Results tagged “christchurch”

Performances:The Don and Julie Show!!! (Don Montrey and Juliette Pryor) (no future performances); Wandering Alice (Nichole Canuso Dance Company) (no future performances); Urban ECHO: Circle Told (Leah Stein Dance Company + Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia) (no future performances); The show must go on (Jérôme Bel) (no future performances)

I remember wondering, when I read Thornton Wilder's Our Town in high school, how the play could possibly be interesting when staged. The script calls for no set, no props, and minimal scenery. It's something that only sometimes works in modern (as opposed to "Modern") theatre, so the idea of a play written in the thirties that takes place between 1901–1913 and uses the type of set typically reserved for performance art was, I'll admit, never especially interesting to me.

At its best, Milcha Sanchez-Scott's is a charming (albeit dark) family drama that addresses coming of age, socioeconomic status, and tradition.

The third floor of the Christ Church Meetinghouse is a strange venue for a play. It's a big, open room that once served, or perhaps sometimes still serves, as a gymnasium. I've been there when it's been employed as a theatre, and also when it had been converted to a sound stage. On my most recent expedition there, it was the former, for Egopo Productions' production of a lesser-known Tennessee Williams play, . It probably seems an odd choice to produce as a kick-off for a season of Tennessee Williams, especially if you're not familiar with Ego Po. But in truth, it's the perfect way to introduce the brilliantly eccentric Williams: the play is semi-autobiographical, written by a playwright late in his life as he struggled to define his formative years for both his critics and himself, when his current and carefully-cultivated self had brought him such pain.

I actually like David Mamet. , possibly Mamet's best-known and most-performed play, is grossly overrated. Always have, and probably always will.

Phillyist will admit that our experience with Christ Church has been limited to plays (and once, a movie shoot) in the Meetinghouse Annex. (It's just that we're a little afraid that we might burst into flames if we set foot in the sanctuary itself.)

, I didn't have much of an idea of what to expect. Three fantastic local playwrights (Bruce Graham, Michael Hollinger, and Arden Kass). Three local directors (Joe Canuso, Deb Seif, and Deborah Block). A handful of local talent. And my one burning question was: "Why 'soles'?" It obviously wasn't a typo: if it was, somebody would've caught it long before the show's opening.

The Pig Iron Theatre Company is giving the proverbial sheepskin to 18 graduates of their 3-week clown training course this Saturday night. What does this mean for you? FREE CLOWN SHOW. Need we say more?

That chill you're feeling? Sure, it could be the frigid temps...but it also might be that you're inadvertantly walking on someone's grave. Sure - we all know that many of our Center City parks are mass burial grounds - but you might be surprised to learn that there are hidden, unmarked graves...in our local cemetaries.

Is Betsy Ross's house haunted? What about Arch Street Meeting House? Christ Church Burial Ground? The Free Quaker Meeting House? (Are none of our historical hotspots free from ghosts?) Take the Cobwebs and Cobblestones twilight candlelight tour and find out for sure - through the tales of some helpful, historical characters...including one-time Philadelphia resident and Mr. Meloncholy himself, Edgar Allan Poe. And if the creepiness isn't enough to lure you in, cookies and cider complete the tour.