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Holiday Concerts in Review: 6 shows that went on despite the pandemic

Henrik Eger December 31, 2020 2 Comments

Some of the most beloved choruses and orchestras in the Philadelphia area became creative in entertaining audiences in safe and often unexpected ways via virtual holiday performances.

Literature

From Doom & Gloom to a New Year’s Resolution: Book review of THE GLOBAL KINDNESS REVOLUTION by Judith Trustone

Tina Gill December 24, 2020 3 Comments

In letting go of my fear of opening up and reaching out, listening and sharing with others, I hope to become more aware and experience the holidays in quiet ways,

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Tsarina on Tour: Lila Coogan visits Philadelphia in ANASTASIA

Debra Danese April 8, 2019 No Comments

Lila Coogan transports us from the twilight of the Russian Empire to 1920’s Paris in her role as Anya in the touring production of Anastasia.

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Remembering Joel Markowitz, founding editor of DC Metro Theater Arts

Henrik Eger November 5, 2018 4 Comments

An open letter to a theater legend.

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10 Ways YOU Can Improve Theater Criticism

Christopher Munden October 23, 2018 4 Comments

Actions you can take since you’re upset with theater criticism in Philadelphia.

Music Reviews

The German Society of Pennsylvania presents their final Delius Society Concert

Margaret Darby April 30, 2018 No Comments

The Wister Quartet and Choral Arts Philadelphia gave their audience a rare chance to hear the Delius Songs of Sunset.

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Theater in Sketch: LYDIE BREEZE Part 3: MADAKET ROAD (EgoPo)

Chuck Schultz April 17, 2018 No Comments

The EgoPo Classical Theater’s production of John Guare’s Lydie Breeze part III was asking the fundamental question, “what is ‘it’.”

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PASSING STRANGE (Wilma): Youth and rebellion

Thom Nickels March 2, 2018 No Comments

Youth is the time of our lives when the more adventurous among us follow French poet Arthur Rimbaud’s dictum that “everything we are taught is false.”

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LYDIE BREEZE PART ONE: COLD HARBOR (EgoPo): Ambitious, sprawling, but emotionally hollow

Julius Ferraro February 5, 2018 No Comments

COLD HARBOR is fast-paced and skillfully produced, with a large, stylistically diverse cast, but at its emotional core it is stiff and distant.

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COPENHAGEN (Lantern): Observable quantities

Kathryn Osenlund January 23, 2018 No Comments

I suspect that among the reasons COPENHAGEN has been so successful is that it invites us to believe that we are smarter than we actually are

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PASSING STRANGE (Wilma): A worthwhile caricature of art

Dorie Byrne January 23, 2018 No Comments

The performers leave a bright impression in a play that’s a caricature of life and art,

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Theater in Sketch: MORNING’S AT SEVEN (People’s Light)

Chuck Schultz January 23, 2018 1 Comment

Paul Osborne’s 1939 comedy gets a new production in Malvern, PA.

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EVERY BRILLIANT THING (Arden): Scott Greer in an entertaining, painful, life-enhancing play

Henrik Eger December 13, 2017 No Comments

To balance the traumas of life—from a difficult childhood through a challenging adulthood—a man writes down every brilliant thing, every wish he can think of.

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THE CRAFTSMAN (Lantern): Crafting a good story

Christopher Munden November 16, 2017 No Comments

Now in its world premiere from Lantern Theater, the latest play by Philly’s favorite playwright Bruce Graham is based on a true story. It’s a great story.