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Shakespeare in Clark Park presents As You Like It
A little taste of dystopia
Shakespeare in Clark Park presents As You Like It with a modern twist, transposed to near-future Delaware to explore themes of exile, love, and community. Kiran Pandey previews.
Previews
2 minute read
The art of lighting design with Alyssandra Docherty
Lighting up the space
Freelancer Alyssandra Docherty talks about her work as a lighting designer, how the light bulb got turned on for her, and how she manages to keep learning and growing. Melissa Strong previews.
Profiles
4 minute read
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Alice Walker’s The Color Purple
Celie’s story comes to the Center Valley stage
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival mounts an excellent
production of The Color Purple with acclaimed local director Amina Robinson,
but the show glosses over some of the difficult moments so important to this
story. An Nichols reviews.
Reviews
6 minute read
Delaware Shakespeare presents Julius Caesar
This textual triumph is especially stirring in an election year
Delaware Shakespeare opens its 22nd year with a finely mounted production of Julius Caesar—one of the Bard’s shortest and darkest plays—in Wilmington’s atmospheric Rockwood Park. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
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Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents The Merry Wives of Windsor
Shakespeare did it first
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival brings a thrillingly modern tenor to The Merry Wives of Windsor, which comes to life with musical verve and comic effervescence. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
Studio 34 presents She Was A Conquistawhore
Rachel O’Hanlon-Rodriguez is taking their land back
Rachel O’Hanlon-Rodriguez’s She Was A Conquistawhore at Studio 34 Yoga is a performance that asks how we heal from the erasure of identity. Erin Dohony previews.
Previews
2 minute read
The BSR Podcast, season 8, episode 9: talking with playwright Roger Q. Mason about The Duat
Go behind the scenes of Philadelphia Theatre Company's latest world premiere
BSR Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with playwright Roger Q. Mason, whose play The Duat gets its world premiere in PTC's season closer.
Podcast
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People’s Light presents Joseph Dougherty’s Off By One
Off by some
Off By One, a world premiere at People’s Light about a writer and the impact of his work, featuring TV and film star David Strathairn, feels stuck in the draft stage. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read
Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Roger Q. Mason’s The Duat
Channeling emotional ghosts
Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Roger Q. Mason’s The Duat, a play that, even with an astonishing central role, struggles to settle into its own rhythm. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
EgoPo Classic Theater, Papermoon Puppet Theatre, and Kalanari Theatre Movement present Ramayana
A heroic collaboration
Philly’s EgoPo Classic Theater builds on a partnership begun in the 1990s with two Indonesian theater companies. They bring Ramayana, a dazzling cross-cultural epic, to the Navy Yard for a weekend of free performances. Josh Herren reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read