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Review - Musical America: Reimagined Treemonisha Triumphs

The creative team molded their respective idioms to Joplin’s own so closely that, at times, one had to strain torecall which material was original and which was added. The biggest points of departure were also the opera’s most pleasurable.

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Review - Chicago Southsider: Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha Revives Black History Through Opera

Chicago Southsider attended Black Carpet Night at Scott Joplin's Treemonisha, where resilience, identity, and cultural restoration took center stage.

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Review - Chicago Sun-Times: Exceptional cast lifts uneven staging of Scott Joplin's 'Treemonisha'

The 20-member cast, including eight principals is largely effective, with Canadian soprano Neema Bickersteth (Treemonisha) admirably anchoring the production with clear, clarion singing and a grounded acting style. Other stand-outs include Cedric Berry (Zodzerick), with his expressive bass-baritone voice and easy stage manner, and SATE (Nana), a Toronto-based rock and AfroPunk singer with an agile, high-powered, pop-inflected style.

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Review - Philadelphia Inquirer: The Grinch’s ex-wife tells her side of the story in a drag Christmas spectacular

Photo by Elizabeth Robertson, Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Photographer

Directed by drag and burlesque star Brett Robinson, the elaborate production delivers a refreshing and comical spin on Grinchcore that goes far beyond the scrooge we know.

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Review - DC Theatre Arts Review: ‘Rose: You Are Who You Eat’ at Woolly is relentlessly entertaining

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Review - Washington Post: John Jarboe's show 'Rose' at Woolly Mammoth asks: Am I a cannibal?

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Review - Penn Today: ‘Be Holding’: A collaboration that feels improvisational

Penn faculty Brooke O’Harra (center, standing), director, collaborated with Tyshawn Sorey (center, seated), music composer, to create a production of the book-length poem “Be Holding” by Ross Gay, in partnership with Girard College in Philadelphia. The quartet Yarn/Wire performed the music, including pianists Julia Den Boer (left) and Laura Barger (second from left), and percussionist Sae Hashimoto (right). (Image: Ryan Collerd)