{"id":90853,"date":"2026-01-19T15:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/90853\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:58:07","slug":"a-new-comedy-about-family-anger-and-magical-chicken-soup-is-premiering-in-philly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/90853\/","title":{"rendered":"A new comedy about family, anger and magical chicken soup is premiering in Philly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-end=\"885\" data-start=\"803\">A new comedy with a touch of magical realism is coming to Center City this spring.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1048\" data-start=\"887\">Theatre Ariel, Philadelphia\u2019s only professional theater company dedicated to telling stories about the Jewish experience, will present the world premiere of &#8220;Marsha Blovotnick and the Marvelous Magical Chicken Soup,&#8221; a new play by Philadelphia playwright Dan Kitrosser.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1576\" data-start=\"1281\">The story follows Marsha Blovotnick, an angry woman preparing for Shabbat when her sister shows up unannounced and a mysterious ancestor arrives with a pot of magical chicken soup. The unexpected dinner forces Marsha to confront strained family relationships and the anger she has been carrying.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1620\" data-start=\"1578\">Performances run March 12-22 at\u00a0The Bluver Theatre @ The Drake.\u00a0Tickets are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/theatreariel.vbotickets.com\/events\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">theatreariel.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-original-title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/theatreariel.vbotickets.com\/events\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMarsha Blovotnick and the Marvelous Magical Chicken Soup&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1620\" data-start=\"1578\">Runs March 12-22<br \/>The Bluver Theatre @ The Drake<br \/>302 S Hicks St<br \/>Philadelphia, PA\u00a019102<br \/>Tickets: $18-$36<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1620\" data-start=\"1578\">This content was generated by PhillyVoice Media Events, not by the editorial staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new comedy with a touch of magical realism is coming to Center City this spring. Theatre Ariel,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1681,69,71,70,7866,44785],"class_list":["post-90853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-entertainment","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-theatre","tag-theatre-ariel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}