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    Articles by Kevin Phinney
    Joyner, as devolved daughter, hovers over Thone.
    Stage Review: On the Nature of Dust
    By Kevin Phinney • May 11, 2010 12:00 am

    In Stephanie Timm’s new play, evolution is reversed, and so is our hold on certainty.

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    Barnum commands the stage, sans melodies.
    Opening Nights: Tell Me on a Sunday
    By Kevin Phinney • May 4, 2010 12:00 am

    Webber’s stinginess with melody daunts ArtsWest’s star.

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    Attention, armpit fetishists: Weedman does not actually shave onstage.
    Opening Nights: No . . . You Shut...
    By Kevin Phinney • May 4, 2010 12:00 am

    Getting to know Lauren Weedman.

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    Libby Matthews (far left) is a winsome robot-slayer at WET.
    Opening Nights: RoboPop!
    By Kevin Phinney • April 13, 2010 12:00 am

    Humans battle robots to a disco beat.

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    Pittsburgh unadorned.
    Stage Review: Fences
    By Kevin Phinney • April 6, 2010 12:00 am

    In a stunning production, the play is the only thing that’s wrong.

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    Opening Nights: Dying City. A Woman Meets Her War-Casualty Husband's Twin
    Opening Nights: Dying City. A Woman Meets Her...
    By Kevin Phinney • March 23, 2010 12:00 am

    Things are always darkest not before the dawn, but just before they go completely black. At least that’s the gist…

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    Rolling their own.
    Opening Nights: The Jammer
    By Kevin Phinney • March 16, 2010 12:00 am

    The ’50s on wheels.

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    Montgomery talks about clowns and death.
    So I have this friend who loves Mexican...
    By Kevin Phinney • March 9, 2010 12:00 am

    So I have this friend who loves Mexican food and hates cilantro. “But,” I always caution her, “cilantro is one…

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    Aylward sells us on Mamet.
    Opening Nights: Glengarry Glen Ross
    By Kevin Phinney • February 16, 2010 12:00 am

    If neither desperation nor emasculation are particularly pretty to watch, why the hell does David Mamet’s1982 play—which spelunks the depths…

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    Bloody Mary (Keala Settle) gets an enthusiastic reception.
    Stage Review: South Pacific
    By Kevin Phinney • February 3, 2010 12:00 am

    Bartlett Sher reverently restores a tropical fairy tale.

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    Von Fliss (center) hosts a dinner party in hell.
    Stage Review: Hunter Gatherers
    By Kevin Phinney • January 12, 2010 12:00 am

    A very uncivilized dinner party.

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    Allen and Darr dance to keep warm.
    The 5th Avenue’s White Christmas
    By Kevin Phinney • December 15, 2009 12:00 am

    Glorious in every way, but we like shows to be about something.

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    Stage: A Christmas Carol
    Stage: A Christmas Carol
    By Kevin Phinney • December 1, 2009 12:00 am

    One hell of a bravura performance, in a confectioner’s delight.

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    Stage: The Judy Garland Christmas Special
    Stage: The Judy Garland Christmas Special
    By Kevin Phinney • December 1, 2009 12:00 am

    Under the laughs, Troy Mink hints at the diva’s demons.

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    In Artifacts, Valitchka (left) can’t keep Clark’s imagination in line.
    Stage: Artifacts of Consequence
    By Kevin Phinney • November 10, 2009 12:00 am

    Whom would you save: Salinger or Huey Lewis?

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    Monty-ites (l-r): Butch Stevenson, Mark Abel, Austin Garrison, Evan Woltz, Jon Lutyens, and Josh Whitling.
    Stage: The Full Monty
    By Kevin Phinney • November 10, 2009 12:00 am

    A shoestring production brims with character and heart.

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    Paz and Fedorov (at center) lead the bubblegum onslaught.
    Opening Nights: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
    By Kevin Phinney • October 20, 2009 12:00 am

    Lose yourself in a sugar coma with an American Idol alum.

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    Are Gays Too Late to Destroy Marriage?
    Are Gays Too Late to Destroy Marriage?
    By Kevin Phinney • August 25, 2009 12:00 am

    Their influence may ultimately be nothing compared to what straights have done.

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    Butz (left) and Wopat: memorable toasts.
    Stage Review: Shrill Thrill
    By Kevin Phinney • August 11, 2009 12:00 am

    Trim back the bombast, and Catch Me If You Can will be a smash.

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    Television: Why Is Cronkite Giving Me the Stinkeye?
    Television: Why Is Cronkite Giving Me the Stinkeye?
    By Kevin Phinney • July 21, 2009 12:00 am

    Close encounters with a journalism icon.

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