In the political news in the past few years, the concern has been not with the lifespan of facts, but the lifespan of lies
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SING THE BODY ELECTRIC (Theatre Exile): Electricity sparks and glows brightly, then sputters
Is there more still left in the playwright’s head that didn’t make it to the stage?
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Theater in Sketch: HOW TO USE A KNIFE (InterAct)
The InterAct Theater goes behind the scenes of a working kitchen
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HOW TO USE A KNIFE (InterAct): A sharp new play
Scene one is hilarious; scene two wipes the smile right off your face.
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LOST GIRLS (Theatre Exile): We are all capable of redemption
Yes, that was me sobbing on opening night of LOST GIRLS.
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PHOTOGRAPH 51 (Lantern): Discovering the secret of life
The backstory of Rosalind Franklin’s seminal image that led to the discovery of the double-helix structure of the DNA molecule is examined in an engrossing Philadelphia premiere.
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ARCADIA (Lantern): A great play is always timely
Stoppard’s genius is to permeate his play with deep philosophical contemplation while using the play to explore those same issues.
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SAFE SPACE (Apocalypse Club): 2014 Fringe Review 39
A collaboration between three inventive local playwrights, SAFE SPACE provides its audience a Fringe adventure: a choose your own adventure.
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TIGERS BE STILL (Azuka): 60-second review
Despite the bleak premise, laughter and jokes run throughout Azuka Theatre’s TIGERS BE STILL. This dark comedy looks at the things people do to cope with tragedy, and finds the humor in these strange displays.
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OWNERS (InVersion): A farce in a dark world
OWNERS, a dark comedy by British playwright Caryl Churchill, is an examination of the sexual politics of power and property. It’s a fun, dark world, where everything and everyone is just an acquisition waiting to happen; apartments are traded for babies, which are traded for sex, which is used as leverage for more negotiations and scheming.
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EMMA (Lantern): Meddlesome Matchmaking and Regency Amusements
The Lantern opens its twentieth anniversary season with the Philadelphia premiere of Jane Austen’s class-conscious romantic comedy of manners, in which a young idle-rich heroine’s…
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EMMA (Lantern): Philly falls for Austenmania
Over the past few years, there’s been a surprising and unlikely spark of interest in Jane Austen. Austen’s novels—Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion, et al—have…
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