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October 24, 2011 | Theatre,

YOU BETTER SIT DOWN: What Tale Do You Have To Tell?

Which story from You Better Sit Down: Tales From My Parents’ Divorce resonated most with you? Do you have your own tale you’d like to tell? Join the conversation by...

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October 20, 2011 | Theatre,

The Slammed Door that Shook the World

Adaptations of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House Over the Years By Corrie Glanville When Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House was first performed in Copenhagen in 1879, it provoked a storm...

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October 18, 2011 | Theatre,

Check out these books, music and films related to YOU BETTER SIT DOWN: TALES FROM MY PARENTS’ DIVORCE

by Corrie Glanville   FILMS With the Civilians’ You Better Sit Down on our Paramount Mainstage, please join us for these diverse cinematic depictions of divorce in the Bright Family...

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October 11, 2011 | Film, Theatre,

Check out books, music and films related to The Speaker’s Progress!

By Corrie Glanville BOOKS Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World by Robin Wright (2011) Award-winning journalist and television commentator Robin Wright, who has covered the Muslim...

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October 11, 2011 | Theatre,

The Speaker’s Progress: A Journey Between Cultures

By Alyssa Mulligan “Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them” (Twelfth Night, Act II Scene V).  Perhaps you...

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September 28, 2011 | Theatre,

Grotowski’s Standard

By Rob Orchard Jerzy Grotowski, the great Polish theatre director and innovator answered my question, “Why are we concerned with art?” with the answer: “To cross our frontiers, exceed our...

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September 27, 2011 | Theatre,

What Is Performance Art?

From Laurie Anderson to Lady Gaga By Sara Bookin-Weiner What exactly does it mean to be a performance artist? Whether visual art, music, theatre, dance or a variety of other...

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September 16, 2011 | Theatre,

4 productions in 24 hours

've just spent two days at the Philadelphia Live Arts and Philly Fringe Festival. It's been animating the city for two weeks in early September for 15 years.

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