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![Can’t live with him, can’t live without him: Stacy Skinner and Julie Ann Marra in SCTC’s ‘The Breath of Life.’ (Photo courtesy of SCTC.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/BreathofLife_BSR_9_8_19.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=161b50cc792ab610beb34ec916c9161d)
South Camden Theatre Company presents David Hare’s ‘The Breath of Life’
Hot air
David Hare’s ‘The Breath of Life,’ at South Camden Theatre Company, tells a story of women through the male gaze. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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![Shh—what’s hiding in the basement? (Image courtesy of Gunnar Montana.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Basement_BSR_9_6_191.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=253936b1847c379a475b48a52f1ea711)
Philly Fringe 2019: Gunnar Montana’s ‘Basement’
Come downstairs—if you dare
‘BASEMENT,’ Gunnar Montana’s latest Fringe offering, choreographs a nightmare scenario of torture and murder. Gary Day reviews.
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![Riffing on the ‘The Tempest’: the cast of PAC’s ‘The Sea Voyage.’ (Photo by Ashley Smith, Wide Eyed Studios.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Sea_Voyage_BSR_9_6_19.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=2ce7d6c1453bbb5a73c42057af235a75)
Philly Fringe 2019: PAC presents Fletcher and Massinger’s ‘The Sea Voyage’
Treading water
Despite an inventive staging, ‘The Sea Voyage,’ Philadelphia Artists’ Collective’s 2019 Fringe entry, offers a pale imitation of Shakespeare’s ‘Tempest.’ Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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![Philly is finally in the room where it happens. (Photo by Joan Marcus.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/hamilton_BSR_8_29_19.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=b7eb08954225255dfe223eb22b57c57a)
Broadway Philadelphia presents Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton’
Philly gets its shot
After years of waiting, the most acclaimed musical in recent memory finally arrives in Philadelphia. Does ‘Hamilton’ live up to its hype? Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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![A transcendent retelling? The cast of ‘Our Town’ at People’s Light. (Photo by Mark Garvin.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Our_Town_BSR_8_6_19.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=b370c5b737ba78f61b86ffc7d6bfdf21)
People’s Light presents Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town’
The universe at home
After the heft of the world-premiere ‘Mud Row,’ People’s Light tackles another small-town tale. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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The Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival presents ‘An Evening of One Acts’
Sisterly love
The Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival lands in Old City for its fifth year, and opens with an evening of one-acts by women playwrights. Alaina Johns reviews.
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![Missing the menace? John Ahlin as Falstaff and Mairin Lee as Prince Hal in PSF’s ‘Henry IV part 1.’ (Photo by Lee A. Butz.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/HenryIVpart1_BSR_7_30_19.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=1d78fd928042c3bbf82239c20d306cb2)
The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents ‘Henry IV, Part 1’
All hail the Henriad
One of the region’s best-respected summer Shakespeare destinations continues its foray into the history plays, rehearsed and staged as the Bard would have seen. Hugh Hunter reviews.
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![Loving moderately? Charlotte Northeast, Jessa Money, Kimie Muroya, and Dan Kearn in Clark Park’s ‘Lear.’ (Photo by Ann Marley.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/ClarkPark_Lear_BSR_7_26_19.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=55734c4c6419f9ef4ef3ca48d3b9cf5e)
Shakespeare in Clark Park presents ‘King Lear’
Where our loyalties lie
Shakespeare in Clark Park’s production of William Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ features strong ties to its community. Alix Rosenfeld reviews.
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![A rocky gravitational pull: Eleanor Handley and Matthew Floyd Miller in PSF’s ‘Private Lives.’ (Photo by Lee A. Butz.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/PrivateLives_BSR_7_25_19.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=9a0fbacedf6bb62b2302f6fdebc70f72)
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Noël Coward’s ‘Private Lives’
The second time around
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival delivers a sparkling and sharp ‘Private Lives’. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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![An unhappy inheritance? Nikkole Salter and Bjorn DuPaty in ‘Mud Row’ at People’s Light. (Photo by Mark Garvin.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/MUD_ROW_BSR_7_21_19.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=42af087f991b8d4f40269f3a16058146)
People’s Light presents Dominique Morisseau’s ‘Mud Row’
An Americana summer
In the world premiere of ‘Mud Row’ at People’s Light, Dominique Morisseau tells a big tale of a small town. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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