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The Lifespan of a Fact
A magazine fact-checker and an essayist collide over what’s true enough to print.
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Suburbs
A magazine fact-checker and an essayist collide over what’s true enough to print.
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tour-de-force solo performance about the power of witnessing, chronicling the tragic events of August 11th and 12th, 2017, when white supremacists gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia for the deadly “Unite the Right” rally on the pretext of protesting the removal of the Confederate monument of Robert E. Lee, leading to violent clashes with counter-protesters.
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South Philly
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Around Philly
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Center City
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Around Philly
Vanya and his adopted sister Sonia live a quiet life in the Pennsylvania farmhouse where they grew up, but their peace is disturbed when their movie star sister Masha returns unannounced with her twentysomething boy toy, Spike.
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Center City
When Nathan steals a rare coin from a local kingpin, he finds himself facing an unexpected consequence: has he been cursed? Every time he goes to sleep, a night passes for him, but a year and a day passes for everyone else ...
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Around Philly
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West Philly
Family fun for 3 and up! The Origin of Anansi the Spider is inspired by an African fable from the Ashanti people of Ghana. Anansi had a dream to be the lord of all stories, so he went to the Sky-God Nyame and made his request.
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A rock musical set in New York City’s East Village in the early 1990s. Following a group of impoverished young bohemians, artists, musicians, and performers struggling to pay bills and survive in the shadow of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and create art.
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Center City
A tight circle of regulars in a small Irish pub on a lonely windswept hillside is joined by Valerie. Just arrived from Dublin, she has moved alone into an old house nearby. Trying to impress the attractive stranger, they tell tall tales of unexplained local events, until one story turns out to be heartbreaking and hauntingly real.
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Around Philly
When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that results in a tremendous peach... and launches a journey of enormous proportions.
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Center City
“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic children’s novel comes to life for audiences of all ages on stage this holiday season. All Ages (recommended for ages 7+)
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Suburbs
Our wildly popular holiday confection is back with a brand-new staging of one of our most beloved pantos! Cinderella is chock-full of villains and heroes, shenanigans, and unfettered joy.
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Suburbs
Heir to King Charlemagne the Great, the young prince Pippin is in search of the secret to true happiness and fulfillment. He seeks it in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the flesh, and the intrigues of political power.
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Suburbs
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Around Philly
Step inside Willy Wonka’s marvelous chocolate factory for a magical journey unlike any other. Based on the beloved novel by Roald Dahl, this musical is your golden ticket to a sweet adventure the whole family can enjoy.
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Around Philly
This farce, adapted by comedian Steve Martin, tells the story of what happens when a young married woman’s underpants unexpectedly slip down in public. What follows is a series of hilarious satirical events commenting on bourgeois conformity.
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Rittenhouse
For over two decades, This Is The Week That Is has been a Philadelphia theatrical tradition—an annual celebration of satire, song, and civic spirit that takes a smart, silly, and sharply funny look at the year's political and cultural landscape.
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Around Philly
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Suburbs
Written and directed by JENNIFER CHILDS, Double Down celebrates the comedy double act in all its forms. Beloved Philadelphia comedians TONY BRAITHWAITE and SCOTT GREER bring history’s funniest duos to life — from Bob Hope and Bing Crosby to Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis, and the Smothers Brothers.
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