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Mike Daisey's 'The Trump Card' at FringeArts (first review)
Big mouths strike again
Controversial performer and monologuist Mike Daisey takes on another controversial performer and monologuist: Donald Trump.
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Orbiter 3's world premiere of Emily Acker's 'I Am Not My Motherland'
Second opinions in the operating theater
The Philadelphia playwriting collective Orbiter 3 premieres another challenging new play by one of its seven members.
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Contemporary American Theater Festival's 26th season
Road tripping: Five new American plays in one unexpected place
Contemporary American Theater Festival's "Thinktheater" repertory of five plays offers a rich variety of new plays by American playwrights. Our critic Mark Cofta saw them all.
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1812 Productions' JillineFest, celebrating 10 years of the Jilline Ringle Solo Performance Program
Caroline Dooner's Possible Memoir Titles (& Songs) chases a momster
As part of JillineFest, in Caroline Dooner's 'Possible Memoir Titles (& Songs)' the solo performer looks at herself and sees her mother.
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PlayPenn's Rent-a-Dramaturg program
It's dramaturgy to go at PlayPenn
Who needs a script doctor when you can rent a dramaturg? Martha Steketee looks at one of the new play development conference's newest developments.
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New City Stage Company's world premiere of 'Roseburg,' by Ginger Dayle
'Roseburg': At the intersection of theater and reality
When our entertainment and our news overlap, we are left bewildered by both, but can theater really bring about change? New City Stage's world premiere 'Roseburg' looks at past and present U.S. gun violence.
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Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's 'Julius Caesar'
A political tale for today
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's 25th season features an enthralling 'Julius Caesar' with a splendid veteran cast.
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Phenomenal Animals's 'The Bacchae,' at Walnut Street Theatre Studio Five
Filthy minds, female power
In Phenomenal Animals's 'The Bacchae,' are frenzied women killing men a political metaphor or a cautionary tale (or both)?
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Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey's 'If/Then' at the Academy of Music
A star vehicle drives on without its star
'If/Then' was written for and based on the talents of Idina Menzel. To Steve Cohen's surprise, the show has appeal even without her.
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Josh Piven's 'Muddled' at Drexel University's URBN Annex
An all-too-accurate title
Bestselling author Josh Piven's comedy 'Muddled' tries to be funny but doesn't succeed.
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