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Cue the Protests: Philly Theater Company to Stage Musical Comedy About Abortion
phillymag.com ^ | 7/05/17 | By Victor Fiorillo

Posted on 07/08/2017 7:49:31 AM PDT by blueyon

Normally, when we get a press release from a local theater company about its latest work, the press release includes, you know, the name of the play. But Philly theater company Lightning Rod Special bucked that trend this week went they sent us a notice announcing its musical comedy about abortion, which debuts in August at the Painted Bride.

“We were going with ‘Fetus Chorus,’” explains co-creator Alice Yorke, pictured below. “But there were a lot of mixed feelings about it. The best comment we got was, ‘I understand you want to provoke your audience, but do you want to do that in the theater or before they even get there?’”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: abortion; deathculture; grants; philadelphia; play; prochoice; prolife; theater; womenshealth
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To: alloysteel
COMING THIS SUMMER !!!!

MACHETE III
Starring Kathy Griffin.


21 posted on 07/08/2017 4:09:51 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: blueyon; 2ndMostConservativeBrdMember; afraidfortherepublic; Alas; al_c; american colleen; ...

this is vile, it’s time to end NEA funding...

also, you can post comments on their facebook page, comments may be edited out...you will have to scroll about 3/4 down to July 6.

https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiamagazine


22 posted on 07/08/2017 8:11:57 PM PDT by Coleus (For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.)
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To: blueyon

Abortion isn’t funny it’s very sad.


23 posted on 07/08/2017 9:20:39 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Coleus

This rates right up with the WNBA basketball team from Seattle honoring planned parenthood at an upcoming game. There is no shortage of sick people in our world!


24 posted on 07/09/2017 4:13:57 PM PDT by EODGUY ("If you know how much ammo you own...you don't own enough!")
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To: Prov1322

It’s a whole different place with a different location and different leadership than in the old days. Their “History” page doesn’t even mention the founder. Now it’s just another commie SJW outpost.


25 posted on 07/10/2017 12:17:19 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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