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Hollinger’s “Ghost-Writer” at the Arden (2nd review)
Three mysteries in one
Ghost-Writer concerns the mysterious process of literary creation. That's quite a monumental task, but Michael Hollinger handles it so well that the drama flows with energy and wit.
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Collective's "The Duchess of Malfi'
A distant mirror
Four centuries after the English overthrew their absolute monarchy, this gripping portrayal of amorality and deceit among the governing classes begs the question of what we've gained by waiting our turn at the ballot box.
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EgoPo's "Marat/ Sade' (4th review)
Crumbling walls, crumbling authority
Contrary to what you may have read elsewhere, the merits of using the Rotunda Sanctuary for Marat/ Sade outweighed its auditory problems: This decaying building proved marvelously effective as an incarnation of a 17th-Century institution and as metaphor for crumbling authority.
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"Madwoman of Chaillot' (2nd review)
The wrong box for Giraudoux
Was The Madwoman of Chaillot a swipe at France's Nazi occupiers? Only in retrospect. Let's lay this myth to rest and consider the play's other virtues.
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"Curtains' at the Walnut
Overlooked, and rightly so
Eschewing the sure-fire opportunities of Broadway hits classics is a brave and welcome change of pace by the Walnut. Unfortunately, Curtains is contrived and uninvolving— a weak example of its creators' talents.
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"Cuckoo's Nest' at People's Light
Chief Bromden, front and center again
William Zielinski and Marcia Saunders make fine sparring partners as McMurphy and Nurse Ratched in the stage adaptation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the season opener at People's Light.
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Thaddeus Phillips's "¡El Conquistador!' at the Fringe (2nd review)
How do you say klutz in Spansh?
¡El Conquistador! was a triumphant comic thriller, the most effective work yet from Thaddeus Phillips and his creative company.
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"Putnam County Spelling Bee' in Norristown
The insecurity Olympics
This engaging musical comedy explores childhood and adolescence through the sweet and funny prism of school spelling competitions. In some respects the new Theatre Horizon production is the best version yet.
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Tribe of Fools' "Dracula' at the Fringe
I alone (and everyone else) survived: The true terror of the Fringe Festival
For all their bragging about bringing the ultimate scare-fest to the stage, Tribe of Fools' Dracula was mostly a marketing gimmick. It did, however, force me to think about the times in my life when I've been truly terrified in a theater— like finding myself empathizing with a pedophile, or being urged to go onstage.
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Thaddeus Phillips's "¡El Conquistador!' at the Fringe (1st review)
Charlie Chaplin reinvented
The wildly crafty Thaddeus Philips continues his quest to mine the eccentricities of international culture, this time as a Bogota doorman fantasizing a career as a telenovela star. Rarely has political humor been hitched to theatrical imagination so effectively.
¡El Conquistador! By Tatiana Mallarino and Thaddeus Phillips in collaboration with Victor Mallarino; Phillips directed. Lucidity Suitcase production for Fringe Festival, September 8-11, 2010 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St. (at Lombard). www.livearts-fringe.org/details.cfm?id=12723.
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