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Gable's game unfolds against a Philadelphia backdrop. (Screenshot of 'Watch Me Jump.')

'Watch Me Jump,' by Jeremy Gable: Theater as video game

8-bit drama

Jeremy Gable's 'Watch Me Jump' world-premieres his own play in video-game format. Cara Blouin considers.
Cara Blouin

Cara Blouin

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'Love, Cecil' offers a snapshot of Beaton's personal relationships. (Image via imdb.com.)

Lisa Immordino Vreeland's 'Love, Cecil'

A portrait of the portraitist

The documentary 'Love, Cecil' gives a glimpse into the life and loves of artist Cecil Beaton. Gary Day reviews.
Gary L. Day

Gary L. Day

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The great Charles Mingus plays his French bass with a bow on July 4, 1976, in New York City. (Photo via Tom Marcello, via Creative Commons/Flickr.)

The joy of jazz sessions

Remembering the three-set night

Long ago, jazz aficionados could pay one cover charge and settle in for a long evening of musical experimentation. Paul Jablow considers.
Paul Jablow

Paul Jablow

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Chris White's Aaron (kneeling) brings the character's outsider status to the fore. (Photo by Jerry Dalia.)

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents 'Titus Andronicus'

Rome runs red with blood

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey cranks up the carnage in ‘Titus Andronicus’ without shying away from the play’s problematic treatment of women and race. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Chocolate Ballerina Co.: Have dancing shoes, will travel genres. (Photo courtesy of Chocolate Ballerina Co.)

Performance Garage presents Chocolate Ballerina Co.'s 'Premier Prima: A Fight to Success'

Success story

Chocolate Ballerina Co. makes its premiere at the Performance Garage as a company to watch. Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

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Wood gives a "reliably strong" performance as the French king. (Photo by Lee A. Butz.)

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents 'All's Well that Ends Well' (second review)

Extreme tedium

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s Extreme Shakespeare series presents an original-practices production of ‘All’s Well That Ends Well,’ with confounding results. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Greg Wood (left) and Spencer Plachy face off over the gift of "a poor physician's wife." (Photo by Lee A. Butz.)

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents 'All's Well that Ends Well' (first review)

"Problem play" in more than one sense

'All's Well That Ends Well' at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival is another well-acted and challenging Extreme Shakespeare production. Mark Cofta Reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Martha Dobie (Allison Spann, left) and Mrs. Lily Mortar (Chamari White-Mink, right) talk while Evelyn (Carol Lee, center) listens in. (Photo by Aaron Olkin.)

Princeton Summer Theater presents Lillian Hellman's 'The Children's Hour'

The kids are (not) all right

Lillian Hellman’s ‘The Children’s Hour’ remains powerful and thought-provoking, despite an uneven production from Princeton Summer Theater. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Pax Ressler's Viola and Angela Bey's Duke Orsino. Ressler projects plot and feeling to the park's edges. (Photo by Hannah van Sciver.)

Shakespeare in Clark Park presents 'Twelfth Night'

Starry night

A summer tradition continues with Shakespeare in Clark Park's production of 'Twelfth Night.' Cara Blouin reviews.
Cara Blouin

Cara Blouin

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Japanese-American inmates at the Tule Lake compound. (Photo via Facebook.)

'Resistance at Tule Lake,' by Konrad Aderer

An American tradition

At its annual conference, the Japanese American Citizens League screened a little-known piece of an already neglected American history: our World War II concentration camps. Alaina Johns considers.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

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