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Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Preview: “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” (Closed Sunday, August 6, 2023)

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (PSF) is proud to present Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, written by acclaimed playwright Lanie Robertson with musical arrangements by Danny Holgate. Philadelphia award-winning artists Amina Robinson and Ebony Pullum reunite to stage the production which previews July 19 and 20, opens Friday, July 21 and runs through August 6 in the Schubert Theatre at…

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Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Shubert Theatre Review: “Much Ado About Nothing” (Closed Sunday, August 7, 2022)

Under director Matt Pfeiffer’s helm, Akeem Davis (Benedick) and Brett Ashley Robinson (Beatrice) and the cast of “Much Ado About Nothing” bring Shakespeare’s late comedy (1598 or shortly thereafter) to a welcomed level of excellence at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival 2022. This is a “Much Ado” not to be missed. In this pleasing production, Don Pedro (a likeable and energetic Lindsay…

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Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival 2022 Main Stage Review: One Singular Sensation “A Chorus Line” at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival at the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts on the Campus of DeSales University (Closed Sunday, July 10, 2022)

June 20, 2022 | awards, pennsylvania, public > | "A Chorus Line", Andrew Ruggieri (Mike), Andy Peterson, Bianca Bulgarelli (Bebe), Bob Avian, Brandon Moreno (Larry), Campus of DeSales University, Clint Maddox Thompson (Al), David Grindrod, David M. Greenberg, Eddie Martin Morales (Paul), Edward Kleban, Emma Vielbig (Maggie), James Harkness, James Kirkwood, Jaylen Axel (Butch), Joseph Papp, Josh Curran (Roy), Josiah Behrens (Tom), Julia Feeley (Judy), Justin Lopez (Patrick), Kathryn Brunner (Val), Labuda Center for the Performing Arts, Lauren Emily Alagna (Kristine), Lilianna Solum (Lois), Luis Villabon, Madison Finney (Shelia), Marlena López Hilderley (Tricia), Marvin Hamlisch, Matthew Aaron Liotine (Greg & Dance Captain), Michael McDonald, Milan Magaña (Diana), Morgan Harrison (Vicki), Musa Hitomi (Connie), Nicholas Dante, Nick Schrier (Frank), Patrick Higgins, Paul Watt-Morse (Don), Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Pulitzer Prize, Randy Lawson, Richard Latta, Shaun-Avery Williams (Richie), Sissy Bell, The New York Shakespeare Festival, Thomas Henke (Bobby), Tony Award Winner

The original production of “A Chorus Line” opened in 1975 Off-Broadway at The Public Theater and transferred to The Shubert Theater on Broadway three months later to be nominated for twelve Tony Awards, winning nine and being awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was a groundbreaking musical that was the first Broadway show to be performed without an intermission…

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Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival 2021 Main Stage Review: “How I Learned What I Learned” (Through Sunday July 11, 2021)

July 3, 2021 | days of, pennsylvania, sf gate theatre reviews, Uncategorized, water for > | "How I Learned What I Learned", Aleshea Harris, August Wilson, Aziza Barnes, Christopher V. Edwards, Donja R. Love, Jeremy O. Harris, Marcus Gardley, Mfoniso Udofia, Michael R. Jackson, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Robert O'Hara, Suzan-Lori Parks, Todd Kreidler

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival 2021 Main Stage Review: “How I Learned What I Learned” (Through Sunday July 11, 2021 By August Wilson Co-Conceived by Todd Kreidler Directed by Christopher V. Edwards Reviewed by David Roberts, Theatre Reviews Limited Looking carefully at the many windows looming upstage on Baron E. Pugh’s set for the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival 2021 Main Stage production of “How I…

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