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  • Court van Rooten and Zachary Heller in a scene from AWAKE AND SING at Playcrafters of Skippack.

    Classic AWAKE AND SING at Playcrafters

    Often considered American playwright Clifford Odets’s masterpiece, AWAKE AND SING shows us a few years in the lives of the Bergers, a Jewish family living in the Bronx and fighting for survival during the Great Depression. Guided by director Arnie Finkel, the Playcrafters’ cast effectively compares the sinking feelings of [...]

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  • Alyesha Wise in A DENZEL THEORY (Photo credit: SP Photography)

    New Talent On Display at FringeArts JUMPSTART

    For anyone who may have been concerned, the state of theatre in Philadelphia is in good hands… FringeArts (the much less bulky name for what was once the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe) provided a bit of a sneak-preview of this year’s festival with the second annual JUMPSTART. [...]

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  • Millie Hiibel (Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist)

    Catching Up with Costume Designer Millie Hiibel

    At the Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre in 2007, costume designer Millie Hiibel was recognized for her outstanding work as a finalist for the F. Otto Haas Award for Emerging Theater Artist. This followed her 2004 Barrymore nomination for Outstanding Costume Design for Lantern Theater Company’s production of Shakespeare’s [...]

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  • Mal Whyte’s Philippe is carried by Dan Kern’s Gustave as Peter DeLaurier’s Henri looks on from behind in the Lantern’s HEROES (Photo credit: Mark Garvin)

    The Lantern Scores a Huge Victory with HEROES

    Lantern Theater Company’s Philadelphia premiere of Tom Stoppard’s HEROES, adapted and translated from Gérald Sibleyras’ Le Vent des Peupliers (“The Wind in the Poplars”), is funny and profound and fully relatable; it’s beautifully staged and brilliantly acted. A production like this reminds audiences and critics alike of why they love [...]

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  • The archetypal Greek goddesses are portrayed, from left to right, by Colleen Corcoran, Taysha Canales, Miriam White, and Kristen Norine in Simpatico’s THE LYSISTRATA PROJECT (Photo credit: Andrew J. Cowles)

    The Battle of the Sexes Rages in Simpatico’s THE LYSISTRATA PROJECT

    In Aristophanes’ ancient Greek comedy LYSISTRATA, first performed in Athens in 411 BC, the men are at war and the women want peace. But the women have no rights in their male-dominated society, so as a negotiating tactic, they block access to the war funds in the state treasury with [...]

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  • Dylan Delaney stars in the role of Footlighters Theater's production of OLIVER!

    Beloved British Musical at Footlighters: OLIVER!

    Originally based on Charles Dicken’s classic Oliver Twist, British musical OLIVER! opened at Footlighters Theater this weekend. With a robust cast of over 50, the audience’s enthusiasm for the mostly youngster production did not go unnoticed.  Lionel Bart’s Tony Award winning musical first premiered in London’s West End in 1960, [...]

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  • Gina Martino as Clurb, and Michelle Pauls as Countess Paulina in BLOOD KEGGER at Walking Fish Theatre. (Photo credit: Phila City Paper)

    Lots of Silly Excitement at the BLOOD KEGGER ON MONSTER PARTY ISLAND

    As soon as I saw the title of this show, I had to go see it… Walking Fish Burlesque has unfurled its latest entry into the world…be afraid, be very afraid. BLOOD KEGGER ON MONSTER PARTY ISLAND brings back the “scary” duo of Dr. (formerly Countess) Paulina and her faithful [...]

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  • Members of the cast of Barnstormers Theater's SPELLING BEE: (Front) Dawn Sheppard (Marcy), (Back l. to r.) Emily Ann Murphy (Schwarzy); Lauren Cooper (Olive); Ashley O’Connor (Rona) Steve Toth (Barfee).

    Familiar and Amusing SPELLING BEE at Barnstormers

    Adults playing children.  Adults playing children playing adults.  Audience members playing actors.  Even Jesus Christ makes an appearance.  In THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, six precocious elementary school academics, each with his or her own quirk, duke it out in an scholastic cage match of sorts, where only [...]

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  • Liz McCallum, Emily Selverian, and Cathy Gibbons Mostek try to "live, love, laugh, and be happy," as HOLLYWOOD ARMS, written by Carrie Hamilton and Carol Burnett, continues at Spotlight Theatre through May 18.

    Carol Burnett’s HOLLYWOOD ARMS Boasts Talented Cast at MN Players/Spotlight Theatre

    Comedy often stems from tragedy.  Certainly, many who work in the world of comedy relate stories of their own tragic backgrounds. Carol Burnett is among those ranks, with a tragic childhood and adolescence followed by a life of filling the lives and living rooms of multitudes with laughter. HOLLYWOOD ARMS [...]

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  • The highlight performance of the show was Amanda Fredericks’ portrayal of beautician and friend, Paulette. Fredericks was vocally outstanding, hilarious and stole the scene every time she was onstage.

    The Verdict is In: LEGALLY BLONDE is a Hit!

    LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL is a perky musical comedy based on the hit movie of the same name. The story follows sorority girl Elle Woods on her journey to Harvard Law School after she is dumped by her long time boyfriend for not being serious on the night she expected [...]

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