Penn grad Nick Silverio returns to Philadelphia in the national tour of Disney’s FROZEN
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Once Upon a Bridge (Inis Nua): 60-second review
Inis Nua has done its best with a story more told than shown, an aftermath.
View More Once Upon a Bridge (Inis Nua): 60-second reviewOVERWINTER (Azuka): A laboratory for important ideas
Azuka Theatre presents Overwinter, an interesting new play by local playwright Mackenzie Raine Kirkman; it’s about important ideas, making it a welcome change from the…
View More OVERWINTER (Azuka): A laboratory for important ideasGirl from the North Country: Interview with Actress Chiara Trentalange
The critically acclaimed Girl from the North Country is making its way to the Forrest Theatre this month with local actor Chiara Trentalange.
View More Girl from the North Country: Interview with Actress Chiara TrentalangeFAITH HEALER (Lantern): Powerful storytelling
The Lantern Theater’s performance of Faith Healer, by Brian Friel is presented as four monologues that represent three points of view, those of Frank Hardy…
View More FAITH HEALER (Lantern): Powerful storytellingCOST OF LIVING (PTC): A compelling new play, diminished
Diminished or not, it’s worth seeing for the understanding of people living with disabilities and the people who care for them.
View More COST OF LIVING (PTC): A compelling new play, diminishedA RAISIN IN THE SUN (Bristol Riverside): An old fashioned play, carefully executed
Lorraine Hansberry wrote Raisin in the Sun in 1959, a bold play for its time. It takes a dark view of the progress of integration,…
View More A RAISIN IN THE SUN (Bristol Riverside): An old fashioned play, carefully executedTHE FLATLANDERS (1812 Productions): Couples theater can be couples therapy
Real-life married couple Scott Greer and Jennifer Childs play a fictitious couple in Bruce Graham’s newest play.
View More THE FLATLANDERS (1812 Productions): Couples theater can be couples therapyAIN’T TOO PROUD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS (National Tour): Songs, fun, and nostalgia
This is Motown, and this cast is up to the task: good voices, great moves.
View More AIN’T TOO PROUD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS (National Tour): Songs, fun, and nostalgiaGet Ready: Interview with Michael Andreaus in AIN’T TOO PROUD
Michael Andreaus is playing the role of Otis Williams in the national tour of Ain’t Too Proud- The Life and Times of The Temptations.
View More Get Ready: Interview with Michael Andreaus in AIN’T TOO PROUDHolidaze Wishes: Local artist Ashley Zimmerman talks about the seasonal Cirque Dreams show
A whimsical, Broadway-style musical infused with contemporary circus artistry
View More Holidaze Wishes: Local artist Ashley Zimmerman talks about the seasonal Cirque Dreams showCOMPANY (Forrest Theater): Gorgeously musical if lacking in Sondheim’s subtlety
Sondheim’s genius makes ambivalence gorgeously musical, but his ironic, subtle sophistication is in short supply in this production
View More COMPANY (Forrest Theater): Gorgeously musical if lacking in Sondheim’s subtletyMADAME OVARY (Inis Nua): Theater or therapy?
Madame Ovary is a staged memoir about a young woman who survived cancer; it is the fourth female solo show opening just this week:
View More MADAME OVARY (Inis Nua): Theater or therapy?[NYC] TRANSLATIONS (Irish Rep): Searching for clues
The danger with a Brian Friel play is charm. No stage Irishmen here at Irish Rep’s production, no comical drunkenness. Another danger, especially in a…
View More [NYC] TRANSLATIONS (Irish Rep): Searching for cluesTHE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (Azuka): Impassioned and interesting sidestepping
In a world full of rooms which are full of elephants, a lot of sidestepping is required of us all.
View More THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (Azuka): Impassioned and interesting sidesteppingCAMP SIEGFRIED (Theatre Exile): An unlikely love story
Love happens, even in a setting dedicated to concentrated evil, as an American girl becomes a fierce Nazi uber-princess.
View More CAMP SIEGFRIED (Theatre Exile): An unlikely love storyWHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME (Arden): A witch’s cauldron of sometimes magic
Even the most hallowed document is no match for a teenage girl, as Heidi Schreck reveals in her play, What the Constitutions Means to Me.…
View More WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME (Arden): A witch’s cauldron of sometimes magicLife in Oz: Interview with Celia Hottenstein in WICKED
Actress Celia Hottenstein has taken on the role of Glinda in the national tour of Wicked. The musical sensation is the 4th longest running Broadway…
View More Life in Oz: Interview with Celia Hottenstein in WICKEDSinging Sondheim: Interview with Beth Stafford Laird in COMPANY
Beth Stafford Laird is no stranger to life on the road. The actress, who grew up in Wayne, PA, counts COMPANY as her fifth national…
View More Singing Sondheim: Interview with Beth Stafford Laird in COMPANY[NYC] MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (Hudson Theater)
This is vintage Sondheim, the unimaginable flop now on Broadway again, restored to its dazzling, heart-wrenching brilliance. Merrily We Roll Along has been called his most personal,…
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