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Theatre Exile presents James Ijames’s Abandon
Another mother and son
As James Ijames’s Pulitzer-winning and Tony-nominated FAT HAM continues on Broadway, his latest world premiere, Abandon, gets a stand-out cast at Theatre Exile. Alaina Johns reviews.
Reviews
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CSz Philly’s Off the Record is a different type of improv
Making the band
CSz Philly’s Off the Record is a mockumentary musical improv featuring a unique performance with each showing. Daralyse Lyons previews.
Previews
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The BSR Podcast: Season 7, episode 6: Theatre Exile presents James Ijames's Abandon
The Philly Pulitzer winner's latest world premiere is happening here
It's something Philly will never get tired of saying: "Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames." BSR podcaster Darnelle Radford sits down with cast members of his latest premiere, happening at South Philly's Theatre Exile.
Podcast
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Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Lanie Robertson’s Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
“Like an old sweet song, the lasting time”
There’s a surprise in the staging of Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, which takes place just a few blocks from the venue that inspired it. Jill Ivey reviews.
Reviews
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Wilma Theater presents Nathan Alan Davis’s Eternal Life Part 1
The times we create
Eternal Life Part 1, in its world premiere at the Wilma, offers a vision of the near future that is as strange and wondrous as it is relatable. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Reviews
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Delaware Theatre Company presents Man of La Mancha
Music, morality, and multiplicity
Delaware Theatre Company closes its 43rd season with a thoughtful, inventive, and dazzling rendition of the classic musical with the triple-decker story, Man of La Mancha. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Reviews
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Inis Nua Theatre Company presents Lolita Chakrabarti’s Hymn
Brotherly love
A pair of strangers learn to be brothers in Hymn, a tender two-hander from Inis Nua Theatre Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Reviews
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InterAct Theatre Company presents Francisca da Silveira’s pay no worship
At home in the Atlantic
InterAct presents the world premiere of pay no worship, a play about
very different cousins on a small Cape Verde island who grapple with the
effects of climate change, despite too often being left out of the global
conversation. Krista Mar reviews.
Reviews
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The Kimmel Cultural Campus presents the national tour of Into the Woods
Lost in the forest
The national tour of Into the Woods loses the thread of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s fairytale parable. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Reviews
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Act II Playhouse presents Craig Wright’s Mistakes Were Made
The show must go on
Director and star Tony Braithwaite shines in Act II Playhouse’s Mistakes Were Made, a surprisingly emotional farce about the chaotic, horrible, hilarious reality of being a Broadway producer. C.M. Crockford reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read