Articles Posted in the Reviews Category
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CINDERELLA! CINDERELLA! Brings Life Lessons and Laughs to a Classic Fairy Tale
Written by the Brothers Grimm, Cinderella has been adapted into many books, plays, and movies, perhaps the most well known adaptation being Disney’s famous cartoon. Today, Cinderella is a popular choice for Children’s Theatre. The…
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Inis Nua’s Philadelphia Premiere of THE WALWORTH FARCE
Irish theater can too often leave the audience wondering if there isn’t a single person in Ireland who is sober, sane, and successful. THE WALWORTH FARCE, by celebrated Irish playwright Enda Walsh, does nothing to…
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Stellar MAN AND SUPERMAN at Irish Rep
For all of his sardonic wit and socialist ideals, George Bernard Shaw remained ever amused at the vain triviality of humans. Behind that imposing beard and penetrating gaze must have lurked an at least semi-permanent…
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Put On a Happy Face For A Terrific BIRDIE at Bridge Players
The musical, BYE, BYE BIRDIE, performed by the Bridge Players Theatre Company, opened on May 4 and is playing for one more week end through May 20, concluding the group’s typical four-show season of performances…
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Civic Salutes Mothers and Mother Figures with a World Premiere Drama THE MOMMALOGUES
Allentown, PA – Civic Theatre of Allentown will present a world-premiere play, THE MOMMALOGUES, that salutes mothers and the mother figures in our lives with three benefit performances, May 11-13, 2012 at Civic’s Theatre514. Written…
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Hey Popcorn! Hey Peanuts! Hey BLEACHER BUMS at Playmasters!
The green field, the smells, the sounds, the warm sun overhead, it’s all part of BLEACHER BUMS, now onstage at The Playmasters in Bensalem. Hey Popcorn…. Hey Peanuts….. Hot Dogs Here… Get Your Cold Beer!!…
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SFYCT Takes On Difficult Story: THE LARAMIE PROJECT
The Spring-Ford Youth Community Theater opened THE LARAMIE PROJECT on May 3, a compilation of interviews by the Tectonic Theater Project and Moises Kaufman. THE LARAMIE PROJECT is the result of interviewing hundreds of people…
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MOON OVER BUFFALO Shines at Narberth Community Theatre
Ken Ludwig combines Cyrano de Bergerac, Private Lives and the backstage dramatic antics of two aging hams, and company to create MOON OVER BUFFALO, the farcical play which brought Carol Burnett back to Broadway after…
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A Return to OUR TOWN at STAGES at CCC
It has been said that Thornton Wilder’s OUR TOWN is performed at least once a day in this country or abroad. Yet we constantly need to be reminded of its message: life is for living.…
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Plenty Of Laughs in WONDER OF THE WORLD at Allens Lane Theater
The laughter begins almost immediately in WONDER OF THE WORLD. Cass Harris is leaving her husband of seven years, Kip, because she has found out his guilty secret. I won’t reveal the secret (no spoilers…
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