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Tag: Philadelphia Theatre Company

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EMPATHITRAX (PTC):What tools can… or, should you use to save a relationship?

Frank Schierloh February 18, 2023 No Comments

How would knowing exactly what another person is feeling change your relationship, for better or for worse?

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The Tattooed Lady (Philadelphia Theatre Company): Tattoo as metaphor, tattoo as tattoo

Kathryn Osenlund November 10, 2022 No Comments

Boisterous, joyful, defiant, and a little bawdy, the show may have a sketchy contraption of a plot, but you don’t go to a musical expecting Hamlet.

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April Roundup featuring Philly Theater Week

Gwyn Kelsey Holm April 6, 2022 No Comments

We’re welcoming April with the fifth annual Philadelphia Theater Week, and a roundup of other shows happening this month!

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FEBRUARY ROUNDUP: This month’s picks

Gwyn Kelsey Holm February 8, 2022 1 Comment

There’s tons of great shows to see in Philadelphia this month! Here are Phindie’s picks for some of the must-see performances. The Cure at Troy…

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Directing THE WOLVES: Nell Bang-Jensen helms a talented team at PTC

Christopher Munden December 2, 2020 1 Comment

THE WOLVES has been reconfigured as a virtual performance, with the same talented all-female-identifying cast and the same devastating drama.

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Tackling THE WOLVES: Star Hanna Gaffney talks about working on the new PTC production

Christopher Munden November 30, 2020 No Comments

Hanna Gaffney’s character is the center of much of the action in Sarah DeLappe’s wonderfully naturalistic new play

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Top Plays That Took Place at Philadelphia Theatre Company

Smalley Bogg September 4, 2020 No Comments

The Philadelphia Theatre Company has hosted some remarkable and memorable plays by experienced thespians

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EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL (PTC): 60-second review

Joshua Herren February 27, 2020 1 Comment

Philadelphia Theatre Company’s production of Chelsea Marcantel’s emotional and thought-provoking Everything is Wonderful is gorgeous

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A SMALL FIRE (PTC): 60-second review

Joshua Herren October 30, 2019 No Comments

Joanie Schultz’s direction centers on masterful and delicate performances by Bebe Neuwirth and John Dossett.

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Philadelphia theater through the eyes of J. Cooper Robb, Part 2: 2004

Henrik Eger September 2, 2019 No Comments

Revisiting Philly theater history through the eyes of one of its finest critics.

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America the Beautiful, America the Ugly: An open letter to a German visitor

Henrik Eger October 30, 2018 No Comments

Henrik Eger considers PTC’s Sweat, Walnut’s Holiday Inn, and the state of American culture.

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SWEAT (PTC): What’s the matter with Reading?

Christopher Munden October 19, 2018 No Comments

Why does SWEAT appeal to us, as aging urban middle-to-upper-to-upper-upper-class theatergoers? Do we hope to understand? Relate? Gawk? What do we applaud?

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SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS (Ars Nova/PTC): Hmmph

Toby Zinman March 15, 2018 1 Comment

As far as I can tell, this is a satire, although you know you’re on shaky ground when you’re not sure if the play knows it’s a satire.

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Right Hand Woman: An interview with Emily Zeck, PTC’s managing director

Cameron Kelsall November 8, 2017 No Comments

Emily Zeck brings a wealth of experience to her new role as Philadelphia Theatre Company’s managing director.

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2016-2017 Phindie Critics’ Awards

Cameron Kelsall August 26, 2017 3 Comments

Philadelphia theater writers choose their favorite plays of the last season.

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THE ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS OF LEONARD PELKEY (PTC): Just another queer tragedy

Cameron Kelsall May 23, 2017 No Comments

If you like your gay stories trite and tragic, this is the play for you.

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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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HAND TO GOD (PTC): The human comedy with sock puppets

Toby Zinman April 7, 2017 1 Comment

What a funny, nasty, smart show.

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FOUND (PTC): 60-second review

Nicole Forrester November 26, 2016 No Comments

If you’ve ever seen an inscription in a used book and envisioned the person who wrote it, or stumbled upon a note meant for someone else and marveled, FOUND is speaking to you

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RIZZO (PTC): A larger-than-life life onstage

Christopher Munden October 1, 2016 No Comments

An entertaining work about a compelling character, RIZZO displays pitfalls common to biographical drama.

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