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Washington Post

In 'This Beautiful City,' Musical Storytelling Is Born Again
To get to "This Beautiful City," proceed to the junction of PBS and Broadway. The storytelling style of the Civilians, a savvy young troupe of New York actors....

Philadelphia Inquirer

Cinderella goes to camp
The Disney Channel's big summer musical, "Camp Rock," may have a formulaic story, but it's fun.

Encore by the unflappably off-key Florence Jenkins

Philadelphia City Paper

Aesthetes in the Making
The Americans for the Arts convention hits Philadelphia.

Peas in a Podcast
A jocular radio drama for the iPod age

Philadelphia Weekly

Stage
It’s getting so you can set your watch by the Philadelphia area theater season. In September each new campaign gets off to a promising start. And then there’s the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe. This…

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

In the Wings
The liveliest post-show conversation I heard was about Mark Rylance's acceptance speech for best actor, a comically surreal riff on how you costume yourself in context, with no clear ...

Stage Preview: 35 years of 'Peter Pan' puts a spring in Rigby's step
Gymnastics and theater call upon some obviously similar physical skills. ...

Fledgling theater company invites audience to 'Wild Party'
It's summer vacation time, so a little carousing by kids is to be expected. ...

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Never say never to Neverland
Cathy Rigby returns to the role of Peter Pan for Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera's latest production of the classic tale.
* 'Peter Pan': A history on stage, screen

Noble Theatre throws 'Wild Party' for inaugural show
Greensburg attorney John Noble and his son, J. Alex Noble, are hosting a "Wild Party," and everyone's invited.

Baltimore Sun

Boohoo! 'Cry-Baby' musical to close
This week, when the Broadway cast of Cry-Baby launches into its second-act number "Misery, Agony, Helplessness, Hopelessness, Heartache and Woe,"the rendition may be particularly heartfelt. It was announced yesterday that the $12.5 million production will close after Sunday's matinee.

Boston Phoenix

North Shore's snazzy revival of contact
Plus, Gurnet’s Essential Self-Defense

Providence Journal

Theater, music and dance celebrate Juneteenth liberation
The 19th of June has passed, but not its celebration. Tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday, Providence celebrates Juneteenth, with theater, poetry, dance and music.

Hide and Seek tackles subject of coming out
Hide and Seek: Coming Out Stories, a docudrama based on interviews with gay Rhode Islanders, premieres at the University of Rhode Island’s Providence campus tonight and tomorrow.

Providence Phoenix

Walking wounded
Perishable’s thought-provoking tig It’s a contemporary adaptation of the Greek legend, most famously presented in Sophocles’s Antigone , aiming to make the story of duty and honor relevant to modern audiences.

Berkshire Eagle

Love with a few winks and tears
British playwright Alan Ayckbourn knows his way around classic farce. He more than has his way with the form in "How the Other Half Loves," a sly, penetrating comedy that is being given a well-crafted, smoothly played season-opening production at The Theater Barn.

Staging send-ups
Summer produces pirates, horrors, and wonders

St. Petersburg Times

'Dream Play' achieves otherworldly feeling

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

'Hedwig's' return engagement

Altanta Creative Loafing

Song of the Living Dead
Dad's Garage eats its heart out in a new zombie musical

As You Like It: Turn on, tune in
Georgia Shakespeare trips on a clever theme

Speakeasy with...Jessica Unker
Fish and Bicycle Theatre co-founder

Charlotte News & Observer

Families who play together
In the Wings: What's new and exciting in the Triangle theater and dance scene.