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Antoinette Robinson's Camae and Hassan El-Amin's Martin Luther King Jr. share a final evening. (Photo by N.Howatt.)

Resident Ensemble Players present Katori Hall's 'The Mountaintop'

Life before death

The Resident Ensemble Players' production of 'The Mountaintop' highlights the strengths of Katori Hall's popular play about Martin Luther King Jr. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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The eccentrics: Elizabeth Heflin's Penny and Lee E. Ernst's Mr. De Pinna.  (Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson.)

Resident Ensemble Players present Kaufman and Hart's 'You Can't Take It With You'

You can have it here

The Resident Ensemble Players' splendid production of 'You Can't Take It with You' makes the 1936 comedy relevant again. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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You gotta be tough to make it through the bee. (Photo by Mark Garvin.)

Bristol Riverside Theatre presents 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'

L-O-V-A-B-L-E

Bristol Riverside Theatre spells success with its production of ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.' Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Joseph Spieldenner's Billy Bigelow and Maxwell Porterfield's Julie Jordan with what passes for a carousel in 'Carousel.' (Photo by Greg Carroccio.)

Media Theatre presents Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'Carousel'

'Carousel' spins out

Media Theater's maddeningly inconsistent ‘Carousel’ can be chiefly characterized by what it lacks. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Emcee John Jarboe leads the ensemble in dancing away the Reich. (Photo by Mark Garvin.)

Arden Theatre Company presents 'Cabaret'

Song and dance and Nazis

The sparkle of the Arden Theatre Company's 'Cabaret' overwhelms the Kander and Ebb musical's menace. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Emma Orelove's Amy watches as Ian Gould's Aubrey shows off. (Photo by Jeremy Daniel)

Peccadillo Theater Company presents George Kelly's 'The Show-Off'

New York shows off a forgotten Philly playwright

Philadelphia playwright George Kelly once dominated Broadway. A rare revival of his 1924 comedy ‘The Show-Off’ suggests why. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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John Francis Babbo and Sawyer Nunes as Will and Jim. (Photo by Matt Urban, Mobius New Media.)

Delaware Theatre Company presents 'Something Wicked This Way Comes'

Stage musical made for the screen

Delaware Theatre Company sets its sights on Broadway, right past its own audiences, with a high-tech adaptation of Ray Bradbury's classic novel 'Something Wicked This Way Comes.' Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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L to R: Mierka Girten, Michael Shannon, and John Judd. (Photo by Richard Termine.)

A Red Orchid Theatre presents Sam Shepard's 'Simpatico'

An unfortunate farewell

A Red Orchid Theatre's 'Simpatico' at McCarter isn't a fitting farewell for the late, great Sam Shepard. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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(Photo courtesy of FringeArts)

Philly Fringe 2017: Julia Brandenberger’s ‘Funeral for Expectations’

Rest in peace (or not)

With bells, candles, a dark studio, a sheet, and a few artifacts from her life in dance, Fringe artist Julia Brandenberger expressed her own mix of theology and theater with an unusual funeral. Alaina Mabaso reviews.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

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Watch that first step, it's a doozy. (Photo by Candace Cihocki.)

Philly Fringe 2017: Leila and Pantea Productions’ ‘The Turn of the Screw’

'Jane Eyre' didn't end this way

An isolated English estate, orphaned children, a mysterious master, a young governess seeking her fortune — but Leila and Pantea Productions' Henry James adaptation is no love story on the moors. Alaina Mabaso reviews.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

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