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The Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Chelsea Marcantel’s ‘Everything is Wonderful’
Illuminating empathy
Chelsea Marcantel’s ‘Everything Is Wonderful’ comes at an opportune time, as women’s rage flares—and men navigate a world that may value them more than they value themselves. Wendy Rosenfield reviews.
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Delaware Theatre Company presents John Patrick Shanley’s ‘Outside Mullingar’
Irish eyes are smiling
‘Outside Mullingar,’ an Irish romance by John Patrick Shanley, receives a sweet-natured staging at Delaware Theatre Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Quintessence Theatre Group presents Angelina Weld Grimké’s ‘Rachel’
An American disease
Angelina Weld Grimké’s 1916 play, ‘Rachel,’ a family drama written to combat the spread of racist US propaganda in the early 20th century, is as relevant today as it was a century ago. Hanae Mason reviews.
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South Camden Theatre Company presents Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s ‘Abigail/1702’
A bedeviled sequel
'Abigail/1702 A Twice Told Tale' imagines what happens to Abigail Williams 10 years after 'The Crucible.' Josh Herren reviews.
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The Painted Bride presents Eric Jaffe and Foster Longo’s ‘Lizard of Oz’
A whole new world of ‘Wizard of Oz’
‘Lizard of Oz,’ a Philly Theatre Week offering spoofing a world of ‘Wizard of Oz’ stories, brings it all home to Philly. Michell Nugent reviews.
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Hella Fresh Theater presents John Rosenberg’s ‘Osceola’
A little family drama
Hella Fresh Theater premieres ‘Osceola,’ a new play imagining a moment in the life of writer/director John Rosenberg’s grandmother. Josh Herren reviews.
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Curio Theatre Company presents Amy Conroy’s ‘I Heart Alice Heart I’
Hand over your heart
Curio Theatre Company’s ‘I Heart Alice Heart I’ explores a decades-long partnership with humor and tenderness. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Inis Nua presents Tatty Hennessy’s ‘A Hundred Words for Snow’
Narrations from the North Pole
With ‘A Hundred Words for Snow,’ Inis Nua mounts a gorgeous production of a flawed play. Josh Herren reviews.
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EgoPo Classic Theater presents Sam Shepard’s ‘Fool for Love’
A dusty desert affair
EgoPo Classic Theater’s production of ‘Fool for Love’ lacks the charged current that pulls the doomed central couple together, even as it guarantees their mutual destruction. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium presents Eugène Ionesco’s ‘The Bald Soprano’
Why revisit Ionesco?
Once again, the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium explores meaning, truth, language, and absurdity in ‘The Bald Soprano’. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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