Tag: Philadelphia Theatre
Review: ‘Time Stands Still’ at Bristol Riverside Theatre
Time Stands Still, Donald Margulies’ fascinating drama at Bristol Riverside Theatre, seems at first as if it’s going to be a deep meditation on...
Review: ‘The Humans’ at the Walnut Street Theatre
The Blakes are not your ordinary dysfunctional family. As they gather for Thanksgiving dinner in an unfamiliar locale, everything seem fine, if a little...
Review: ‘Passing Strange’ at The Wilma Theater
“Life is a mistake that only art can correct.”
That’s not a line you’d expect to hear at a rock and roll show, is it?...
Review: ‘Morning’s at Seven’ at People’s Light
Morning’s at Seven fits the definition of “quaint.” With its elderly characters and its winsome setting – a Midwestern town in the 1930s, where...
Review: ‘A Billion Nights on Earth’ at FringeArts
Thaddeus Phillips’ and Steven Dufala’s spectacularly enjoyable, glowing world of far out, fantastical adventure unfolds and forms like theatrical origami within the FringeArts black...
Review: ‘Bad Dates’ at Act II Playhouse
Bad Dates, by Theresa Rebeck, is the third one-person play I’ve seen in the past two months. The others were 2.5 Minute Ride, an...
Review: ‘Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG Playhouse Christmas Show’ at Bucks County Playhouse
How many versions of A Christmas Carol have you seen? Probably too many to count. But I can guarantee you’ve never seen one that...
Review: ‘The Color Purple’ at the Forrest Theatre
It may take place in rural Georgia circa 1909, but because of today’s headlines about the mistreatment of women, The Color Purple is more...
Review: ‘The Brownings’ at Orbiter 3
It’s long been said that in order to be a writer, one must be at least a little crazy. Well, they don’t get any...
Review: ‘Peter Pan’ at the Arden Theatre
Arden Children’s Theatre opens its 20th Anniversary Season with a delightful production of Peter Pan, adapted for the stage by Douglas Irvine, and based...
Review: ‘The Sea Cadet’ and ‘A Trip to Africa’ at Concert...
Concert Operetta Theater moved into new artistic territory with its November production of two unfamiliar operettas. Daniel Pantano’s Philadelphia company teamed up with a...
Review: ‘My Fair Lady’ at Quintessence Theatre
Quintessence Theatre has built a strong reputation as a home for classic drama. But now they’ve dived into the American Musical Theatre canon in...
Review: ‘Disney’s Beauty and the Beast’ at The Media Theatre
“Tale as old as time”? If you’re the parent of a young child who has watched a certain Disney animated film on video over...
Review: ‘The Miser’ at The Stagecrafters Theater
A play by Moliere in the Philadelphia area? Be still my heart!
I took a quick unscientific survey in the lobby, prior to the performance,...
Review: ‘Crimes of the Heart’ at Curio Theatre Company
Curio Theatre Company’s production of Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize winning tragicomedy, Crimes of the Heart, is the dark and hilarious tale of the Magraths...
Review: ‘Finding Neverland’ at the Academy of Music
I went into Finding Neverland with high hopes. I had been enchanted by the 2004 film from which this musical has been adapted. The story,...
Review: ‘Rasheeda Speaking’ at Allens Lane Theater
The setting is ordinary – an office with two desks side by side. The desks are covered with plants, knickknacks, and piles of paperwork....
Review: ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ at Arden Theatre Company
The list began after her first attempt. A list of everything brilliant about the world. Everything worth fighting for.
If I were to make a...
Review: ‘Annie’ at the Walnut Street Theatre
The sun’ll come out tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar that
Tomorrow there’ll be sun….
Those familiar lyrics seem fresher than ever in Walnut Street Theatre’s new production...
Review: ‘The New World’ at Bucks County Playhouse
A Thanksgiving musical? We can think of musicals that sometimes involve that observance, but an entire show about how the holiday evolved? Bucks County...