Tag: Philadelphia
Review: ‘Anna’ at EgoPo Classic Theater
EgoPo Classic Theater presents the world premiere of Anna as the final work in its Russian Masters Festival. Anna adapts the story of Leo Tolstoy’s...
Review: ‘The King and I’ at the Academy of Music
More than sixty years after its debut, The King and I remains one of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most popular and enduring musicals. The handsome national...
Review: ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ at the Walnut Street Theatre
The Walnut Street Theatre is doing The Importance of Being Earnest in high style. The Victorian era was noted for its excesses in decoration and...
Review: ‘Tribulation Periwinkle: Civil War Nurse’ at Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion
In commemoration of Women’s History Month, Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion’s Victorian Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Tribulation Periwinkle: Civil War Nurse. Adapted and...
Review: “Jesus Christ Superstar” at Bristol Riverside Theatre
Scheduled to coincide on the calendar with the days historically associated with the last week in the life of Christ, Bristol Riverside Theatre’s spring...
Review: ‘Love’s Labor’s Lost’ at Quintessence Theatre Group
Quintessence Theatre Group brings William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labor’s Lost, as directed by Alexander Burns, vibrantly to life with spectacular staging, scintillating costumes and a...
An Interview with Anna Szapiro and Johnny Smith: Making the Move...
Following a year of critical acclaim in Philadelphia, which culminated in nominations for both for the Barrymore Award for Best Ensemble, the talented young...
Review: ‘Ben Dibble: Are We There Yet? Just a Little Father(hood...
Ben Dibble might be as fine a cabaret performer as anyone in that field. He demonstrated that with the presentation of Are We There...
Review: ‘Coriolanus’ at Lantern Theater Company
Coriolanus is one of Shakespeare’s least-performed plays – probably because it doesn’t fit easily into any of the standard Shakespearean categories. It’s a tragedy,...
Review: ‘Ironbound’ at Simpatico Theatre
Her face is banged up and she lights a small votive candle before saying a prayer. Although it is freezing, she has created a...
Review: ‘Viva la Zarzuela! The Music of Spain’ at Concert Operetta...
Concert Operetta Theater was founded in 2008 to revive and preserve the type of musical theater that’s more lighthearted and accessible than opera, but...
Review: The Philadelphia Orchestra Performs Seeger, Berg & Beethoven with Guest...
Contrast was stark in the concert which Michael Tilson Thomas led with The Philadelphia Orchestra. The first half displayed two radically dissonant pieces from...
Review: ‘Our Town’ at Temple Theaters
Temple University Department of Theater’s production of the Pulitzer Prize winner Our Town would have pleased its author, Thornton Wilder. This American classic was written...
Review: ‘It’s So Learning’ at FringeArts
It’s So Learning, written and performed by comedic mavericks The Berserker Residents, is a wild, immersive ride through the Berserkers’ vision of the K-12...
Review: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at Arden Theatre Company
In 1998, Arden Theatre Company opened their F. Otto Haas Stage with a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Widely considered one of William...
Review: ‘Cirque du Soleil Toruk – The First Flight’ at Wells...
An original prequel based on James Cameron’s 2009 blockbuster film Avatar, Cirque du Soleil’s touring production of Toruk – The First Flight, now in...
Review: ‘koma’ at Solecalibur
It’s 2 a.m. His mind is racing, overwrought with memories of situations, conversations, and images of her. Music and film merge with poetry, rap,...
Review: ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ at Ritz Theatre Company
Adapted for the stage by Christopher Sergel, Harper Lee’s 1960 classic American novel To Kill a Mockingbird, set in the Deep South in the...
Review: ‘Tomfoolery’ at Act II Playhouse
“Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it. “ ~ Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer's Tomfoolery, as...
Review: ‘Irish-ish’ at Manayunk Theatre Company
Just in advance of St. Patrick’s Day, Manayunk Theatre Company brings its tradition of Irish pub entertainment to Roxborough’s Tavern on Ridge with Irish-ish:...