525 stories by "Toby Zinman"
This is a show"not a play, not musical theater"about bodies and the astonishing things this company of 23 dancers can do
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Now this is what a collective can do: a huge cast all so attuned to each others' idiosyncrasies that they might as well be the household they are portraying.
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South Camden Theatre Company's latest production of James Ijames's wildly moving play, Kill Move Paradise, is terrific
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Although the defense of gay life and the LGBTQ+ community is in a different place now, I imagine for many in the audience, Torch Song still sings.
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with so many opportunities to put a political foot wrong, MADAME BUTTERFLY is a minefield. Opera Philadelphia has sidestepped the obvious dangers.
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What with the solar eclipse and an earthquake, we"sophisticated, scientific, blasé"are in a perfect position to imagine what ancient, primitive people must have thought and felt when the gr…
Azuka Theatre presents Overwinter, an interesting new play by local playwright Mackenzie Raine Kirkman; it's about important ideas, making it a welcome change from the…
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You don't have to tend your own plot to enjoy the gorgeous colors and scents at the 2024 Flower Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
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DAL continues her musical education with this stunning chamber opera at the Academy of Vocal Arts.
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art celebrated the Chinese new year with some fascinating special events on Sunday
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Diminished or not, it's worth seeing for the understanding of people living with disabilities and the people who care for them.
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Real-life married couple Scott Greer and Jennifer Childs play a fictitious couple in Bruce Graham's newest play.Â
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This is Motown, and this cast is up to the task: good voices, great moves.
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Sondheim's genius makes ambivalence gorgeously musical, but his ironic, subtle sophistication is in short supply in this production
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Madame Ovary is a staged memoir about a young woman who survived cancer; it is the fourth female solo show opening just this week:
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The danger with a Brian Friel play is charm. No stage Irishmen here at Irish Rep's production, no comical drunkenness. Another danger, especially in a…
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In a world full of rooms which are full of elephants, a lot of sidestepping is required of us all.Â
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Even the most hallowed document is no match for a teenage girl, as Heidi Schreck reveals in her play, What the Constitutions Means to Me.…
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This is vintage Sondheim, the unimaginable flop now on Broadway again, restored to its dazzling, heart-wrenching brilliance. Merrily We Roll Along has been called his most personal,……
Ossie Davis's brilliant and hilarious play is part vaudeville, part sermon. And if preaching is theater, theater is preaching. And the lesson is that "faith…
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"Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines every where." Leaving Copernicus aside, the Fool's wry remark is an apt description…
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"Shall we set about some revels?" Yes! The battle begins: Lantern Theater Company opened its excellent and enjoyable production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night; soon to…
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The DAL is having quite a week! First the Orchestra and then the Museum: Philadelphia's finest institutions providing much enjoyment. Philadelphia Museum of Art has…
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DAL is pleased to report that this gala was more fun than glam. Oh, there was the occasional gown and a sprinkling of black ties,…
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James Ijames won the Pulitzer Prize for Fat Ham, which is now running on Broadway; his even newer play, Abandon, has just opened at Theatre Exile.Â
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