Shapiro on Theater
‘Wrestling Jerusalem’ (Philadelphia Theatre Company)
In a one-man show filled with ideas, Aaron Davidman takes on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians and examines as many sides as he can find.
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‘Ideation’ and the dark places it might lead (Theatre Exile)
Management consultants try to devise a process for their product by plowing through any business model they can conjure. In this case, the product is death.
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‘Buyer & Cellar’ and the price of great fame (1812 Productions)
Dito van Reigersberg plays everyone, including Barbra Streisand, in a comedy set at the underground private mall she built to house her collections at her Malibu complex.
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Listen 0:00A stirring ‘2.5 Minute Ride’ (Theatre Horizon)
A one-woman play focuses on two very different family trips to explore her relationship with her father, his past and her present.
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Review: A ‘Cabaret’ for this moment (Arden Theatre Company)
I'm swept away by Arden Theatre Company's new production of "Cabaret."
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Listen 0:00Philly Fringe review: ‘A Period of Animate Existence’
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Review: A laff-a-minute ‘Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ (Walnut Street Theatre)
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ListenPhilly Fringe review: Opera Philadelphia’s ‘We Shall Not Be Moved’
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Philly Fringe reviews: ‘A Billion Nights on Earth’ and ‘These Terrible Things’
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Philly Fringe reviews: ‘Home,’ ‘Iphigenia at Aulis,’ and ‘Alchemist’
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Philly Fringe reviews: ‘Strange Tenants,’ ‘The Hand Job’ and ‘Gatz’
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Philly Fringe reviews: ‘Fishtown’ and ‘Hello Blackout!’
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The Philly Fringe’s fringiest — or so it seems
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The Philly Fringe Festival unfolds, at age 21
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