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Performing Arts

Matteo Scammell as Romeo and Taysha Marie Canales as Juliet in
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Arts & Entertainment

Shaking it up with ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (Wilma Theater)

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

7 years ago

Jessica Johnson and Johnnie Hobbs Jr. in
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘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?

7 years ago

Geneviève Perrier as the wife of Gregory Isaac (middle) and Jered McLenigan as her lover in Lantern Theater Company's production of
Shapiro on Theater
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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.

7 years ago

American actress and singer Carol Channing starred in the musical
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Bidding farewell to ‘Hello, Dolly!’: Actress Carol Channing dies at 97

Channing's trademark platinum blond hair framed a face that always seemed to be smiling, her wide-eyed innocent style belied a very savvy mind, and her voice was unmistakable.

7 years ago

Arden Theatre's cast of
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Enduring lessons from Arden’s ‘Charlotte’s Web’

After I read E. B. White’s children’s classic Charlotte’s Web when I was in third grade, I adamantly decided that I would be a vegetarian.

7 years ago

Amanda Kiesel sews Velcro onto sequined suspenders at the Avalon String Band club house in South Philadelphia while costume coordinator Jimmy Tatar uses a glue gun to add feathers to a hat.
Arts & Entertainment

Sewing for strutting: Next generation helps Mummers step up their costume game

The Avalon String Band — a Mummers club on Two Street — recruited a design graduate to upgrade their costumes and save them money.

7 years ago

Wallace Acton as Fagin in Quintessence Theatre Group's production of the musical
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

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.

7 years ago

Anthony Lawton as the storyteller in Lantern Theater Company's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

A fresh, new look at ‘A Christmas Carol’ (Lantern Theater Co.)

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

8 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
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

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.

8 years ago

Drew Seeley and Chilina Kennedy star in Delaware Theatre Company's 2018 production of A Sign of The Times. (Matt Urban)
Arts & Entertainment

Delaware Theatre’s ‘A Sign of the Times’ is nostalgic, but timely

“A Sign of the Times” offers a perfect break from the holiday rush: thoughtful but not overly so, nostalgic but timely … and just plain fun.

8 years ago

Mary Tuomanen and James Ijames in Theatre Exile's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘Completeness’ or not

Two graduate students, into their work but aloof from themselves

8 years ago

Jessica Lang Dance performs
Arts & Entertainment

Final call for Jessica Lang dance company

Jessica Lang Dance, a New York City company that has won the highest dance accolades, will fold in April.

8 years ago

Ebony Pullum as Shug Avery and Jessica M. Johnson as Celie in Theatre Horizon's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘The Color Purple,’ going straight for your heart at Theatre Horizon

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

8 years ago

Tom Hewitt and  Elizabeth Ashley in the Bucks County Playhouse production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘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.

8 years ago

Steven Rishard as Torval and Grace Gonglewski as Nora in Arden Theatre Company's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

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.

8 years ago

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