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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Avenue of the Arts: ‘Hamilton’ hits Philly stage with Tyler Fauntleroy leading the charge @ Academy of Music through Nov 24 by A.d. Amorosi

“I’m over the moon to be back in town” says Tyler Fauntleroy who's famous for working with Black playwrights & Black conscious theater experiences: David Harris’ ‘Tambo & Bones’ …

SOURCE: metrophiladelphia.com at 09:18AM
Friday, January 26, 2018

FringeArts presents Theatre SKAM’s ‘Fashion Machine’ by A.d. Amorosi

Theatre SKAM’s 'Fashion Machine.' at FringeArts, finds its deconstructionist child charges ripping apart your outfit – literally and figuratively – and putting it back together again, …

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:25PM
Monday, May 22, 2017

Will Paige Price make or break Philadelphia Theatre Company? by A.d. Amorosi

When Paige Price took the helm of a floundering Philadelphia Theatre Company, she steered off course and toward safer financial waters. But will that keep the company afloat? A.D. Amorosi co…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:48PM
Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Prince Music Theater presents Nellie McKay’s ‘A Girl Named Bill’ by A.d. Amorosi

Bright bold jazz singer-musician-composer Nellie McKay tackles issues of gender identity and the secret life of performer Billy Tipton. AD Amorosi reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:36PM
Monday, April 10, 2017

Almanac Dance Circus Theatre presents ‘IAMMADEOFSTARS’ by A.d. Amorosi

The four purposely pretentious movement artists of Philly’s Almanac Dance Circus Theatre join forces with Good Good Comedy. AD Amorosi reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:09AM
Monday, March 20, 2017

Arden Cabaret Series presents Ben Dibble’s ‘Are We There Yet?’ by A.d. Amorosi

Ben Dibble, one of Philadelphia's best-known actor/singers, takes center stage at the Arden Cabaret Series and puts his family in the spotlight. AD Amorosi reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:27AM
Monday, May 25, 2015

Mauck 'Em Dead by A.D. Amorosi

With a hefty grant from Temple, a fledgling theater company gets its wings.

SOURCE: citypaper.net at 05:58PM

Out, Damned Spot! by A.D. Amorosi

Sans her longtime collaborator, Blanka Zizka takes on a new partner: Shakespeare.

SOURCE: citypaper.net at 05:58PM

1812, figuring out what's funny in 2010 by A.D. Amorosi

News is a funny thing. Ask executives at Comedy Central about The Daily Show With Jon Stewart or The Colbert Report.

SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:58PM

Hamlisch and Feinstein delight at Great American Songbook concert by A.D. Amorosi

It was a nice surprise to find that Sunday afternoon's Great American Songbook concert at the Kimmel, with Marvin Hamlisch and Michael Feinstein, was on despite the snowstorm.

SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:58PM
Thursday, June 13, 2013

Icepack by A.d. Amorosi

For a couple weeks now, I’ve been Ice-packing about what Philly’s top-notch theater lasses will be up to in the immediate future. Deborah Block — one of the Fringe Fest’s original fi…

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 12:20PM
Tuesday, December 4, 2012

'The Oscar to his Felix' by A.D. Amorosi

Funny fellas do a wordless "Odd Couple"/Buster Keaton mashup for 1812.

SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:02AM
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Theater's Prodigious Pair by A.D. Amorosi

Jeff Coon and Ben Dibble have acted in so many Philadelphia productions - sometimes together, sometimes apart - that a comedy by rival actors demanded their death.

SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:32AM
Tuesday, November 6, 2012

In 'Pookie Goes Grenading' at Philadelphia's Azuka, Mary Kay Tuomanen goes Riot Grrrl by A.d. Amorosi

In precocious playwright J.C. Lee's Pookie Goes Grenading, a 14-year-old girl grabs weapons-grade explosives and a few devious friends and heads off into the red night, on a journey to a pla…

SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:33AM
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Jess Conda, impresaria of her punk-theater kingdom by A.D. Amorosi

During a hectic St. Patrick's Day weekend, Jess Conda went to her usual jobs - waiting tables at Fergie's Pub downtown, heading north for her gig at Northern Liberties' after-hours Ruba Clu…

SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:46AM
Thursday, November 3, 2011

Matt Pfeiffer: Philadelphia director in demand by A.d. Amorosi

Stroll past many a Philadelphia bus stop and you'll see theater posters bearing the phrase "Directed by Matt Pfeiffer."

SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:13AM
Thursday, September 15, 2011

'Mad genius' MacLaughlin brings new creation to the Fringe by A.d. Amorosi

Experimental theater director Whit MacLaughlin moves in mysterious ways.

SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:14AM
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Back to act on the Fringe by A.d. Amorosi

Deborah Block's South Philly neighbors can frequently spot her running between her stage gig as co-artistic director of Theatre Exile and her home gig with tech director/husband Doug Smullen…

SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:57AM
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Druid To It by A.D. Amorosi

Irish eyes are smiling on a West Philly-by-way-of-Galway production.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:45AM
Thursday, May 5, 2011

Star of stage takes talent in new direction by A.D. Amorosi

If you're the type who has followed Philadelphia thespians around the local theater map, you've noticed one actor very nearly stuck - happily - in one location for 11 years: Fran Prisco.

SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:22AM

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Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
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