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The Lantern Theater’s Japanese-‘influenced’ staging of 'Julius Caesar'
At last, lend your ears to Charles McMahon
The Philadelphia theater community has been abuzz with reactions to the Lantern Theater's recent production of Julius Caesar, which is set in feudal Japan but features no Japanese actors. Director Charles McMahon has remained silent — until now.
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New City Stage's 'Hinckley'
The mind of a would-be assassin
A theatrical tour-de-force, Hinckley is a classic example of how much can be done with nothing more than actors on a stage.
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Azuka’s ‘Skin and Bone’
Four characters in search of a story
Azuka Theatre ventures outside the box with the world premiere of Jacqueline Goldfinger’s Skin and Bone, but the premiere might have been premature.
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3 minute read
Caryl Churchill’s ‘Love and Information’ in NY
A case of emotional hit-and-run
Are Caryl Churchill and her inventive artistic team messing with our minds? You bet.
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5 minute read
'Circle Mirror Transformation' at Theatre Horizon (2nd review)
The power of self-expression
What’s going on in the acting class on stage is the highest form of acting — naturalistic, believable, and true.
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3 minute read
EgoPo does Ibsen’s ‘Lady From the Sea’
A woman in need of assertiveness training
In the rarely performed Lady From the Sea, the heroine is more poetic but also more perplexing than most of Ibsen’s women.
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3 minute read
‘Pride and Prejudice’ at People’s Light
The delicate dance of courtship
Dance plays a large part in the dramatization of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice currently playing at People’s Light & Theatre Company.
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2 minute read
'Circle Mirror Transformation' at Theatre Horizon
Getting to know you
Circle Mirror Transformation is an unusual play that demands close attention, as an instructor in a community-center adult acting class leads her students in intricate theater games.
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2 minute read
Further thoughts on immersive theater
Audience participation? Let’s call it something else.
Carol Rocamora might have come across as a curmudgeon who rejects all immersive theater. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
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4 minute read
'Beautiful Boy' at the Walnut
A male Alice in a Catholic Wonderland
Under the skillful direction of David Stradley, Eric Conger’s riveting tragicomedy about a young man’s search for his birth mother becomes a memorable experience.
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