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Tag: Robert DaPonte

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WAITING FOR GODOT (Curio): Highlighting the hilarity of Beckett’s classic

Dorie Byrne February 16, 2017 No Comments

Curio’s designers have created a bubble of no time, no place, in which anything or nothing can happen.

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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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THE LION IN WINTER (CCTC): A lion for all seasons

Dorie Byrne August 16, 2016 No Comments

It’s the year 1183 and Henry II is disappointed in his sons and in love with a much younger woman. Some things never change.

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THE JAWS PROJECT (Robert Daponte, Mary Tuomaney, Sam Henderson): SoLow review

Joshua Millhouse July 2, 2016 No Comments

The ensemble’s naturalistic performances and fast-paced dialogue create a very funny play, and the extremely minimal production elements and do-it-yourself approach to theater makes the audience an intrinsic part of the show.

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DEATH OF A SALESMAN (Curio): Bringing Arthur Miller to life

Rachel Dukeman February 19, 2016 No Comments

Curio’s production underscores the delusion and the rawness of the lives of the Loman family.

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LA RONDE (Brenna Geffers): Moving around and switching around Schnitzler

Debra Miller October 26, 2015 No Comments

A new site-specific re-envisioning of Schnitzler’s 19th-century play brings post-modern import to his now-historic examination of socio-sexual mores.

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RIZZO (Theatre Exile): A romp through the Rizzo years

Kathryn Osenlund October 24, 2015 1 Comment

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear when Frank Rizzo strode the city like he owned it.

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RIZZO (Theatre Exile): A big hit on the “Big Bambino”

Debra Miller October 23, 2015 No Comments

A world-premiere production on former Mayor Frank Rizzo portrays the good and the bad of the controversial Philadelphia icon.

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THE FAIR MAID OF THE WEST, PART I (PAC): A pirate adventure “worth gold!”

Debra Miller April 4, 2015 1 Comment

Thomas Heywood’s ridiculous rip-roaring romantic romp across the high seas of the English Renaissance is the latest in the Philadelphia Artists’ Collective’s acclaimed productions of rarely seen classics.

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Friendzone? Jennifer Summerfield as Horatio. Photo by Kyle Cassidy.
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HAMLET (Hedgerow): The play’s the thing

Christopher Munden October 28, 2014 1 Comment

I have some friends who think William Shakespeare is the greatest writer in the English language, but they don’t like going to the theater to…

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PRIDE & PREJUDICE (People’s Light & Theatre Company): Structure and Snobbery in Regency England

Debra Miller March 10, 2014 No Comments

PRIDE & PREJUDICE, Jane Austen’s classic tale of class, courtship, and decorum in 19th-century England, celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2013. People’s Light & Theatre…

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The Five Stages of THE PILLOWMAN (Luna Theater)

Michael Fisher January 28, 2014 No Comments

Thank God for Taylor Swift. After seeing Luna Theater‘s mindcrushing production of Martin McDonagh’s THE PILLOWMAN last night, I found myself a broken man. I was shellshocked.…

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THE PILLOWMAN (Luna Theater): 60 Second Review

Jessica Foley January 22, 2014 1 Comment

With all the claustrophobia of an Otto Dix painting, Luna Theater’s production of Martin McDonagh’s THE PILLOWMAN is a delicious 140-minute-anxiety attack. Robert DaPonte is remarkably arresting…

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THE TEMPEST (Curio): Such stuff as dreams are made on

Philly "Art" Blog May 1, 2012 1 Comment

Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will…

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Madhouse Theater Company’s PLAYING LENI is Spellbinding

Christopher Munden June 4, 2011 No Comments

More than any other historical figure and his followers, Hitler and the Nazis are shorthand for evil. Few people emerge from the close contact with…

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