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SoLow Fest 2018: Steve Lippe's 'Texas Wiener!'
An American healthcare nightmare
Steve Lippe's medical odyssey comes to life in his entertaining SoLow Festival monologue 'Texas Weiner!' Mark Cofta reviews.
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Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents 'Ragtime'
New music, familiar stories
‘Ragtime,’ based on E.L. Doctorow's novel, remains strikingly relevant at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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SoLow Fest 2018: Automatic Arts' 'People Are Strange and Other Revelations'
Quirky quartet
Automatic Arts' SoLow Festival entry collects a fascinating foursome with familiar feelings. Mark Cofta reviews.
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PAC presents 'Maria Marten, or, The Murder in the Red Barn' (second review)
Putting the drama in melodrama
Philadelphia Artists' Collective brings serious acting to a very silly play based on a 19th-century true-crime tale. Cara Blouin reviews.
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Broadway Philadelphia presents 'Aladdin'
Arabian blights
Disney’s ‘Aladdin,’ presented by the Kimmel Center's Broadway Philadelphia, fails to cast a magic spell. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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reTHEATER presents John Cameron Mitchell's 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch'
Kind of a drag
Braden Chapman (a.k.a. Mimi Imfurst) of 'RuPaul's Drag Race: All-Stars' heads reTHEATER's 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch,' but critic Cara Blouin had a hard time enjoying the show. CW: this essay describes sexual acts that were assumed to be non-consensual.
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Simpatico Theatre presents Caridad Svich's 'Red Bike'
A wild ride
Simpatico Theatre's production of Caridad Svich's 'Red Bike' serves the playwright better than its script does. Cara Blouin reviews.
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Philadelphia Artists' Collective presents 'Maria Marten, or, The Murder in the Red Barn'
Murder, Foul and Funny
Philadelphia Artists’ Collective resurrects the melodrama with ‘Maria Marten, or, The Murder in the Red Barn.’ Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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PIFA 2018: Taylor Mac's 'A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, Part II, 1896 to Present'
A queer 'Gesamtkunstwerk'
Taylor Mac’s 'A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, Part II' approaches perfect unity of music, text, and performance. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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PIFA 2018: Bassem Youssef's 'The Joke Is Mightier Than the Sword'
An unfortunate welcome
Bassem Youssef had to leave Egypt when his government decided they'd had enough of his political satire; PIFA offered him a stage — and little else. Alaina Mabaso reviews.
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