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Old People And Theater
I began to attend Philadelphia theater in earnest about a decade ago, in my early mid-twenties. Consistently, my companion and I would be the youngest people in an audience made up mostly of gray-haired, well-dressed white couples. Now in my … Continue reading
Angry Ed Miller Dishes On His Fringe Show Wired & Being A Theatre Artist In Philly (he’s not really angry, it’s just “Angry Ed Miller” has a nice ring to it)
Ed Miller has been acting in and creating theatre works in Philly since the 90s (the new 60s). Or at least, that’s when I first encountered him, sometime in the late 90s. He’s best known for his comedic roles, thanks … Continue reading
Posted in Philadelphia Performing Arts, Philadelphia Theater, Theater
Tagged 2011 Philly Fringe, Ed Miller, Secret Room Theatre, Wired
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“I always hated the 70s when I was a kid because I was dumb,” and other words of wisdom from John Rosenberg, writer-director of Queen Of All Weapons
California born and bred, now entrenched in Philadelphia, the playwright-director John Rosenberg debuts his latest work Queen Of All Weapons this Saturday at 2pm at the Papermill Theater (2528 Ormes Street) in Kensington. I first met John about a year … Continue reading
Posted in Performing Arts, Philadelphia Performing Arts, Philadelphia Theater, Theater
Tagged Anna Watson, Hella Fresh Theatre, James Tolbert, John Rosenberg, Papermill Theater, philadelphia performing arts, Philadelphia theatre, Queen of All Weapons, Sebastian Cummings, theater in Kengsington
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Bringing Women’s Voices To The Stage: an interview with Polly Rose Edelstein of Crack The Glass Theatre Company
It’s a common complaint: few good roles exist for female actors in Philadelphia. Indeed even your most ardent male feminist (self-proclaimed) tends to turn his theatre company into a boys’ club. It’s a ridiculous situation, honestly, the lack of female … Continue reading
Why’s everyone such a critic?
I’ve been a lover of the stage as long as I can remember. Mostly this love has been realized as a patron of local theaters. My father acted in community theater, and I had a scene onstage with him as … Continue reading
World War What? Did PIFA forget a little something in its celebration of Paris 1910-20?
We here at PPAA are all for the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA)–it’s great to have a major springtime performing arts festival in the city. But is it just a little strange in settling itself on a theme … Continue reading
Five Technical Things About Ancient Roman Comedic Stages You Were Dying To Know
We know about the plays, at least if we have read them. But how much do we know about ancient stages? We’ve asked PPAA classics expert Mara Miller for a quick primer on the stage architecture of Ancient Roman comedic … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient Roman Comedy, Ancient Roman Stage, Ancient Roman Theater, Mara Miller
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Lessons from Newt Gingrich: or how we in the theatre and dance communities can stop acting like losers and learn to make the nation love us
How often have you heard that performing arts are dying, that we’re a niche market, that you can never make a living off of it, that we’re a charity case? That dance and theatre will never be the way it … Continue reading
The New and Old of It: Interview with BCKSEET’s Gregory DeCandia
BCKSEET Productions has staged more than thirty plays in their eleven-year history, about half of those in Philadelphia, the city the company has called home since 2005. BCKSEET’s current production, Losing the Shore, is the company’s first commissioned work. The … Continue reading
