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1812 Productions, Philadelphia's all comedy theatre company, is pleased to announce the return of live performances for their popular political satire, THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS.
(Literally) Fake News In any normal year, Philly’s long-running 1812 Productions – famed for being the only professional theater company in the U.S. dedicated solely to comedy – would start its annual run of “This is the Week That Is” on the first days of December and end by the second week of January. The live, six-week look at the ever-shifting news cycle and the current cultural zeitgeist, local and national, in a sketch comedy revue showcase setting – something 1812’s co-founding Producing Artistic Director Jennifer Childs calls “a cross between ‘The Carol Burnett Show’ and ‘The Daily Show’” – would take place at Delancey Street’s Plays & Players Theatre. ....
Icepack | Dec. 10-17 Philadelphians set many records of which we all can be proud. Certainly, the names of “Molly Schuyler” and “Joey Chestnut” will go down in the annals of competitive chicken part dining as members of the elite Wing Bowl crew. Have the Eagles yet to have set records as to how far down a championship team can fall yet? I bet it’s close. Near the weekend, however, we just discovered that Philadelphians felled by fatal drug overdoses rose in the first half of 2020, hitting a peak of nearly 600 victims. This rise in lethal overdoses was so dramatic that, by the end of this calendar year, according to JAMA Psychiatry – a journal published by the American Medical Association focusing on research in psychiatry, mental health and behavioral sciences – Philly will surpass its own death toll record from 2017, the worst year ever for drug overdose deaths. ....