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The Kimmel Cultural Campus and the Shubert Organization present Les Misérables
The people’s song meets theme-park barricades
Despite powerful singing, the national tour of Les Misérables more closely resembles a theme-park attraction than a work of theater. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Reviews
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I loved Les Misérables as a teenager. Now it’s back in Philly, and I want to rediscover it.
Singing the desire for a better world
Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer spent her teen years devoted to big books and theater. Seeing Les Misérables all by herself in Philly in 1988 was a formative experience. Now she’s going back to explore what it still means to her.
Essays
6 minute read
Theatre in the X presents Don Evans’s One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show
An excellent night in the park
Theatre in the X presents One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show, by Philly-native playwright Don Evans, for its annual free production in West Philly’s Malcolm X Park. C.M. Crockford reviews.
Reviews
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The Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival presents Pancake Queen
Pouring over history
Theatre Exile and STARFIRE bring Brie Knight’s play to life at this year’s Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival. An Nichols previews.
Previews
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New York Circus Project presents Hamlet at FringeArts
A high-flying Hamlet takes risks
New York Circus Project’s Hamlet put an inventive circus spin on Shakespeare’s well-known tragedy with performances at Philly’s FringeArts in late July. Melissa Strong reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
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Shakespeare in Clark Park presents As You Like It
All the park’s a stage
Annual summer favorite Shakespeare in Clark Park brings the Forest of Arden to West Philly in an energetic new adaptation of As You Like It directed by Ontaria Kim Wilson, running through July 28. It’s free! C.M. Crockford reviews.
Reviews
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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
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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.
but the show glosses over some of the difficult moments so important to this story. An Nichols reviews.
Reviews
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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
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