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Richie Sklar as Jimmy and Erin Carr as Christina. (Photo by Shamus Hunter McCarty)

ReVamp Collective and Plays and Players Theatre present 'Jimmy Gorski Is Dead'

Needle and the damage done

Kristen M. Scatton's new drama 'Jimmy Gorski Is Dead,' from ReVamp Collective and Plays and Players Theatre, explores the impact of drug abuse on a small group of Pennsylvania friends and family. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Allan Corduner, Alexandra Silber, and Evan Zes are on the case. (Photo by T. Charles Erickson)

McCarter Theatre presents Ken Ludwig's 'Murder on the Orient Express'

Death on wheels

The McCarter Theatre Center's premiere of Ken Ludwig's adaptation of 'Murder on the Orient Express' puts Agatha Christie's famous novel onstage. Does it belong there? Mark Cofta reviews.

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Mary Lee Bednarek as Virgilia and Robert Lyons as Coriolanus. (Photo by Mark Garvin)

Lantern Theater Company presents Shakespeare's 'Coriolanus'

Less-often-performed Shakespeare = Still Shakespeare

Lantern Theater Company takes a chance with William Shakespeare's 'Coriolanus,' and comes out fighting. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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From L to R: Kyle Fennie as Curtis, John Zak as  Ben, Renee Richman Weisband as Rita, and Kristen as Lisa. (Photo by Kristine Di Grigoli)

Isis Productions presents Nicky Silver's 'The Lyons'

Mighty Roars

'The Lyons' roars with genuine frustration while audiences roar with laughter in Nicky Silver's dark farce from Isis Productions. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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PHIT's Molly Scullion is okay. (Photo by Tom Lovelund.)

PHIT presents Molly Scullion's 'I'm OK, Are You OK?'

Better living through traumedy

A new one-woman show from a local comedy favorite details the aftermath of suppressed traumatic memories, mixing a trigger warning with laughs. Alaina Mabaso reviews.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

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Dawn Marlan teaches an important lesson. Or not. (Photo by Kate Raines/Plate 3 Photography)

The Berserker Residents present 'It's So Learning'

School Daze

The Beserker Residents' 2015 Fringe hit 'It's So Learning' schools us on the charms and terrors of K-12 education. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Mary Tuomanen as Puck with Lindsay Smiling as Oberon. (Photo by Mark Garvin)

Arden Theatre Company presents 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Love, magic, and memories

The Arden Theatre Company's production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' might not seem new, but it's still great. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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A couple of young Music Theatre Philly students get into character. (Photo courtesy of Music Theatre Philly)

REP Radio podcast with Music Theatre Philly's Mindy Dougherty

No business like show business

Music Theatre Philly hopes to train the next generation of Philadelphia's musical theater artists. REP Radio's Darnelle Radford speaks with its founder, Mindy Dougherty.
Darnelle Radford

Darnelle Radford

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Elizabeth Heflin as Mrs. Kendal and Michael Gotch as John Merrick. (Photo by Paul Cerro)

University of Delaware's REP presents Bernard Pomerance's 'The Elephant Man'

The relevant man

Bernard Pomerance’s 1979 Tony-Award-winning 'The Elephant Man,' revived by the University of Delaware's Resident Ensemble Players, proves relevant today (and probably always). Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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The "Folk Song Army," left to right:  Patrick Romano, Tracie Higgins, Jamison
Foreman, and Tony Braithwaite. (Photo by Bill D'Agostino)

Act II Playhouse presents Tom Lehrer's 'Tomfoolery'

Objects (of satire) are closer than they appear

A still-funny tribute to lyricist/composer Tom Lehrer, who rose to fame in the 1960s for his outrageously wicked lampooning of political and social life. Stacia Friedman reviews.
Stacia Friedman

Stacia Friedman

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