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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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Adam Langdon's Christopher embarks on a wild journey to find a killer. (Photo by Joan Marcus)

Broadway Philadelphia presents 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

The curious adaptation of the novel

The Tony Award-winning adaptation of Mark Haddon’s novel 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' serves the book well – and makes a satisfying theater experience too. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Akeem Davis and Charlotte Northeast's bike-store shitheads. (Photo by Joanna Austin/AustinArt.org)

Azuka Theatre presents Douglas Williams's world premiere 'Shitheads'

Rolling with a chain gang

Douglas Williams’s world premiere 'Shitheads,' produced by Azuka, reveals not only a bike shop’s wheels and gears, but also how work families function.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Boy (Trevor William Fayle) and girl (Suzanne Collins) check into a motel room to escape the storm. (Photo by Paola Nogueras)

Theatre Exile presents John Pollono's 'Lost Girls'

Lost, then found

John Pollono’s 'Lost Girls' takes a while to find its way home, but Theatre Exile’s area premiere eventually reveals its good qualities. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Susan Riley Stevens and Warren Kelley as Lee and Capote. (Photo by Mark Garvin)

Walnut Street Theatre's Studio 3 presents Will Stutts's 'The Gift'

Truth and famous fictions

'The Gift,' Will Stutts's imagined meeting between Harper Lee and Truman Capote, is built on "alternative facts." SaraKay Smullens reviews.
SaraKay Smullens

SaraKay Smullens

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