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Review: Smothering ‘The Pillowman’

The great triumph of Martin McDonagh’s “The Pillowman” is that it is convincing, moving, often funny and unrelentingly ...

9 years ago

 Former Eagles quarterback Mike Boryla in his one-man
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Review: A rush from ‘The Disappearing Quarterback’

When Mike Boryla talks about football, anything to do with the game, you’re compelled to listen. Boryla was an Eagles quarterback f ...

9 years ago

 Johnnie Hobbs Jr. and Wendy Scharfman in
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Review: The fun-ride part of ‘Driving Miss Daisy’

The lighter-hearted “Driving Miss Daisy” that opened Thursday night in Walnut Street Theatre’s third-floor Independence ...

9 years ago

 From left, Alex Keiper, Taysha Canales and Steve Pacek in 'Sideways Stories from Wayside School' at Arden Theatre Company. (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
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Review: ‘Sideways Stories’ and the next generation of theater-goers

Sometimes the coolest things happen when you’re not looking. At 10 a.m., for instance, in the theater, when most stages are dark an ...

9 years ago

 In Quintessence Theatre Group's
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Review: A breezy ‘Wind in the Willows’

Quintessence Theatre Group, dedicated to the classics, stages most of its work in a bare-bones setting. Whenever I see the repertory trou ...

9 years ago

 Dave Jadico (left) and Scott Greer in a sketch in which sound effects are the only dialogue, in 1812 Productions' 'The Big Time: New Vaudeville for the Holidays.' (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
Shapiro on Theater
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Review: ‘The Big Time’ shticks to you

Those oldies but goodies remind me of … vaudeville. Hokey, corny, well-worn – you can throw all these names at it, and I wouldn ...

9 years ago

 In the national tour of
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Review: The effervescent ‘Jersey Boys’

I sat mesmerized the other night by the seamless affirmation of the American dream called “Jersey Boys” – and this was my t ...

9 years ago

 Maggie Lakis in 'The Twelve Dates of Christmas' at Act II Playhouse in Ambler. (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
Shapiro on Theater
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Review: Finding true love in ‘The Twelve Dates of Christmas’

“The Twelve Days of Christmas” is a song about the gifts a true love gives. “The Twelve Dates of Christmas,” at A ...

9 years ago

 In Bucks County Playhouse's
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Review: The sounds (as in radio) of ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’

You could sit in the audience at Bucks County Playhouse’s “Meet Me in St. Louis” and never look up from the floor, and ...

9 years ago

 In Lantern Theater Company's
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Review: ‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales,’ the longest day

If Lantern Theater company’s rendition is any indication, “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” is the … slowest & ...

9 years ago

 Ben Dibble (left) and Rob McClure in
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Review: Rifts, cracks and all, ‘The Story of My Life’

Plenty of shows involve friends, but only a few focus on the idea of friendship, and that’s why I wish “The Story of My Life& ...

9 years ago

 Christine Mild in 'Sister Robert Anne's Cabaret Class' at Society Hill Playhouse. (Image courtesy of Society Hill Playhouse)
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Review: The all-too cheery ‘Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class’

“Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class” is the latest to arrive here in Dan Goggin’s series of shows in the “N ...

9 years ago

 James Sugg as the inebriated Sir Toby and some of the musicians, in Pig Iron Theatre Company's
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Review: A Pig Iron-styled ‘Twelfth Night’

Three Fringe Festivals back, Pig Iron Theatre Company — among the nation’s most cutting-edge — dipped into the classics ...

9 years ago

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 The ensemble of
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Review: ‘Nerds,’ the newly downloaded Nerds.2 version

The musical “Nerds” is like a new digital game that grabs your attention and won’t let go. Forget about everything else, it will wa ...

9 years ago

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 Kathy Halenda with pianist Jim Prosser in
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Review: ‘Sophie Tucker’ at the Walnut, after all these years

When Sophie Tucker was 25 and just becoming a star, she reportedly brought down the house during a show called ...

9 years ago

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