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Kristoffer Diaz's '#therevolution' at InterAct
New play is out-performed by new space
In his new play #therevolution, Kristoffer Diaz imagines a popular uprising reminiscent of the 1976 film Network, but neglects to fuel the outrage convincingly.
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'Harvey' at the Walnut Street Theatre
What would Dr. Phil say?
Once again, a play from the ’40s offers us alcoholism and mental illness as ripe topics for comedy. In Harvey at the Walnut Street Theatre, an alcoholic dreamer draws us into his world and makes us believe in imaginary friends. After all, when life gets hard, who doesn’t want to escape reality?
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Toshiki Okada’s 'God Bless Baseball' at FringeArts
The great Korean-Japanese pastime
Toshiki Okada’s God Bless Baseball is confusing and slow-paced — kind of like baseball itself, for those benighted souls who don’t appreciate the game.
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'Oscar Wilde: From the Depths' at the Lantern (second review)
Oscar Wilde: Bon vivant or tragic hero?
Thanks to social media and a celebrity-obsessed culture, today’s iconic personages manage to transcend their peccadillos, and sometimes even their crimes, to stay relevant and bankable. Oscar Wilde, though, is relegated to a historical question mark about why he seems to have played a part in his own destruction.
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'Oscar Wilde: From the Depths' at the Lantern (first review)
A man untransformed
Author Charles McMahon missed the opportunity of exploring Oscar Wilde’s spiritual life in the new Lantern production about the playwright.
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Bruce Graham's 'Funnyman' at the Arden
Not just playing for laughs
Philadelphia favorite Bruce Graham's new play, Funnyman, provides some humor, and much more.
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3 minute read
August Wilson's 'Piano Lesson' at the McCarter
A future American classic
A major revival of August Wilson's 1990 Pulitzer Prize winner reminds us why Wilson should be considered an American master.
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Tom Stoppard’s 'Hard Problem' at the Wilma
Do smart people really talk about smart topics?
Smart people don’t necessarily discuss difficult topics, but they do bring intelligence to whatever topic they approach. Stoppard’s new play, The Hard Problem, depicts smart people talking about smart topics, but it could use a bit more humanity to get us to care.
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Under the Radar Festival at the Public Theater
Flying high Under the Radar
This year’s vibrant Under the Radar festival at the Public Theater offers deeply compelling personal stories, with several examining relationships with absent parents.
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'Moon for the Misbegotten' at Walnut Street Theatre
A booze-laden romance that could never be
With all we know about the challenges of relationships with alcoholics, Eugene O’Neill’s depiction of an alcoholic con man in love and the woman who cares for him still resonates with tragic impossibility.
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