Talkin’ Irish with Madi Distefano of Brat Productions
We took this from the Brat site because we were too cheap to take our own photo. Six theater companies came together this season to create the Philadelphia Irish Theatre Festival, which featured eight...
View ArticleWhy’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...
View ArticlePersonal Thoughts Made Physical: Jaamil Kosoko talks dance, poetry, and the...
This photo is completely unrelated to the events discussed by Jaamil Kosoko in this interview. It is, however, an actual photo of Jaamil. Philly-based choreographer and dance impresario Jaamil Olawale...
View ArticleBringing Women’s Voices To The Stage: an interview with Polly Rose Edelstein...
Polly Edelstein, yet another out-of-towner putting down roots here. It’s a common complaint: few good roles exist for female actors in Philadelphia. Indeed even your most ardent male feminist...
View Article“I always hated the 70s when I was a kid because I was dumb,” and other words...
James Tolbert, Anna Watson, and Sebastian Cummings prepare to do damage. California born and bred, now entrenched in Philadelphia, the playwright-director John Rosenberg debuts his latest work Queen Of...
View ArticleAnnie’s Got A Brand New Bag: See It At The Philly Fringe
Annie Wilson photo by Erin Desmond Annie Wilson is a local dancer-choreographer-performer-art maker type who has been making her presence known these past several years since graduation from the...
View ArticleAngry Ed Miller Dishes On His Fringe Show Wired & Being A Theatre Artist In...
Ed Miller, shortly after disposing of the body. 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...
View ArticleVideo of the Week, again!
Another in our irregular video of the week series! (Actually I’m just adding this as filler because it’s been so long since ppaa has posted, and we’re getting back at, so, you know, we’d like to...
View ArticleOld People And Theater
This photo is from France, which is briefly referenced in this article, but otherwise has no bearing upon it. I began to attend Philadelphia theater in earnest about a decade ago, in my early...
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