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The senator from Colorado and the waitress from New Jersey. (Photo by Mark Garvin)

Zak Berkman's world premiere 'The Harassment of Iris Malloy' at People's Light and Theatre Company

The politics of the personal

Zak Berkman's world premiere 'The Harassment of Iris Malloy' suggests a tabloid situation, but reveals a genuine drama.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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E. Ashley Izard as Winnie. (Photo by Shawn May)

Samuel Beckett's 'Happy Days' at Quintessence Theatre Group

Buried alive and still smiling

Samuel Beckett's 'Happy Days' frustrates our desire for a tidy plot, but offers other riches in Quintessence's impressive production.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Colorful costumes and calypso tunes. (Photo by ethimofoto.net)

'Jamaica' at New Freedom Theatre

New York, New York, big city of dreams

Presenting a revival of the music comedy 'Jamaica' as just a colorful travelogue is missing an opportunity, but it sure looks good.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

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Alice M. Gatling as Hillary and John Procaccino as Clinton. (Photo by Paola Nogueras)

Lucas Hnath's 'Hillary and Clinton' at Philadelphia Theatre Company (second review)

Presidential politics in black and white

Sure, 'Hillary and Clinton' is timely, but Rhonda Davis wonders what message Philadelphia Theatre Company's production is trying to send to black women.
Rhonda Davis

Rhonda Davis

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Brandi Burgess, Carl Clemons-Hopkins and Kristen Norine. (Photo by Kathryn Raines, Plate 3 Photography)

Simpatico Theatre Project's 'Time Is on Our Side'

World premiere by Philly playwright celebrates Pride with pride

Philly playwright R. Eric Thomas's 'Time Is on Our Side,' in a world premiere by Simpatico Theatre Project, spins a lively mystery that links Philadelphia's past, present, and future LGBT life.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Where the boys are: Dugan, Meehan and Rishard. (Photo by Jason Lindner)

Young Jean Lee's 'Straight White Men' at InterAct Theatre Company

A play more nuanced than its title suggests

Young Jean Lee's 'Straight White Men' uses a family situation to probe larger issues about privilege and power.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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It takes three to make a thing go right. (Photo courtesy of The Mechanical Theater)

The Mechanical Theater presents Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'

Short summer Shakespeare

The Mechanical Theater's 'Romeo and Juliet' makes the play a bite-sized comedy while maintaining its tragic proportions.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Meg Rumsey-Lasersohn and Richard Chan explore some possibilities. (Photo by Plate3.org)

Tiny Dynamite's A Play, a Pie, and a Pint, with David Grieg's 'Brewers Fayre'

A big adventure from Tiny Dynamite

Tiny Dynamite's A Play, A Pie, and A Pint satisfies with David Greig's clever relationship comedy 'Brewers Fayre.'
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Joe Guzman and Joanna Liao. (Photo by Mark Garvin)

Naomi Iizuki's '36 Views,' at Lantern Theater Company

36 Views: Making smart women cry

'36 Views' is a smart play about a smart woman who lets passion undermine scholarship and pays the price. Men, it seems, can combine business and sex and succeed; women end up crying.
Naomi Orwin

Naomi Orwin

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Zoran Kovcic, Madalyn St. John, Mark Swift, and Jared Reed. (Photo by Ashley Labonde)

Hedgerow Theatre's 'The Servant of Two Masters' by Carlo Goldoni

This Servant serves up good fun

'The Servant of Two Masters' shows that Goldoni's old play feels new and young in the right hands.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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