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Coulson's Richard II (left) and Adams's Bolingbroke can't wring tragedy from this staging. (Photo by Lee A. Butz.)

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents 'Richard II'

The hollow crown

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s ‘King Richard II’ dumbs down one of the Bard’s most complicated monarchs. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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The residents, clockwise from top: Stephanie N. Walters, Rupal Pujara, Pratima Agrawal, and Claris Park. Agrawal didn't appear here but will present her work at the 2018 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. (Photo courtesy of PAPA.)

PAPA Mini-Residency Showcase, with Claris Park, Rupal Pujara, Stephanie N. Walter

Maximum meaning at Mini-Residency

Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists presents its Mini-Residency Showcase, featuring works in progress from three emerging artists. Cara Blouin reviews.
Cara Blouin

Cara Blouin

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Covalesky's performance never hits the right tone for Zimmerman's drama. (Photo by Bryan Buttler.)

Theater with a View presents Martin Zimmerman’s ‘On the Exhale’ (second review)

Grief and guns

‘On the Exhale,’ a gun drama from Theater with a View, shoots blanks. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Oh, what a lovely war! CCTC gets big laughs out of World War I. (Photo by Andrew Hazeltine.)

Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company's 'The Complete History of America (Abridged)'

Doomed to enjoy it

Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company romps through area parks with the zany comedy 'The Complete History of America (Abridged).' Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Bet you can guess who Braithwaite skewers here. (Photo courtesy of Montgomery Theater.)

Montgomery Theater presents Tony Braithwaite's 'First Impressions'

'Impressions' in red and blue

Tony Braithwaite lampoons presidents, presidential hopefuls, and showbiz icons with his gift for mimicry and eye for absurdity in this revamped show at Montgomery Theater. Hugh Hunter reviews.
Hugh Hunter

Hugh Hunter

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Eric Mills (Don Pedro) and Jo Vito Ramírez (Claudio) enjoy a military — and theatrical — victory. (Photo by Alessandra Nicole.)

Delaware Shakespeare presents 'Much Ado About Nothing'

Whole lot of ado

Delaware Shakespeare's lively 'Much Ado About Nothing' brings summer lovin' to Wilmington's Rockwood Park. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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The women wait for tea at Mt. Holyoke College. (Photo by Sarah Golobish.)

Princeton Summer Theater presents Wendy Wasserstein's 'Uncommon Women and Others'

Commonalities abound

Princeton Summer Theater's revival of Wendy Wasserstein's 'Uncommon Women and Others' shows women coping with problems that are far from solved today. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Lee and Sottile play a Viola and Will who could have leapt from the Bard's own pages. (Photo by Lee A. Butz.)

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Lee Hall's 'Shakespeare in Love'

Where there's a Will

A stage adaptation of ‘Shakespeare in Love,’ at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, coasts on a healthy dose of charm. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Nina Covalesky plays a professor who's afraid of a student. (Photo by Brian Buttler.)

Theater with a View presents Martin Zimmerman's 'On the Exhale' (first review)

Outdoor experience, internal drama

Pottstown's Theater with a View sets 'On the Exhale,' Martin Zimmerman's timely drama about mass shootings, outdoors, with surprising success. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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DalCanton and Reed don't dial up a good connection. (Photo by Ashley LaBonde.)

Hedgerow Theatre presents Jared Reed and Damon Bonetti's 'His Girl Friday'

Feels like a Monday

Hedgerow Theatre Company’s new adaptation of ‘His Girl Friday’ screws up screwball comedy. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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