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Two literary characters and a historical figure walk into a bar...

Warning: This whole review is basically a spoiler. Despite its infamy, there are apparently people out there who are still surprised by the "twist" at the end of M. Butterfly, currently being produced by the Philadelphia Theatre Company. These are the same people who are confused by Ru Paul. Please proceed with caution.

is not a perfect play. But the Arden's production of it is damned near perfect.

I’ve always liked the music from .

I was reared on PBS children's programming. is based, so naturally, I was excited for the play.

I have a serious literary crush on Tony Kushner. Blame come hell or high water.

We haven't gotten around to telling you about the Philadelphia New Play Festival yet (that post is forthcoming), but on Friday, I had the opportunity to see one of the featured plays (most of them open before the festival officially begins), The Arden's .

Roald Dahl is, hands-down, one of my favorite writers. And not just because he wrote . Thirteen years later, I found I didn't remember much of it, so sitting through the Arden's staged adaptation was like a delightful refresher course.

I've never read . But it just seemed too dark, and too long, for me. Especially too long.

. It's a show that we know quite well and we felt that we were in a good position to be tough critics if that's what was required of us.