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‘High Society’ at the Walnut (2nd review)
Was the Main Line ever this gauche?
Class, sophistication, and wit are the missing ingredients in this revival of Cole Porter’s musical comedy about high-class high jinks on Philadelphia’s sophisticated Main Line.
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Tennessee Williams's 'Baby Doll' at the McCarter
An old Tennessee Williams film becomes a new Tennessee Williams play
The McCarter Theatre Center premieres a sexy stage adaptation of the 1956 film Baby Doll.
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3 minute read
Fringe 2015: One woman's wrap-up
Five times this year’s Fringe Festival made me uncomfortable
Admit it — you didn’t get tickets to a Fringe show because you like knowing what to expect.
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6 minute read
'High Society' at Walnut Street Theatre (1st review)
High jinks amongst the very wealthy
Romantic comedies set to music have a way of transcending time, so prepare to enjoy High Society even if you can’t really sympathize with the problems of the very rich. But can a modern musical adaption of a popular film ever overcome our memories of the original?
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'Photograph 51' at the Lantern Theater
Science and personality
Smart people have become the latest species to be put under the microscope of dramatic interpretation. Are they really so different from the rest of us? Photograph 51 at the Lantern Theater shows us how personal insecurities can effect life-changing discoveries.
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4 minute read
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Arthur Miller's 'All My Sons' at People's Light
Fissures in the family
People's Light stages a solid, traditional production of All My Sons in which race is largely beside the point and the characters just happen to be black.
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Fringe 2015: Jo Strømgren's 'Border' and 'There'
When nonsense makes complete sense
The talented Jo Strømgren Kompani returns to the Fringe Festival with two 60-minute gems of political theater.
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4 minute read
Fringe 2015: 'Alias Ellis Mackenzie' by Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental
Telenovela or stage play?
Do gimmicks add to or detract from the success of a show? In Alias Ellis Mackenzie, the set and the out-of-sequence presentation challenge the audience to figure out what is going on.
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3 minute read
Fringe 2015: Iron Age Theatre's 'A Great War'
What price heroism?
In A Great War, we have a courageous, compelling new play by James Christy Jr., a Philadelphia playwright, calling attention to a lesser known aspect of World War I: the participation of German Jewish soldiers.
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3 minute read
Fringe 2015: 'The Captive' by Philadelphia Artists' Collective (second review)
Is a 1920s shocker worth mounting today?
Who’s the captive here? A lady with a scandalous orientation? Or a whole society that is as obsessed with women’s sex lives now as it was in the 1920s?
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