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Tag: Wilma Theater

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Recording HEROES: Wilma’s Kellie Mecleary talks about producing a digital, site-specific production

Christopher Munden November 30, 2020 No Comments

In Will Arbery’s HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING, four Catholic conservative friends gather at a late-night backyard party in Wyoming, shortly before the 2017 eclipse.…

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Considering Wilma’s Next Chapter: Blanka Zizka is joined by three co-directors

Christopher Munden February 18, 2020 No Comments

Changes are afoot at the Wilma Theater, with Blanka Zizka moving on from her role as sole artistic director after forty years in charge of the company.

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DANCE NATION (Wilma): What it means to be ferociously pubescent

Joshua Herren October 27, 2019 No Comments

The constant menace of teenage ambition hums under the entire production.

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THERE (Wilma): 2019 Fringe review

Yumna Tolaimate September 20, 2019 No Comments

THERE is not a place on Earth’s map. It is not a poem recital, nor is it a play.

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THERE (Wilma): 2019 Fringe review

Toby Zinman September 15, 2019 No Comments

Visually arresting and aurally haunting, THERE makes rarefied language solid and visceral

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Philadelphia theater through the eyes of J. Cooper Robb, Part 2: 2004

Henrik Eger September 2, 2019 No Comments

Revisiting Philly theater history through the eyes of one of its finest critics.

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

Christopher Munden January 22, 2019 No Comments

What about Shakespeare do we want kids to like?

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How Big Is That Theater? Seating capacities of Philadelphia theaters

Christopher Munden November 7, 2018 6 Comments

Ranked list of Philadelphia theaters by seating capacity

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MR BURNS (Wilma): Darkness on the edge of Springfield

Christopher Munden November 2, 2018 No Comments

Civilization has collapsed but The Simpsons is still going.

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Theater in Sketch: PASSAGE (Wilma Theater)

Chuck Schultz April 30, 2018 No Comments

PASSAGE reminds sketch artist Chuck Schultz of a painting at the Philadelphia Museum by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.

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BLOOD WEDDING (Wilma): Movement in the veins

Christopher Munden November 3, 2017 2 Comments

Lorca’s BLOOD WEDDING makes a fitting vehicle for the Wilma Theater in-house troupe.

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After the O17: A reflection on Opera Philadelphia’s brave endeavor

Margaret Darby September 29, 2017 1 Comment

This bountiful menu of music had something for every taste

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Your guide to Opera Philadelphia’s O17 Festival

Cameron Kelsall August 27, 2017 No Comments

Here’s everything you need to know about the musical smorgasbord that awaits.

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2017 Barrymore Awards nominations

Cameron Kelsall August 22, 2017 No Comments

On August 21, Theatre Philadelphia announced nominees for the 2017 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre. Established companies led the day.

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Opera Innovator: An Interview with David Devan ahead of the O17 Festival

Cameron Kelsall August 15, 2017 No Comments

Opera Philadelphia’s innovative general director previews the upcoming O17 Festival.

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ADAPT! (Wilma): On the brink of dawn

Julia Taus April 4, 2017 No Comments

Blanka Zizka boldly steps forth as both debut playwright and seasoned director of the semi-autobiographical ADAPT!

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Neal Zoren’s BEST OF PHILADELPHIA THEATER, 2016

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper February 12, 2017 1 Comment

Neal Zoren chose his favorite productions, directors, and actors from the last year.

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CONSTELLATIONS (Wilma): Love in the multiverse

Julie Zeglen January 22, 2017 No Comments

“We have all the time we ever had.”

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WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING (Wilma): How a hard rain’s a gonna fall

Nicole Forrester October 21, 2016 No Comments

Using the endtimes as a backdrop, Andrew Bovell uses the drama within a family’s history as a parallel for the turbulence in humanity’s.

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NOTES OF A NATIVE SONG (Stew and Heidi Rodewald): 2016 Fringe review 9

Kathryn Osenlund September 11, 2016 No Comments

“Won’t you follow me down to Baldwin Country? This ain’t your mama’s Baldwin Country.” The show opens with offhand remarks by Stew, a large black…

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