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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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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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