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Shapiro on Theater

Brittany Holdahl in Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium's production of
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A ‘Dream Girl,’ overwhelmed by her space with Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium

Her mind takes off into daydreams, but the play is earth-bound by echoing sound where it's performed.

3 years ago

Carlo Campbell (left) and Kyle Glenn in InterAct Theatre Company's production of
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‘Hype Man’ and the kitchen sink at InterAct Theatre Company

Hip-hop performers argue over the purpose of a public forum.

3 years ago

In Walnut Street Theatre's production of
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High-pitched fun: ‘A Comedy of Tenors’ at Walnut Street Theatre

At a huge event with four tenors at a stadium in Paris, what could go wrong? Everything.

3 years ago

The ensemble in '74 Seconds ... to Judgment' at Arden Theatre Company. (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
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All it takes is ’74 Seconds … to Judgment’ at Arden Theatre Company

A homicide case, dissected in a jury deliberation room.

3 years ago

Matteo Scammell as Romeo and Taysha Marie Canales as Juliet in
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Shaking it up with ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (Wilma Theater)

It's not your high-school teacher's Shakespeare.

3 years ago

Jessica Johnson and Johnnie Hobbs Jr. in
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‘Oleanna,’ overtaken by real life (Walnut Street Theatre)

A student confronts her prof with allegations of sexual abuse. Was he simply patronizing, or was he pushing limits?

3 years ago

Geneviève Perrier as the wife of Gregory Isaac (middle) and Jered McLenigan as her lover in Lantern Theater Company's production of
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Lantern Theater Company’s ‘Betrayal,’ carefully looking back

Harold Pinter's quiet depiction of a love triangle, in a production that highlights its strength.

3 years ago

Wallace Acton as Fagin in Quintessence Theatre Group's production of the musical
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Dark and dreary? Light and peppy? ‘Oliver!’ at Quintessence Theatre Group

The script to the musical isn't so sterling, and the production tries to make it something it's not. So come for the show's well-written music.

3 years ago

Anthony Lawton as the storyteller in Lantern Theater Company's production of
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A fresh, new look at ‘A Christmas Carol’ (Lantern Theater Co.)

Anthony Lawton is the storyteller in this recreation of the tale of transformation.

3 years ago

Laura Giknis as a first-grade teacher, Ian Merrill Peakes as Miss Trunchbull, and Jemma Bleu Greenbaum (far right), one of two actresses who play Matilda on different nights in the Walnut Street Theatre production of the musical
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In Walnut Street Theatre’s ‘Matilda,’ being smart is not enough

The musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's fantasy brings the book's cartoonish — and nasty — characters alive.

3 years ago

Mary Tuomanen and James Ijames in Theatre Exile's production of
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‘Completeness’ or not

Two graduate students, into their work but aloof from themselves

3 years ago

Ebony Pullum as Shug Avery and Jessica M. Johnson as Celie in Theatre Horizon's production of
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‘The Color Purple,’ going straight for your heart at Theatre Horizon

The musical, in a sterling production, does justice to Alice Walker's book.

4 years ago

Tom Hewitt and  Elizabeth Ashley in the Bucks County Playhouse production of
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‘I Hate Hamlet’ in a not-so-funny way at Bucks County Playhouse

The ghost of John Barrymore is the liveliest part of the play, and surely of this production.

4 years ago

Steven Rishard as Torval and Grace Gonglewski as Nora in Arden Theatre Company's production of
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An icon returns in ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ at Arden Theatre

Nora, who walks out the door at the end of Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece, is back.

4 years ago

James  Kern  (left) and  Jeff  Gorcyca  in  Azuka  Theatre’s  production  of  warplay. (Johanna Austin/austinart.org )
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Two ancients explore the nature of their love in ‘Warplay’ from Azuka Theatre

The war hero Achilles and his friend, Petroclus, consider their love and interdependence.

4 years ago

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