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March 2022 Roundup

Gwyn Kelsey Holm March 1, 2022 No Comments

Here’s an overview of some of the shows coming to the stage in Philadelphia this month.

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HELLO BLACKOUT (New Paradise Labs): 2017 Fringe review

Julius Ferraro September 10, 2017 No Comments

More engrossing, more alienating, and more disciplined than its predecessor.

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Theater in Sketch: HIR (Simpatico)

Chuck Schultz June 22, 2017 No Comments

Simpatico Theatre Company’s production of HIR by Taylor Mac challenges audiences to reconsider preconceptions of gender identity

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HIR (Simpatico): We are all everything

Cameron Kelsall June 13, 2017 1 Comment

Author’s note: Taylor Mac uses “judy” as a gender pronoun. This review reflects Mac’s preference. Taylor Mac’s work is unwieldy and absurdist, challenging and unsettling.…

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LEPER + CHIP (Inis Nua): More booze than the Bard

Christopher Munden February 19, 2017 No Comments

A fast-paced shaggy dog tale of love and revenge, told mostly in dueling monologs of Irish brogue

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Two by Tuomanen: MARCUS/EMMA (InterAct) and HELLO! SADNESS (FringeArts)

Christopher Munden January 28, 2017 No Comments

Two shows by Philadelphia writer Mary Tuomanen opened on consecutive nights last week, providing a singular opportunity to assess common threads tying together works by the author.

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Spelling Bee: Interview with Chloe Sierka

Michael Kelly August 20, 2016 No Comments

Feeling altogether out-of-the-loop with regards to this mysterious sleeper gem and Avenue Theater Company I caught up with choreographer and assistant director Chloe Sierka

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#THEREVOLUTION (InterAct): The vapid rebellion

Julius Ferraro January 30, 2016 No Comments

What would happen if a bunch of early-20-something city-dwelling music-video-watching lower-middle-class variously privileged poorish Americans launched a violent revolution against the state?

Anthony Crosby and Amanda Schoonover in Simpatico’s THE IT GIRL (Photo credit: Kate Raines/Plate 3 Photography)

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THE IT GIRL (Simpatico): Sounds of silence that still resonate

Debra Miller January 30, 2016 1 Comment

A world-premiere fictionalized bio-play on silent-film star Clara Bow captures the era and the lessons of her life and career as seen through a contemporary lens.