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CurtainUp's Philadelphia Notes
For a list of major Philadelphia venues, our mission statement and other helpful links, see our Philadelphia Theater Goers Guide The Ecclectic Society New and Noteworthy Philadelphia stages are bursting with World Premieres right now. It’s a great time to get out to the theatre! We've reviewed Walnut Street Theatre's World Premiere of The Eclectic Society playing through Mar 7 . InterAct has the World Premiere of City of Numbers Mixtape of a city, about the City of Brotherly Love, written and performed by Sean Christopher Lewis. InterAct and the City of Phila Mural Arts Program collaboration. At the Adrienne. 2030 Sansom St. Through Feb 21. Master playwright David Hare’s The Breath of Life transpires on the Lantern Theater Company’s stage at St. Stephen’s Theater. Phila Premiere directed by Kathryn MacMillan. 10th and Ludlow. Through Feb 28. Any Given Monday by Bruce Graham is at Theatre Exile. A World Premiere co-production with Act II Playhouse, where it will move after this run. At Plays & Players Theatre 1714 Delancey St. Through Mar 28. Watch for capsule review. Curio Theatre Company. Presents No Exit by Sartre. Calvary Center for Culture and Community. 4740 Baltimore Ave in West Philadelphia. www.curio.org. Feb 11- Mar 13. Mort in World Premiere. New Paradise laboratories & University of the Arts. Directed by Whit MacLaughlin. At University of the Arts. Feb 18 – 28. At the Arden on the Arcadia Stage: Blue Door by Tanya Barfield, directed by Walter Dallas. Starring Johnnie Hobbs Jr. In a lyrical, thought-provoking, yet funny play, an African American man’s ancestors appear as he faces identity issues during a long night. Through Mar 21. Next at the Arden will be Romeo & Juliet, directed by Matt Pfeiffer. Feb 25-Apr 4. King Lear directed by Steve Umberger opens at People’s Light & Theatre in Malvern, PA. Mar 3-28. Language Rooms by Yussef El Guindi is in World Premiere at the Wilma Theater. This is the guy who wrote the funny Jihad Jones and the Kalashnikov Babes (At InterAct last year). It will be directed by Blanka Zizka. Mar 3 – Apr 4. Society Hill Playhouse has the World Premiere of The Prince "Ripped from today’s headlines." 507 8th St. Through Apr 18 Frank McCourt’s The Irish… and How They Got That Way Off Broadway at the Kimmel Center, Innovation Studio. Extended to Apr 18
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