An off-the-record conversation between an established author and her graduate student assistant becomes the basis for an increasingly adversarial examination of professional ethics, artistic license, and personal betrayal.
View More COLLECTED STORIES (Isis): When “What happens in Vegas” doesn’t stay in VegasCategory: Reviews
MOON CAVE (Azuka Theatre): Eclipse of the mind
Playwright Douglas Williams gives us a view into the life and psyche of a young man haunted by horrific events from his past.
View More MOON CAVE (Azuka Theatre): Eclipse of the mindGHOST (Media Theatre): Animating a corpse
Director Jesse Cline doesn’t let GHOST’s musical or lyrical deficiencies stand in his way of making involving theater.
View More GHOST (Media Theatre): Animating a corpseSWAN LAKE (PA Ballet): An enduring classic
If you want to see the traditional ballet form challenged but simultaneously upheld then Christopher Wheeldon’s adaptation of the Tchaikovsky classic is just the ticket.
View More SWAN LAKE (PA Ballet): An enduring classicARIADNE AUF NAXOS (Curtis Opera Theatre/Opera Philadelphia): Clowns and opera collide
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS predates Stephen Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park with George” and David Hirson’s “La Bête” by decades, but the situation its plot depicts brings both of those later 20th century works to mind.
View More ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (Curtis Opera Theatre/Opera Philadelphia): Clowns and opera collideUNNECESSARY FARCE (Act II): 60-second review
A stakeout goes awry with hilarious consequences in UNNECESSARY FARCE at Act II Playhouse.
View More UNNECESSARY FARCE (Act II): 60-second reviewROCCO (ICKamsterdam/FringeArts): Choreographic gloves come off
Philly dance fans were ringside for the fights last weekend for ROCCO, an exhibition of choreographic pugilism
View More ROCCO (ICKamsterdam/FringeArts): Choreographic gloves come off[book review] FOLLIES OF GOD (James Grissom): Validating Tennessee Williams
“The greatness of . . . people lies in how they got from their squalor—real or perceived—and became artists.”
View More [book review] FOLLIES OF GOD (James Grissom): Validating Tennessee WilliamsBLACK SWAN (Dance Iquail): Tutus as Afros just aren’t enough!
Dance Iquail used the tutu, which is an iconic costume in classical ballet, placed it atop the heads of the dancers and shifted its representation from a symbol of white ballet to a symbol of black pride.
View More BLACK SWAN (Dance Iquail): Tutus as Afros just aren’t enough!MICKLE STREET (Walnut): There is more to life than theatrics
Philadelphia playwright Michael Whistler’s latest play, Mickle Street, shows Oscar Wilde, 27, searching for an identity and seeking out advice from older poet Walt Whitman.
View More MICKLE STREET (Walnut): There is more to life than theatricsA MURDER HAS BEEN ARRANGED (Hedgerow): There’s something spooky backstage
A MURDER HAS BEEN ARRANGED may contain all the usual elements of a typical who-dunnit, but it’s spirit lies elsewhere
View More A MURDER HAS BEEN ARRANGED (Hedgerow): There’s something spooky backstageOTHELLO (Curio): A different approach to an iconic tragedy
This original take on OTHELLO has more the feel of a farcical comedy than an ironic tragedy
View More OTHELLO (Curio): A different approach to an iconic tragedyWINTER SERIES 2015 (BalletX): Sizzling Despite the Snow
BalletX is on fire. Their winter series provides Philadelphia with the perfect antidote to the cold-weather blues.
View More WINTER SERIES 2015 (BalletX): Sizzling Despite the SnowMICKLE STREET (Walnut): Whitman and Wilde meet and then they talk
Life imitates art far more than art imitates art.
View More MICKLE STREET (Walnut): Whitman and Wilde meet and then they talkHOLD THESE TRUTHS (Plays & Players): When the hero loses, we all lose
The lesser-known story of Gordon Hirabayashi, who ought to be publicly regarded as one of America’s outlying forces of justice, is told fearlessly by Makoto Hirano in Jeanne Sakata’s HOLD THESE TRUTHS.
View More HOLD THESE TRUTHS (Plays & Players): When the hero loses, we all loseTHE VULGAR EARLY WORKS (Chelsea & Magda): Sex, society, slapstick
Chelsea & Magda speak directly from their vaginas. If you’re not into that kind of thing, don’t see THE VULGAR EARLY WORKS.
View More THE VULGAR EARLY WORKS (Chelsea & Magda): Sex, society, slapstickMILK LIKE SUGAR (Simpatico): Dreams and reality
Everyone wants to feel special. This longing to be acknowledged is at the core of Kirsten Greenidge’s MILK LIKE SUGAR.
View More MILK LIKE SUGAR (Simpatico): Dreams and realityTHE CHERRY ORCHARD (People’s Light): Capturing the comedy, insight, and pathos of Chekhov
Completed in 1904, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Anton Chekhov’s final dramatic work, is the most often staged of all Russian plays worldwide, and its production at…
View More THE CHERRY ORCHARD (People’s Light): Capturing the comedy, insight, and pathos of ChekhovSTAIRS TO THE ROOF (EgoPo and Rowan): An absurdist take on a fledgling work by Tennessee Williams
This is Tennessee Williams as you’ve never seen him, filled with youthful ardor, idealism, and scorn, and well suited for showcasing a young ensemble of emerging talents.
View More STAIRS TO THE ROOF (EgoPo and Rowan): An absurdist take on a fledgling work by Tennessee WilliamsTHE WHALE (Theatre Exile): Intelligence and transformation moving under the surface
Not many plays have this kind of unmistakable resonance. When you encounter such a play, you know it. With works of consequence you can feel the pull of intelligence and transformation moving under the surface.
View More THE WHALE (Theatre Exile): Intelligence and transformation moving under the surface