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• Prince Music Theater says it plans full season 

  Amid growing rumors about the Prince Music Theater's ability to continue operating - and a remark from its stage Monday night that indicated...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 07/22/09 by Howard Shapiro Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication

• 'The Seafarer' rights itself after an unsteady start 

  A drawn-out night of boozing and poker-playing on Christmas Eve - what a hell of an idea. And may the devil be with you. In Conor McPherson's...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 05/22/09 by Howard Shapiro Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication

• Intimate theater has a play to match 

  Martin Sherman's endearing two-character play,  Passing By , is billed as a romantic comedy, which undersells it. It's a bit heftier than that,...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 04/21/09 by Howard Shapiro Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication

• A seasoned 'Hay Fever' 

  In Noel Coward's play  Hay Fever , it's all in the delivery. It has to be, because the 1925 play, which seized 'em with laughter in London, has...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 04/20/09 by Howard Shapiro Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication

• Bardly comedy and Nazi tragedy 

  NEW YORK - In the amusing, feather-light  To Be or Not to Be , a world-premiere comedy that opened last night on Broadway, there's a little of...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 10/15/08 by Howard Shapiro INQUIRER STAFF WRITER · More from publication

• '96 film drama becomes a joyful musical 

  Say what you want, say what you will, something's cookin' at the Spitfire Grill. That's the line they're singing at the greasy spoon in a Wisconsin...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 09/29/08 by Howard Shapiro Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication

• 'Heights' and 'Osage County' are Tonys' best musical, play 

  A neighborhood and a family - both in sweeping transition - are the subjects of this Broadway season's best-musical and best-play Tony Award...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 06/16/08 by Howard Shapiro Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication

• ‘In The Heights’ wins best musical 

  A neighborhood and a family - both in sweeping transition - are the subjects of this Broadway season's best-musical and best-play Tony Award...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 06/16/08 by Howard Shapiro INQUIRER STAFF WRITER · More from publication

• Palestinian-Israeli fight brought home 

  Two different  oy!  feelings hit me during  House, Divided , the often-smart play by Larry Loebell that opened Wednesday with a first-rate...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 05/30/08 by Howard Shapiro Inquirer Staff Writer · More from publication

• A plea to protect Valley Forge site 

  At winter's end in 1778, the Continental Army had survived bitter Valley Forge weather and would go on to win the war for independence. At winter's...

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 04/09/08 by Howard Shapiro and Nancy Petersen Inquirer Staff Writers · More from publication