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Walnut Street Theatre presents Ken Ludwig’s ‘A Comedy of Tenors’
Comedy for comedy’s sake
With all the big ideas and Very Important Art flying around out there, sometimes we need to just take a seat and laugh — and the Walnut’s ‘Comedy of Tenors’ is waiting. Jill Ivey reviews.
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Act II Playhouse presents Mark St. Germain’s ‘Becoming Dr. Ruth’
Meet America’s favorite sex therapist
Act II Playhouse’s ‘Becoming Dr. Ruth,’ featuring the indomitable Drucie McDaniel as America’s favorite sex therapist, proves it’s possible to tell the whole story with a one-woman show. Jill Ivey reviews.
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Quintessence Theatre Group presents Clifford Odets’s ‘Awake and Sing!’
American myths
‘Awake and Sing!’ is too often written off as a Depression-era period piece, but here it becomes a poignant and timely experience in the American winter of 2019. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.
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The Resident Ensemble Players present Michael Gotch’s ‘Minor Fantastical Kingdoms’
Tiny house, big ideas
Into the 21st-century woods we go with the Resident Ensemble Players' premiere of ‘Minor Fantastical Kingdoms’ at the University of Delaware. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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The Eagle Theatre presents ‘Ragtime’
The music of today
Timeless and timely, ‘Ragtime’ reinforces its status as a great American musical in Eagle Theatre’s fine production. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Bristol Riverside Theatre presents Ernest Thompson’s ‘On Golden Pond’
A summer twilight
Like its octogenarian protagonist, ‘On Golden Pond,’ now onstage at Bristol Riverside Theatre, shows its age. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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The Arden Theatre presents Kash Goins’s ‘74 Seconds…to Judgment’
A jury of us
‘74 Seconds… to Judgment,’ at the Arden Theatre Company, joins the pantheon of political plays that ask tough questions and reject easy answers. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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People’s Light presents Lynn Nottage’s ‘Sweat’
Small-town truths
Longstanding multicultural friendships at a steel mill in Reading, Pennsylvania, are put to the test when the forces of deindustrialization pit one worker against another in Lynn Nottage’s ‘Sweat.’ Hugh Hunter reviews.
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Walnut Street Theatre presents David Mamet’s ‘Oleanna’
Trenchant tenure
With strong performances and creative staging, the Walnut Street Theatre’s production of Oleanna is — sadly — as relevant in 2019 as the play’s original production was in 1992. Jill Ivey reviews.
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The Wilma Theater presents Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’
I defy you, script
With its new adaptation of ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ the Wilma Theater promises to reimagine Shakespeare as something leaner, hipper, and more modern than ever before. Alaina Johns reviews.
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