crack the Glass Theatre Company

Christopher Munden June 1, 2011 No Comments

It’s a common complaint: few good roles exist for female actors in Philadelphia. Indeed even your most ardent male feminist (self-proclaimed) tends to turn his…

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Features Theater

Why’s Everyone Such a Critic?

Christopher Munden May 23, 2011 2 Comments

I’ve been a lover of the stage as long as I can remember. Mostly this love has been realized as a patron of local theaters.…

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Interviews Theater

Talkin’ Irish with Madi Distefano of Brat Productions

Christopher Munden May 9, 2011 No Comments

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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World War What? Did PIFA forget a little something in its celebration of Paris 1910-20?

Josh McIlvain April 14, 2011 No Comments

IS it just a little strange that in a festival with a theme of Paris 1910–20, few of the shows and none of the literature seem to mention that there was a little war going on

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Dance Features Theater

Lessons from Newt Gingrich: or how we in the theatre and dance communities can stop acting like losers and learn to make the nation love us

Josh McIlvain March 22, 2011 1 Comment

How often have you heard that performing arts are dying, that we’re a niche market, that you can never make a living off of it,…

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Dance Features

Meta is Dead. Long Live Meta.

Josh McIlvain March 15, 2011 No Comments

I want to talk about shows in theatre and dance that deal with the audience head on. In other words, works that acknowledge the existence…

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Interviews Theater

How To Succeed In Comedy With Really Trying: Interview with The Waitstaff’s Sara Carano

Josh McIlvain March 2, 2011 No Comments

For seven years Sara Carano has been a member of The Waitstaff, a Philly-based sketch comedy troupe that has proven to be one of city’s…

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Features Theater

What I learned from GQ this time around

Josh McIlvain March 1, 2011 No Comments

Having been inspired last time around to write one of  PPAA’s most popular articles “What Learned From GQ Today,” I thought I might mine the current issue…

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Features Theater

Philly needs an Equity Showcase—sound the horn!

Josh McIlvain February 13, 2011 1 Comment

I was producing a Fringe show last year, and I had an Equity actor (Actors’ Equity is the union for theatre actors). No problem, my…

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Jessica Rodriguez Philadelphia UArts theater student
Interviews Theater

What the fuck are they teaching our kids? Interview with UArts student Jessica Rodriguez

Josh McIlvain February 11, 2011 No Comments

I’m interested in the growth of The University of the Arts (UArts) and how its graduates have been sticking around and building their performing arts…

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Features Theater

Can we get Cliff Lee to a play?

Josh McIlvain February 5, 2011 No Comments

Cliff Lee made an appearance at the Philadelphia Auto Show, and it was the top story on the evening news. (Since this is a performing…

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Philadelphia Theater Initiative
Features Theater

So I was looking at the PTI website the other day . . .

Josh McIlvain February 4, 2011 No Comments

Another Sondheim revival is not what will put Philly on the theater map.

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John Rosenberg of Hella Fresh Theater in Kensignton Philadelphia
Interviews Theater

California Living in Kensington: an interview with John Rosenberg of Hella Fresh Theatre

Josh McIlvain January 29, 2011 2 Comments

I got a chance to catch up with playwright/director John Rosenberg of Hella Fresh Theatre whose show California Redemption Value is in the middle of its run…

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Features Theater

What I learned from GQ today

Josh McIlvain January 27, 2011 No Comments

For those of you familiar with my appearance, you may be surprised to learn that I have a subscription to GQ. Fear not, I do…

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