The family friendly holiday panto takes a wacky look at the growing pains of the future King Arthur as he faces the challenges of life, learning, and leadership.
View More ARTHUR AND THE TALE OF THE RED DRAGON: A MUSICAL PANTO (People’s Light): Coming of age in the Middle AgesAuthor: Debra Miller
QED (Lantern): A glowing tribute to a brilliant man
Peter DeLaurier reprises his role as physicist Richard Feynman in Lantern Theater Company’s remount of its 2006 hit.
View More QED (Lantern): A glowing tribute to a brilliant manGREEN PORNO (Isabella Rossellini): Sex and celebrity in the service of a serious message
It’s no secret that sex and celebrity sell, so what better use for those ever-reliable marketing commodities than in the service of a serious message?…
View More GREEN PORNO (Isabella Rossellini): Sex and celebrity in the service of a serious messageA STREETCAR NAMED DURANG (IRC): 60-second review
High-energy hilarity fills L’Étage as the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium remounts its 2008 Fringe hit, a trio of one-act parodies by Christopher Durang.
View More A STREETCAR NAMED DURANG (IRC): 60-second reviewBLOOD WEDDING (PAC/MPiRP): A symbiotic relationship between the arts and education
Love, betrayal, vengeance, and death are the themes of Federico García Lorca’s Spanish Symbolist tragedy, BLOOD WEDDING.
View More BLOOD WEDDING (PAC/MPiRP): A symbiotic relationship between the arts and educationCAUGHT (InterAct): On the nature of art and truth
When artful deceptions permeate an artist’s life, it casts doubt on everything we believe but never really knew.
View More CAUGHT (InterAct): On the nature of art and truthIsabella Rossellini Brings GREEN PORNO to World Cafe Live
Inspired by her love of animals and her concerns about unsound environmental practices, Rossellini’s well-researched work is both funny and educational.
View More Isabella Rossellini Brings GREEN PORNO to World Cafe LiveSTOKER’S DRACULA (Josh Hitchens): 60-second review
Josh Hitchens delivers a spine-chilling tour de force in his solo dramatization of one of the world’s most terrifying horror stories.
View More STOKER’S DRACULA (Josh Hitchens): 60-second reviewHENRY V (Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre): Bringing history to life and making learning fun
Aaron Cromie brings his inimitable brand of wit and insight to this exuberant interpretation of HENRY V.
View More HENRY V (Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre): Bringing history to life and making learning funWE CAN ALL AGREE TO PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED (Tiny Dynamite and InterAct Theatre Company): A Philadelphia world-premiere comedy
Season 4 of Tiny Dynamite’s month-long happy-hour series A Play, A Pie and A Pint concludes with its first commissioned work.
View More WE CAN ALL AGREE TO PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED (Tiny Dynamite and InterAct Theatre Company): A Philadelphia world-premiere comedyA Conversation with Playwright Lucas Hnath, Director Deborah Block, and the Cast of Theatre Exile’s RED SPEEDO
Playwright Lucas Hnath raises serious legal, ethical, societal, and personal issues in RED SPEEDO, his 2013 play enjoying its Philadelphia premiere at Theatre Exile.
View More A Conversation with Playwright Lucas Hnath, Director Deborah Block, and the Cast of Theatre Exile’s RED SPEEDOMASQUE OF POE (Mechanical Theater): A hauntingly powerful evening of storytelling
Mechanical Theater’s Halloween-season offering, MASQUE OF POE, honors its mission of creating theatrical projects designed for Philadelphia’s unique historical settings.
View More MASQUE OF POE (Mechanical Theater): A hauntingly powerful evening of storytellingROW AFTER ROW (People’s Light): Finding the courage to fight and to heal
Local-born playwright Jessica Dickey considers the humor and heartache of mustering the courage to fight in an insightful comedy about three Civil War re-enactors.
View More ROW AFTER ROW (People’s Light): Finding the courage to fight and to healA RESPECTABLE WIDOW TAKES TO VULGARITY (Tiny Dynamite and Azuka Theatre Company): A wildly heartwarming week 3 of A Play, A Pie and A Pint
Scottish playwright Douglas Maxwell accomplishes the unexpected in his one-act obscenity-laden comedy A RESPECTABLE WIDOW TAKES TO VULGARITY
View More A RESPECTABLE WIDOW TAKES TO VULGARITY (Tiny Dynamite and Azuka Theatre Company): A wildly heartwarming week 3 of A Play, A Pie and A PintTERROR BEHIND THE WALLS (Eastern State Penitentiary): Philadelphia’s top halloween attraction
Now in its 22nd year, this theatrical production ranks among the top haunted-house attractions in the US.
View More TERROR BEHIND THE WALLS (Eastern State Penitentiary): Philadelphia’s top halloween attractionALWAYS THE BRIDESMAID (R. Eric Thomas): 60-second review
R. Eric Thomas’s updated version of his 2012 hit provides a seamless synthesis of stand-up comedy and storytelling with the narrative structure of a one-act rom-com
View More ALWAYS THE BRIDESMAID (R. Eric Thomas): 60-second reviewA NIGHT WITH LADY G (Irish Heritage Theatre): A Trilogy of Proofs of the Irish Gift of Gab!
A NIGHT WITH LADY G features three one-act plays by Lady Augusta Gregory, a key force in the Irish Literary Revival and co-founder of Dublin’s Abbey Theatre
View More A NIGHT WITH LADY G (Irish Heritage Theatre): A Trilogy of Proofs of the Irish Gift of Gab!THE LETTER OF LAST RESORT (Tiny Dynamite and Inis Nua): A Thought-Provoking Satire on “The Crazy Strategy” of Nuclear Weapons
A Play, A Pie and A Pint opens with THE LETTER OF LAST RESORT, Scottish playwright David Greig’s political satire on the absurdities of our atomic age.
View More THE LETTER OF LAST RESORT (Tiny Dynamite and Inis Nua): A Thought-Provoking Satire on “The Crazy Strategy” of Nuclear WeaponsConnecting with musicians Christine Havrilla and Gretchen Schultz
Singers/songwriters/musicians Christine Havrilla and Gretchen Schultz are busier than ever this week with an upcoming show at the Tin Angel.
View More Connecting with musicians Christine Havrilla and Gretchen SchultzFENCES (People’s Light): On broken dreams and the hope for change
The 2nd production by People’s Light from Wilson’s “Century Cycle”, FENCES is an engaging and profound examination of very human characters dealing with very challenging circumstances,
View More FENCES (People’s Light): On broken dreams and the hope for change