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Shapiro on Theater

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Reviews: “The Misanthrope” and “Othello” — thoroughly modern, thoroughly not

Who says you have to be old-fashioned to be classic? Heck, who says you need to be classic to be … classic? Moliere wrote ...

10 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘North of the Boulevard’ yet south of something real

“North of the Boulevard,” the new drama by prolific Philadelphia-based playwright Bruce Graham, is gritty – but is it true ...

10 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
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Review: ‘It’s My Party,’ women, and the deeper meaning of laughter

The new and innovative play “It’s My Party: The Women and Comedy Project” reaches into three different theatrical world ...

10 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

A Critic’s Notebook: Philly’s slice in Broadway’s big pie

Every year for the past few years, Philadelphia has made at least one major appearance on Broadway. This season, it’s in a compelli ...

10 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: In Broadway’s ‘Orphans,’ brothers and the City of Brotherly Love

“Orphans,” a gripping play that opened Thursday night on Broadway, is about brothers — and it’s full of the City ...

10 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
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Review: ‘A Raisin in the Sun,’ and still fresh

If mama ain’t happy in Walter Dallas’ tight, convincing production of “A Raisin in the Sun,” then nobody is. ...

10 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Reviews: Keeping time with PIFA

Time is the theme of this year’s Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts. The festival, with more than 50 shows and events ...

10 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
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Review: ‘Timon of Athens’ has his rare day

If you’re looking for a play about a man of high standing who falls from grace and spends his latter days crazed and in the forest, ...

10 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
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Review: Lantern Theater’s ‘Henry V’

William Shakespeare is his own best apologist. His “Henry V,” essentially a battle play with time off for knaves and love, ca ...

10 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Betting on the evolution of Bristol’s ‘Pirates of Penzance’

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that over the last nights, Bristol Riverside Theatre’s large-scale production (two doze ...

11 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: One ‘Seminar’ you’ll remember

“Seminar” is a bulls-eye comedy about the power of words and the fragility of the writers who use them — and as an adde ...

11 years ago

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Review: ‘Good People’ trapped in their enclave

The Boston neighborhood called Southie is a hardscrabble part of town, and it merits a play with the same sensibility — the smart, funn ...

11 years ago

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Review: A heartfelt ‘Trip to Bountiful’

I would tell you that the best reason to go see the late Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful” is the extraordinary pe ...

11 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Under the Whaleback’ — Steering a wobbly script

Is life really a journey and not a destination? “Under the Whaleback” — a caustic play being given a terrific production by ...

11 years ago

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