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Shapiro on Theater

Anthony Marsala and Colleen Corcoran as husband and wife in Underbite Theatre Company's
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The doll and the denial: ‘All the Dead Biddles’ (Underbite Theatre Co. and Plays & Players)

A mother has a most unusual way of grieving for her dead son.

4 years ago

Phoenix Best plays Eponine in the national Broadway tour of
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Phoenix Best, straight to Broadway and now playing her home town

The actress, from Philadelphia's Mt. Airy, graduated from DeSales University and became a Broadway understudy only a month after arriving in New York.

4 years ago

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In the Orbiter 3 production of
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At home, strangely, with ‘The Brownings’ (Orbiter 3 stage company)

Competition, love, and the bizarre back-and-forth between Elizabeth Barrett Browning and husband Robert. How does she love him? Don't even think about counting the ways.

5 years ago

Leigha Kato as Eliza Doolittle and Gregory Isaac as Henry Higgins in Quintessence Theatre Group's production of
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‘My Fair Lady’ dancing down the runway

Backed by two pianos, Quintessence Theatre Group produces an enchanting musical whose roots stretch back to ancient Greece and Rome.

5 years ago

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Playing the three sisters in Curio Theatre Company's production of
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‘Crimes of the Heart,’ and maybe the play (Curio Theatre Company)

Three sisters have a very bad day, especially in this telling.

5 years ago

Anthony Lawton and Mary Lee Bednarek in Lantern Theater Company's production of
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‘The Craftsman’ and another craftsman’s new play (Lantern Theater Company)

Bruce Graham's play, in its world premiere, is a riveting piece about an art dealer charged with treason.

5 years ago

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Scott Greer in Arden Theatre Company's production of
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Skillfully capturing the essence of ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ (Arden Theatre Company)

The audience helps actor Scott Greer deliver this tale of a man with a mom who attempts suicide and his list that supplies reasons for living.

5 years ago

Justin Guarini and Jillian Gottlieb get to know each other in
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Was ‘The New World’ ever this flashy? (Bucks County Playhouse)

A world premiere musical offers the fun side of Pilgrims and Native Americans that we never saw. (Neither did they!)

5 years ago

Rand Guerrero and Charlotte Northeast in InterAct Theatre Company's production of
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Expanding the truth in ‘Broken Stones’ (InterAct Theatre Company)

A Marine sets out on a mission to recover antiquities in Iraq. A ghostwriter has her own ideas about the details.

5 years ago

Maggie Johnson (left) and Alice Yorke in Azuka Theatre’s production of
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Headlong into ‘The Gap’ (Azuka Theatre)

Aliens have invaded her, one sister tells another in a beguiling world-premiere play.

5 years ago

Actor, director and playwright Colman Domingo. (Kyrie Greenberg/WHYY)
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‘Lights Out’ turns the spotlight on the legacy of entertainer Nat King Cole

A new musical by Philadelphia native Colman Domingo is set in the ‘50s and examines issues of race through the iconic character of Nat King Cole.

5 years ago

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Arlen Hancock and Kirsten Quinn in Irish Heritage Theatre's production of
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Living ‘By the Bog of Cats’ (Irish Heritage Theatre)

Family history repeats itself in a play by one of Ireland's current leading playwrights.

5 years ago

The company of Wilma Theater's production of
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A different sort of bloodstream for ‘Blood Wedding’ (Wilma Theater)

An old play becomes an altogether new experience in this adaptation of Federico García Lorca's classic.

5 years ago

The 11th Hour Theatre Company production of the musical
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Philadelphia’s Barrymore Award winners — trophies, $87,500, and a celebration

The Barrymore Award ceremony, Monday night at the Merriam Theater, is the way metropolitan Philadelphia’s professional theater community celebrates its accomplishments.

5 years ago

Two people embrace, kneeling, facing towards each other on a couch; scene from a play, likely in song
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'TouchTones' pushes buttons but leaves the audience on hold (Arden Theatre Company)

A new musical comedy about an engaged young couple — torn by a commitment to no premarital sex and an attraction to phone fantasy — turns away from issues it addresses.

5 years ago

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