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Arden Children's Theatre presents Greg Banks’s Pinocchio
The kids are part of the magic
A new production of Pinocchio from Arden Children’s Theatre turns kids into active participants, capturing imaginations and pulling back the curtain on the magic of theater. Natalie Layne reviews.
Reviews
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1812 Productions and Delaware Theatre Company present Bruce Graham’s The Flatlanders
Grounded in the Poconos
This world-premiere production of Bruce Graham’s The Flatlanders debuted at 1812 earlier this year, and now the show continues at Delaware Theatre Company. But this script still can’t get off the ground. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Reviews
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Quintessence director Alex Burns addresses community concerns about his “all-male” Shakespeare productions
“When does the community get to abort someone else’s creative impulse?”
When Quintessence artistic director Alex Burns announced plans for his latest all-male Shakespeare production, he struck a nerve with the local theater community. He talks with Alaina Johns in defense of his vision.
Editorials
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Resident Ensemble Players presents Ira Levin’s Deathtrap
Well-deserved screams for the stage
Both movie and live theater audiences love thrillers, so why are frightening plays relatively rare? The University of Delaware’s Resident Ensemble Players delivers with a scary new production of Ira Levin’s Deathtrap. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
The BSR Podcast, season 8, episode 4: talking Philly Theatre Week 2024 with Sabriaya Shipley
Celebrating seven years of Philly's spring theater festival
Host Darnelle Radford sits down with Theatre Philadelphia executive director Sabriaya Shipley to talk all things Philly Theatre Week 2024 and the issues facing our modern arts scene.
Podcast
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The Wilma Theater presents Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Setzuan
Reversing Orientalist tropes
Kindhearted Shen Te invents a ruthless businessman alter-ego when her generosity overtakes her wallet in The Good Person of Setzuan, presented in this “radically reclaimed” production at the Wilma centering Asian artists. Mina Reinckens reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read
InterAct Theatre Company presents Deborah Zoe Laufer’s The Last Yiddish Speaker
Imagining life for Jews after a successful insurrection
Deborah Zoe Laufer’s The Last Yiddish Speaker, getting its world premiere at InterAct, offers a striking glimpse into the specificity of Jewish generational trauma, but it needs something more. Josh Herren reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read
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Plays & Players presents Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story
Paper tiger
Plays & Players presents Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story in a flat restaging that fails to capture the play’s primal power. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Reviews
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E.J. Simpson presents Jesus Christ Superstar
Rising through tradition
An 18 year tradition rises differently this time around, as local musician E.J. Simpson prepares to perform their solo rendition of Jesus Christ Superstar. David Block previews.
Previews
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As a trans actor, I’m dismayed by the “testosterone-driven” concept of the all-male Macbeth at Quintessence
If we don’t break down gender barriers in casting, Philly theater will continue to stall.
A promotional note from Quintessence Theatre Group artistic director Alex Burns about why he’s staging an “all-male” Macbeth drew a strong response from the Philly theater community. Bruce Baldini speaks up as a trans male actor.
Essays
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