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Ben Dibble in ‘Herringbone’
Ben Dibble’s showcase
Ben Dibble’s versatile performance salvages a strange and macabre tale.
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An interview with Matt Pfeiffer and Damon Bonetti
Two directors taking 39 Steps beyond Hitchcock
Two popular Philadelphia theater artists directed Hitchcock's The 39 Steps in two different productions: Matt Pfeiffer at Theatre Horizon and Damon Bonetti at the Hedgerow Theatre.
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The Contemporary American Theater Festival
Where new plays by Philadelphia writers and others emerge
The Contemporary American Theater Festival, only three hours away from Philadelphia, showcases three Philly playwrights and a strong repertory of challenging new plays.
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People’s Light presents ‘Bach at Leipzig’
Musical mayhem
Treacherously competitive baroque musicians battle it out in Itamar Moses’s farce Bach at Leipzig, which closes People’s Light and Theatre Company's season.
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Royal Shakespeare’s ‘Henry IV’
Henry, we hardly knew ye
Why care about Shakespeare’s histories? His two Henry IV dramas show an amazing array of colorful characters as well as captivating tenderness.
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‘The Who’s Tommy’ in Norristown
Those old '60s feelings
Who could improve on the Who? A classic rock musical displays new life with the debut of a new theater company.
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'Too Much Sun' and 'August: Osage County'
Daughter-devouring mothers on stage and screen
Mother-daughter conflict provides a break from father-son drama, but it's no more fun to watch.
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'Much Ado About Nothing' at Shakespeare in the Park
Merry sparring under starry skies
Every once in a while, a Shakespearean production comes along wherein all the planets align. Such is the case with O’Brien’s marvelous Much Ado About Nothing, a Shakespeare in the Park production.
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‘Evita’ at the Academy of Music
Eva Perón upstaged
Evita concerns a struggle for power. This time around, the balance in that struggle is skewed against the leading lady.
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Akhtar’s ‘The Who and the What’ in New York
Where angels fear to tread
Ayad Akhtar has already distinguished himself as a dramatist with the courage to tackle Islamic assimilation in Western society. In The Who and the What, he breaks new controversial ground, focusing on the intimate issues of Islamic women in contemporary America.
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