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Tag: William Shakespeare

Articles about William Shakespeare and reviews of Shakespeare productions in the Philadelphia area.

“He was not of an age, but for all time!”—Ben Jonson, preface to the First Folio, 1616

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TWELFTH NIGHT (Wilma): Beach blanket Bard

Kathryn Osenlund June 12, 2023 1 Comment

There’s a lot of Twelfth Night going around in the Philadelphia area, all different. The Wilma conjures a fresh seaside setting. A dock moves forward.…

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TWELFTH NIGHT (Wilma): Foolery shines everywhere

Toby Zinman June 10, 2023 No Comments

“Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines every where.” Leaving Copernicus aside, the Fool’s wry remark is an apt description…

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FAT HAM + ABANDON: Considering James Ijames’s new and newer work

Toby Zinman May 8, 2023 1 Comment

James Ijames won the Pulitzer Prize for Fat Ham, which is now running on Broadway; his even newer play, Abandon, has just opened at Theatre Exile. 

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THE TEMPEST (Quintessence): Full of magic

Kathryn Osenlund March 6, 2023 No Comments

There’s magic and mystery as wonderfully costumed characters come alive to dance, sing, cavort, wrestle, draw swords, threaten violence, and show mercy

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ROMEO AND JULIET (OJ Productions): 2022 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 26, 2022 No Comments

It’s a tragedy that more audiences will not have a chance to enjoy the production.

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Features

Words words words

Christopher Munden August 13, 2020 No Comments

In this time of physical isolation, a writer should be able to reach out with language. Our prose should build bridges.

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Damon Bonetti as Mercutio in The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre’s 2008 production of ROMEO AND JULIET (Photo credit: John Bansemer)
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Remembering Mercutios and Tybalts

Kathryn Osenlund April 9, 2020 2 Comments

In recent days of home-captivity my mind has wandered to Romeo & Juliet performances, new and old. But I’m more interested in Mercutio and Tybalt than the star-crossed lovers.

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Quintessence Theatre Hamlet review
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Remembering Hamlets

Kathryn Osenlund March 28, 2020 9 Comments

Cooped up inside, with no theater in sight, I’m remembering Hamlets I’ve known.

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TURN (Kimmel Center) 60-second review

Joshua Herren March 1, 2020 No Comments

For those that were worried that Turn, a musical exploration of being a black woman in America through the lens of Shakespeare’s Othello, might be…

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ROMEO AND JULIET (Wilma): Wherefore do Romeo and Juliet?

Christopher Munden January 22, 2019 1 Comment

What about Shakespeare do we want kids to like?

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LONG TROUBLE (Svaha Theatre Collective): 2018 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 21, 2018 No Comments

There’s a lovely simplicity in Elise D’Avella’s staging of the tragic story.

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Theater in Sketch: TWELFTH NIGHT (Shakespeare in Clark Park)

Chuck Schultz August 7, 2018 No Comments

Chuck Shultz sketches the al fresco production of TWELFTH NIGHT.

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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Mechanical Theater): Spiriting Shakespeare at Laurel Hill

Lisa Panzer July 31, 2018 No Comments

Double dealing, doubling of characters, double entendre and double dating, of a sort, are doubly fun to watch.

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Theater in Sketch: THE RAPE OF LUCRECE (PAC at the Rosenbach)

Chuck Schultz April 7, 2018 No Comments

It was interesting to compare last week’s reading of Shakespeare’s THE RAPE OF LUCRECE at the Rosenbach to the original presentation at the Broad Street Ministry in 2016.

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JULIUS CAESAR (Quintessence): Why must republics fall?

Julius Ferraro April 2, 2018 No Comments

Quintessence Theatre Group explores the Shakespearean death throes of the Roman Republic.

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THE TEMPEST (Lantern): Sounds and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not

Toby Zinman March 23, 2018 No Comments

Lantern Theater’s production of THE TEMPEST, Shakespeare’s last play, is an enjoyable, modest show, full of comedy and romance and the gentle spirit of human forgiveness.

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2018 Theater Preview: Quintessence Theatre Group

Smalley Bogg January 10, 2018 No Comments

Quintessence Theatre Group of Mount Airy produces contemporary stagings of classic theatrical works.

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TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (EgoPo): High-spirited and delightfully messy

Toby Zinman November 10, 2017 No Comments

This musical theater version of Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona, launches EgoPo’s season as a cabaret/fundraiser.

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Features Fringe Festival Theater

Fringe in Sketch: I, PEASEBLOSSUM (Curio Theatre)

Christopher Munden September 20, 2017 No Comments

I, PEASEBLOSSOM was a great character study for me. I wanted to keep capturing the many sides of Brian McCann.

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Fringe in Sketch: PERICLES (Die Cast)

Chuck Schultz September 16, 2017 No Comments

PERICLES presented by Die Cast at the Rotunda makes me look at a pew in a whole other light.

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