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Jill Eikenberry and John Glover make the best of a bad situation. (Photo by SuzAnne Barabas.)

New Jersey Repertory Company's world premiere of Michael Tucker's 'Fern Hill'

Down on the farm

‘Fern Hill,’ a world-premiere comedy by Michael Tucker from New Jersey Repertory Company, takes an awkward look at sex after 70. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Show creator David M. Lutken brings Guthrie's music and politics into the 21st century. (Photo by Mark Garvin.)

People's Light presents 'Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie'

This show was made for you and me

'Woody Sez,’ in a return performance at People’s Light, offers music for the moment. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Chris White's Aaron (kneeling) brings the character's outsider status to the fore. (Photo by Jerry Dalia.)

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents 'Titus Andronicus'

Rome runs red with blood

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey cranks up the carnage in ‘Titus Andronicus’ without shying away from the play’s problematic treatment of women and race. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Wood gives a "reliably strong" performance as the French king. (Photo by Lee A. Butz.)

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents 'All's Well that Ends Well' (second review)

Extreme tedium

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s Extreme Shakespeare series presents an original-practices production of ‘All’s Well That Ends Well,’ with confounding results. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Greg Wood (left) and Spencer Plachy face off over the gift of "a poor physician's wife." (Photo by Lee A. Butz.)

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents 'All's Well that Ends Well' (first review)

"Problem play" in more than one sense

'All's Well That Ends Well' at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival is another well-acted and challenging Extreme Shakespeare production. Mark Cofta Reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Martha Dobie (Allison Spann, left) and Mrs. Lily Mortar (Chamari White-Mink, right) talk while Evelyn (Carol Lee, center) listens in. (Photo by Aaron Olkin.)

Princeton Summer Theater presents Lillian Hellman's 'The Children's Hour'

The kids are (not) all right

Lillian Hellman’s ‘The Children’s Hour’ remains powerful and thought-provoking, despite an uneven production from Princeton Summer Theater. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Pax Ressler's Viola and Angela Bey's Duke Orsino. Ressler projects plot and feeling to the park's edges. (Photo by Hannah van Sciver.)

Shakespeare in Clark Park presents 'Twelfth Night'

Starry night

A summer tradition continues with Shakespeare in Clark Park's production of 'Twelfth Night.' Cara Blouin reviews.
Cara Blouin

Cara Blouin

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Mitch and Morrie: So close and yet so far. (Photo courtesy of Act II Playhouse.)

Act II Playhouse presents Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom's 'Tuesdays with Morrie'

Man-date with Morrie

The stage adaptation of Mitch Albom's bestselling memoir 'Tuesdays with Morrie' keeps its characters at arm's length. Cara Blouin reviews.
Cara Blouin

Cara Blouin

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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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