Tag: Deb Miller
Review: ‘Once On This Island’ at the Circle in the Square...
The first Broadway revival of the 1990 Tony-nominated hit musical Once On This Island, with book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by...
Review: ‘Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone?’ at The WorkShop Theater
One of the early, less-familiar works by Tony Award-winning playwright and librettist Terrence McNally (famed for his highly-acclaimed Love! Valour! Compassion!, Master Class, Kiss...
Review: ‘This Is the Week That Is’ at 1812 Productions
If you’re looking for an evening of escapist entertainment at the theater this holiday season, 1812 Productions’ twelfth installment of its perennial hit This...
Review: ‘Who’s Holiday!’ at Westside Theatre
If your fond childhood memories include Dr. Seuss
The Grinch, his dog Max, and a Ville filled with Whos
You might like a sequel from 40...
Philadelphia’s ‘Christmas Village’ Returns to LOVE Park
Now celebrating its tenth year, Philadelphia’s Christmas Village – an open-air German-style holiday market - returns to the newly restored LOVE Park with more...
Review: ‘Harry Clarke’ at Vineyard Theatre
At the core of all great theater is the art of great storytelling. Harry Clarke, a solo show with a compelling story told by...
Review: ‘What We’re Up Against’ at WP Theater
Office politics, gender-based inequality in the workplace, and self-damning outbursts of flagrant misogyny fuel the flames of Theresa Rebeck’s razor-sharp feminist comedy What We’re...
Review: ‘Red Roses, Green Gold’ at Minetta Lane Theatre
Calling all Dead Heads! The classic songs of your favorite band have been reincarnated for the stage at Minetta Lane Theatre, in a new...
Review: ‘Pippin’ at Ritz Theatre Company
One of the most imaginative musicals ever to hit the Broadway stage, the Tony Award-winning Pippin, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and...
Review: ‘This One’s for the Girls’ at St. Luke’s Theatre
Sociological research project meets PPT lecture meets jukebox musical in Professor and Playwright Dorothy Marcic’s This One’s for the Girls, produced by William Franzblau...
Review: ‘Dracula’ at The Mechanical Theater
Adapted, designed, and directed by Loretta Vasile, The Mechanical Theater’s immersive site-specific production of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, performed at the solemn Neo-Classical Receiving Vault...
Review: ‘Thing of Evil: Fantastic Tales of Terror’ at the Painted...
Long-time collaborators Phoebe Schaub and Emily R. Johnson, known to Philadelphia audiences for their haunting and transportive style as former members of Found Theater...
Review: ‘Lights Out: The Nat “King” Cole Story’ at People’s Light
Known and beloved for his impeccably smooth baritone voice, suave stylings, and debonair elegance, Nat King Cole was a musical icon and TV trailblazer,...
Review: ‘Ideation’ at Theatre Exile
Ethics, morality, self-interest, and accountability are the big issues addressed in Theatre Exile’s smashing production of Aaron Loeb’s Ideation, in a sardonic send-up of...
Review: ‘Fire’ by Chatillion Stage Company at Theatre 54 at Shetler...
On March 25, 1911, fire raged through the 8th to 10th floors of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory by Washington Square Park. In less than...
Fringe Encore Series 2017 Review: ‘Turbulence!’ at SoHo Playhouse
Musical-comedy improv troupe Robot Teammate has landed in New York with an energetic hour of silly sci-fi fun in Turbulence!, now performing at SoHo...
An Interview with Erik Ransom on the Development of His New...
Just back from a production of his musical GRINDR: The Opera in Florida, Erik Ransom organized a private developmental reading of his latest work...
Fringe Encore Series 2017 Review: ‘Kafka and Son’ at SoHo Playhouse
In November 1919, the 36-year-old Modernist writer Franz Kafka wrote a searing 45-page letter to his domineering father Hermann, dissecting his tyrannical attitude and...
Celebrate Fall with Brauhaus Schmitz’ ‘Oktoberfest’ at the Armory
Enter the 23rd Street Armory this Columbus Day weekend and be transported to a Munich-style beer hall for the 2nd annual celebration of Oktoberfest,...
Review: ‘Kinky Boots’ at the Academy of Music
Drag queens save the day and light up the stage in Kinky Boots, making its return to Philadelphia for a limited run this week...