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Once again, nothing new this week, as theatre companies and performers around the city prepare for the Live Arts and Fringe Festivals. Check back here next week for our preview. Meanwhile, to make up for the short listings, here's a longer quote, from 1930s and '40s star of stage and screen Nelson Eddy (the handsome devil you see here):

As with last year, Phillyist will be giving separate coverage to Philadelphia Live Arts and Philly Fringe shows, so our listings through the end of the month may look a little sparse. No fear – there’s still plenty of live entertainment around the city. Now, on with the listings!

Things are slowing down right now, in the weeks before the Philadelphia Live Arts and Philly Fringe Festivals. But that doesn't mean that all of the theatres in Philadelphia are dark. Now, on with the listings!

For we were young and sure to have our way

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, which is returning to Philadelphia next week. Glinda the good witch asks Elphaba, the soon-to-be-bad witch, in reference to her old broom, "You're still riding that old thing?" Elphaba responds with the line above - but wouldn't it be nice if we all could? Now, on with the listings!

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Films: In the Shadow of the Moon, Fair Play, Wicked Flowers

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Gothamist: Maybe they should have tried instead.

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This week, we've got another theatre quote from Shakespeare because, as it turns out, the Bard was totally meta. This one is from Hamlet, and it comes at the end of a very long monologue (did you know that Hamlet is the talkiest of all Shakespeare's characters?) during which Hamlet schemes to have his uncle admit to killing his father. The entirety of the well-known quote, which isn't even a complete sentence, is: "...the play's the thing/ Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king." Now, on with the listings!

We can't help it. Whenever anyone so much as mentions , we get "Defying Gravity" stuck in our heads. Or "Popular." Now, on with the listings!

More events that are going on sale this weekend (see the previous list here):