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Torsney-Weir (left) and McDaniel: two of Philadelphia’s acting treasures.

Azuka’s ‘Skin and Bone’

Four characters in search of a story

Azuka Theatre ventures outside the box with the world premiere of Jacqueline Goldfinger’s Skin and Bone, but the premiere might have been premature.
Gary L. Day

Gary L. Day

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The digital age, taken to its logical extreme.

Caryl Churchill’s ‘Love and Information’ in NY

A case of emotional hit-and-run

Are Caryl Churchill and her inventive artistic team messing with our minds? You bet.

Carol Rocamora

Articles 5 minute read
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'Circle Mirror Transformation' at Theatre Horizon (2nd review)

The power of self-expression

What’s going on in the acting class on stage is the highest form of acting — naturalistic, believable, and true.
Ilene Raymond Rush

Ilene Raymond Rush

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Swidey (left), Perrier: Deep and inexplicable yearnings.

EgoPo does Ibsen’s ‘Lady From the Sea’

A woman in need of assertiveness training

In the rarely performed Lady From the Sea, the heroine is more poetic but also more perplexing than most of Ibsen’s women.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

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Approaching and retreating: Julianna Zinkel, Clare Mahoney, Jessica Bedford, and Becky Baumwoll (left to right) in “Pride and Prejudice” at People’s Light. Photo by Mark Garvin.

‘Pride and Prejudice’ at People’s Light

The delicate dance of courtship

Dance plays a large part in the dramatization of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice currently playing at People’s Light & Theatre Company.

Bill Murphy

Articles 2 minute read
Learning from (and about) each other. Photo by Matthew J Photography

'Circle Mirror Transformation' at Theatre Horizon

Getting to know you

Circle Mirror Transformation is an unusual play that demands close attention, as an instructor in a community-center adult acting class leads her students in intricate theater games.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 2 minute read
David Bradley as God in "The Mysteries" by Tony Harrison, directed by Bill Bryden, National Theatre, London, 1999

Further thoughts on immersive theater

Audience participation? Let’s call it something else.

Carol Rocamora might have come across as a curmudgeon who rejects all immersive theater. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

Carol Rocamora

Articles 4 minute read
Belver (left), Coon: One man's identity quest.

'Beautiful Boy' at the Walnut

A male Alice in a Catholic Wonderland

Under the skillful direction of David Stradley, Eric Conger’s riveting tragicomedy about a young man’s search for his birth mother becomes a memorable experience.
Henrik Eger

Henrik Eger

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Cooley (left), Kearns: Fish out of water.

Nina Raine’s ‘Tribes’ by PTC (3rd review)

Struggling to be heard

An increasing number of plays portray the problems of minority groups. Tribes, about the hearing-impaired, achieves a rare universality. On the surface, it’s about deafness; at a deeper level, it’s about anyone who’s ever struggled to be heard.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

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Cooley (right) and Hoeffler: No easy answers.

Nina Raine’s ‘Tribes’ by PTC (2nd review)

Empathy for the deaf

With one exception, everyone involved with Nina Raine’s Tribes knows about deafness, but they don’t know deafness. That’s the big stumbling block for any work on this subject aimed at a hearing audience.
Naomi Orwin

Naomi Orwin

Articles 4 minute read