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'The Curious Incident' and 'The Valley of Astonishment'
Making the invisible visible
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and The Valley of Astonishment make the inner workings of the human mind visible to the audience’s eye.
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Lisa D’Amour’s ‘Detroit’ by PTC
Rainbow’s end
In Detroit, Lisa D’Amour’s provocative suburban allegory, the American Dream remains very much alive. In fact, dreaming is the primary activity.
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Tom Stoppard's 'Arcadia' at Lantern Theater Company
Romantic poetry and the second law of thermodynamics
Sir Tom Stoppard doesn’t let the characters become puppets of his wit and intellect: Arcadia is a delightful, engaging, and engrossing escapade.
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'Can-Can' at Paper Mill Playhouse
I Love Paris
This revival of Cole Porter's seldom-staged Can-Can is the production the show deserves.
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Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’ at the Walnut (second review)
The funny side of feminism
Is feminism more palatable when it’s set to a catchy tune? 9 to 5 makes us laugh at some serious issues, but is it still relevant today?
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Fringe Festival: 100% Philadelphia
Do any of these 105 Philadelphians represent you?
The premise of 100% Philadelphia is that we can reflect our city and ourselves by revealing the roots, experiences, and opinions of our fellow citizens, but in reality, its participants raise questions as quickly as they answer them.
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'The 39 Steps' at Bristol Riverside Theatre
Mixing suspense and comedy
The question turns out to be not whether a parody/comedy of The 39 Steps would work, but why did it take until 2005 to produce one?
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Hirson’s ‘La Bête’ at the Arden
Molière meets Robin Williams
An intriguing play in the manner of Molière tries to pit tradition against innovation but bogs down in personal conflicts. Still, Scott Greer’s tour de force performance is worth the ticket price alone.
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Roundabout Theatre's 'Indian Ink'
As always, Sir Tom Stoppard offers a theatrical feast. Indian Ink is not only an absorbing mystery, it’s also a “passage to India,” an immersion in an exotic culture with which the British have had a long and complicated love affair.
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Fringe Festival: ‘Nellie/Nellie’ and ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’
Has women’s mental health care changed since the 1800s?
Two real women of the late 19th century experienced the horror of being labeled insane; their stories still resonate today in powerful Fringe presentations.
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