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ROMEO AND JULIET (OJ Productions): 2022 Fringe review
Kathryn Osenlund September 26, 2022 No Comments
It’s a tragedy that more audiences will not have a chance to enjoy the production.
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Remembering Mercutios and Tybalts
Kathryn Osenlund April 9, 2020 2 Comments
In recent days of home-captivity my mind has wandered to Romeo & Juliet performances, new and old. But I’m more interested in Mercutio and Tybalt than the star-crossed lovers.
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Bringing Shakespeare to Life: Interview with director Matt Pfeiffer about SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (People’s Light)
Henrik Eger March 10, 2020 No Comments
Matt Pfeiffer talks love of Shakespeare and SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
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ROMEO AND JULIET (Royal Ballet): Live ballet at the cinema
Eri Yoneda June 30, 2019 1 Comment
A live recording from Royal Opera House gives American audience a rare chance to see a classic ballet
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ROMEO AND JULIET (Wilma): Wherefore do Romeo and Juliet?
Christopher Munden January 22, 2019 1 Comment
What about Shakespeare do we want kids to like?
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A dilettante at large: LEONARD BERNSTEIN: THE POWER OF MUSIC (NMAJH)
Toby Zinman March 16, 2018 No Comments
If you’re a Leonard Bernstein fan, don’t miss the terrific new exhibit at the National Museum of American Jewish History.
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LEPER + CHIP (Inis Nua): More booze than the Bard
Christopher Munden February 19, 2017 No Comments
A fast-paced shaggy dog tale of love and revenge, told mostly in dueling monologs of Irish brogue
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Chuck Schultz February 5, 2017 No Comments
The lights show a bare stage; the set is two dilapidated buildings with scaffolding. The curtains intermittently change from day to night with a transient…
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Men At Some Time Are Masters of Their Fates: Interview with Maboud Ebrahimzadeh on THE INVISIBLE HAND
Henrik Eger June 4, 2016 No Comments
Theatre Exile’s production of THE INVISIBLE HAND features an all-star creative team. We interviewed them.
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The Mechanical Theater Discusses its New Site-Specific Take on ROMEO AND JULIET
Debra Miller May 23, 2016 1 Comment
The cast, director, and artistic director of Mechanical’s upcoming production of Shakespeare’s classic give a sneak peek at their original site-specific adaptation.
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ROMEO AND JULIET (Quintessence): What fray was here?
Christopher Munden October 7, 2015 No Comments
In the eyes of director Alexander Burns this doomed romance never stood a chance.
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A Theologian and the Nazis: Interview with Mary Ruth Clarke, playwright of BONHOEFFER’S COST (Beacon Theatre Productions)
Henrik Eger April 21, 2015 No Comments
We spoke to Mary Ruth Clarke her thought-provoking play based on an extraordinary German theologian who worked for the anti-Nazi resistance.
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Keep That Phone Out: LiveNote Nights with The Philadelphia Orchestra
Christopher Munden February 23, 2015 No Comments
You might have noticed: cell phones are an integral part of modern life. Yet every time you go to a performance art show you are instructed: Turn It Off!
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MAD BLOOD AND OTHER BEAUTIES (A Plague On Both Your Houses): Fringe Review 44
JB Farley September 13, 2014 No Comments
This is no mere retelling of Romeo and Juliet. What we get is a conjuring, a blood-letting, a full-throated cry of rage.
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ROMEO AND JULIET (Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre): A Love to Die for
Kathryn Osenlund April 14, 2014 No Comments
They’ve known each other for what—a couple of hours? Already they’re crazy in love, and they’ll steadfastly love each other against all odds. A love to die for. One of the world’s most celebrated and enduring love stories, ROMEO AND JULIET, is currently on stage at The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre.
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Celebrating Shakespeare at 450: An Interview with The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre’s Carmen Khan
Debra Miller January 19, 2014 1 Comment
Carmen Khan has devoted much of her life and professional career to Shakespeare. She is well known to the Philadelphia theater community as the founding…
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ROMEO AND JULIET (Curio): A same-sex take on Shakespeare’s classic
Debra Miller October 14, 2013 No Comments
The world’s most famous love story is given a new twist. The familiar characters are now the teenaged daughters of the feuding Montague and Capulet families, whose tragic romance is used to explore the true universality of Shakespeare’s themes.
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How universal is Romeo and Juliet? Challenging hetronormative assumptions.
Rebecca Gluck October 11, 2013 1 Comment
Shakespeare is timeless. Romeo and Juliet is a universal love story. You have probably heard those sentiments expressed before, but are they true? Well, it’s…
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Kathryn Osenlund March 16, 2012 No Comments
You may ask, “Do we need yet another production ofRomeo and Juliet?” The answer is yes we do. This is the Lantern. Next question? The…
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Theater Picks for the 2010 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe
Christopher Munden September 2, 2010 No Comments
TheLive Arts and Philly Fringehas grown and moved mostly North and West from its Old City nexus, prices have gone up, and the roster of…
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