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1812 Productions presents This Is the Week That Is
Outdated election-year satire
1812’s popular political satire revue This Is the Week That Is returns to Plays & Players to take on the 2024 election in its 19th edition. But out-of-touch sketches offer mostly limp laughs. Josh Herren reviews.
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Hedgerow Theatre presents Dave Droxler’s Robin & Me: My Little Spark of Madness
A marvelous madcap journey in time
This solo show from Delco native Dave Droxler mixes his real-life childhood in the Philly burbs with his love for a slew of comedians, especially his imaginary friend and real idol, Robin Williams. Erin Dohony reviews.
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Philadelphia Theatre Company and Edgewood Entertainment present Erlina Ortiz’s La Egoísta
Who gets to be selfish?
In Erlina Ortiz’s La Egoísta, now getting its Philly premiere at PTC, two very different sisters (one an irreverent comedian and the other a devoutly Christian bank employee) navigate the demands of career and caretaking. Krista Mar reviews.
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The BSR Podcast: season 9, episode 2: Widener University and Lone Brick Theatre Company's Frankenstein
Hear all about a limited engagement of an imaginative new take on Mary Shelley
Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with Dave Ebersole and Mick Loro, who share about their new adaptation of Frankenstein, onstage at Widener University from October 10-20, 2024.
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The BSR Podcast: season 9, episode 1: Erlina Ortiz on the Philly premiere of her La Egoísta
Philly playwright Erlina Ortiz talks with Darnelle Radford about her new show
Erlina Ortiz's new play, La Egoísta, gets its Philly premiere at Philadelphia Theatre Company. She sat down with podcast host Darnelle Radford ahead of the October 9, 2024, opening.
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Quintessence Theatre Group presents Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac, adapted by Martin Crimp
A classic tale with contemporary flair
Quintessence kicks off its 15th anniversary season with a bold adaptation of Cyrano, casting the charismatic yet insecure hero as a defiant poet fighting against mediocrity and bourgeois conformity. Josh Herren reviews.
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Philadelphia Artists’ Collective presents August Strindberg’s The [Happy Hour] Dance of Death
Back to PAC’s creative roots
Philadelphia Artists’ Collective continues its history of inventive productions by staging August Strindberg’s Dance of Death at the Franklin Inn Club, with a chance for the audience to mingle with the actors in character. Cameron Kelsall previews.
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Fever Dream Repertory presents Steve Yockey’s Mercury
A queer, occult delight
Fever Dream Repertory, a new local company, lands at Plays and Players for the Philly premiere of Mercury, a pitch-black horror comedy that evokes Hitchcock’s comedy and a queer and bloody Twilight Zone. C.M. Crockford reviews.
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The Public Theater presents James Ijames’s Good Bones
No place like home
James Ijames takes on the weighty topic of gentrification in Good Bones with this production at New York’s Public Theater, but the play itself is still in need of renovation. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Delaware Theatre Company presents Harvey Fierstein and Cindy Lauper’s Kinky Boots
The most beautiful thing in the world dazzles in Wilmington
Delaware Theatre Company marks 45 years on Wilmington’s waterfront with an all-out, thigh-high production of Kinky Boots. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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