by Christopher Munden
Paris’s reputation as a a city of architectural beauty is long-held and its emblematic structures have influenced generations of Philadelphia architects and designers. This cultural exchange is the subject of Bastille to Broad Street: The Influence of France on Philadelphia Architecture, now on show at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia as part of the Philadelphia International Festival of Arts.
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Bastille to Broad Street: The Athenaeum during PIFA
Amaryllis Theatre Company Brings an Excelente Lydia to the Adrienne
As Octavio Solis’s sublimely crafted play Lydia opens, the Mexican American Flores family is struggling to cope with the aftermath of a terrible car accident. The daughter, Ceci (an excellent Caitlin Elizabeth Reilly), suffered permanent brain damage just a few days before an elaborate quinceañara to celebrate her 15th birthday.
Lieutenant of Inishmore by Theatre Exile at Plays and Players
Guns blaze, blood flows (gallons of it), and the stage is littered with corpses. All this, and it’s funny too. Theatre Exile’s production of Lieutenant of Inishmore, now onstage at Plays and Players Theater, is a treat in many ways. The beautifully choreographed violence is entertainingly gruesome not emotionally disturbing, and the horror is underpinned by a farcical humor that brings laughs galore. But Lieutenant is more than just a grotesque comedy; playwright Marin McDonagh delivers a powerful political message in the most palatable of pills.
“Great Expectations” at Curio Theatre
Charles Dickens asked in his will that no memorials be erected to him and so the life-size sculpture of the author in Clarke Park in West Philadelphia is the only one in the world. But the greatest monument to Dickens can be seen just a few blocks away: a theatrical version of his finest work, Great Expectations, is now onstage at Curio Theatre.
