, which is returning to Philadelphia next week. Glinda the good witch asks Elphaba, the soon-to-be-bad witch, in reference to her old broom, "You're still riding that old thing?" Elphaba responds with the line above - but wouldn't it be nice if we all could? Now, on with the listings!
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. It reads in full: “Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.” Now, on with the listings!
Doesn't really matter where the quote this week comes from (we're going to go ahead and call it Freddie Mercury, because now the song's stuck in our heads). It was chosen purely because nothing is opening this week in Philly theatre. But that doesn't mean you can't check out some of the great shows happening anyway! Now, on with the listings!
I think we all know what that lyric comes from. Now, on with the listings! (And don’t be dismayed – just because it’s a quiet week doesn’t mean there’s not some great theatre to catch!)
This week’s quote comes from Tallulah Bankhead, the famous actress from days of yore. The entire quote actually reads: “It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.” Now, on with the listings!
As the summer heats up, regional theatre slows down. But that’s not a reason to stay home – slow doesn’t mean stop, and there are still plenty of local shows going on. Really, who needs Times Square anyway? (We do, apparently. Or at least the movie, , which is where this week’s quote came from. It’s not theatre, but it’s catchy!) Now, on with the listings!
This week’s quote comes from Stella Adler, who said “The theatre is a spiritual and social X-ray of its time.” Meanwhile, we’re sorry we didn’t have any listings for you last week. If you’ll recall, we were having some server issues. But they’re better now, and here we are to catch you up. Now, on with the listings!
, "Comedy Tonight." The players are emphasizing that what you'll be seeing for the evening is a Roman comedy, rather than a Greek tragedy. The rhyming line that follows is, "She plays Medea later this week." But as the Arden's run of Sondheim's musical comedy is a month long, we're assuming that's not the case. Now, on with the listings!
We know that a lot of sites link to the previous week’s listings rather than repeat listings. But since we’re not worried about wasting paper, and because we’re only trying to make things easier for you, we’re going to continue to repeat listings over and over and over again till you just can’t take it anymore. And by that point, the run of the show will be over, and you won’t have to.
