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Cameron Kelsall’s best Philadelphia-area theater of 2018
2018: The year of the revival
Theater critic Cameron Kelsall considers his favorite productions of 2018 and realizes that revivals venturing beyond the canon were worthy tickets.
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The Lantern presents Charles Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’
A Dickens of a show
Lantern Theater Company’s adaptation of ‘A Christmas Carol’ should become a new holiday tradition. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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4 minute read
Raw Street Productions presents ‘The Eighth Fish of Christmas’
A family affair
Raw Street’s ‘The Eighth Fish of Christmas’ heads home for the holidays with a lot of laughs — and some familiar family dynamics. Of course, the cash bar doesn’t hurt. Jill Ivey reviews.
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Tiny Dynamite’s A Play, A Pie and a Pint presents ‘The Audience Disturbs Marcel’s Bath Time’
Private bath?
Tiny Dynamite opens its season with ‘The Audience Disturbs Marcel’s Bath Time and He Is Very Upset with You All,' but the play’s exploration of privacy culture does little to disturb the audience. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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The Arden Theatre presents E.B. White’s ‘Charlotte’s Web’
A story with strings
True to the best of children’s stories, the undeniable dark side of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ shows up onstage, but this production can’t quite capture the novel’s poetic and lifelike verve. Alaina Johns reviews.
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Playwrights Horizon presents Heather Raffo’s ‘Noura’
The dollhouse through a different door
‘Noura,’ at Playwrights Horizons in New York, uses Ibsen to explore the experiences of resettled Iraqi refugees in America. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Delaware Theatre Company presents ‘A Sign of the Times’
Way back right now
It’s a long way back to the 1960s with 'A Sign of the Times,' and DTC makes it a tuneful trip. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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Theatre Exile presents Itamar Moses’s ‘Completeness’
Program error
Itamar Moses’s ‘Completeness,’ at Theatre Exile, drips with an off-putting sense of performative cleverness. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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George Street Playhouse presents ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’
Back to the dollhouse
A subtle, surprising production of Lucas Hnath’s ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ at George Street Playhouse warrants a look from Ibsen-sequel skeptics. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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11th Hour Theatre Company presents ‘Children of Eden’
Creation stories
11th Hour Theatre Company makes a strong case for the cult musical ‘Children of Eden.’ Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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