Is there more still left in the playwright’s head that didn’t make it to the stage?

Freda Payne does some lovely singing in ELLA: FIRST LADY OF SONG, a biographical tribute to Ella Fitzgerald

The EgoPo Classical Theater’s production of John Guare’s Lydie Breeze part III was asking the fundamental question, “what is ‘it’.”

The hills are alive with the sound of Danielle Lee James!

From modern to historic, tragic to fantastic, THE WOMEN OF IRELAND views the feminine from many angles, creating a fleshed out sculpture of Irish life.

It was interesting to compare last week’s reading of Shakespeare’s THE RAPE OF LUCRECE at the Rosenbach to the original presentation at the Broad Street Ministry in 2016.

A recent performance of HUMAN RITES, a world premiere production by InterAct Theatre, featured a talk with cultural psychologist Richard Shweder, whose work inspired playwright Seth Rozin.

HUMAN RITES succeeds as a vehicle to tackle such hot-topic themes as appropriation and intersectionality.

The second (re)Focus Fest brings together four companies using performance to spark discussion about narrative, perspective, and history.

The chestnut sails in Frank Anzalone’s production of NOISES OFF at the Walnut Street Theatre, but not consistently.

Quintessence Theatre Group explores the Shakespearean death throes of the Roman Republic.

I’ve gone from a fan and admirer to an enthusiastic supporter of Jen Childs in I WILL NOT GO GENTLY.

Find out what’s onstage in Philadelphia this April with our useful Philadelphia theater calendar.

Most things are destined to be average, even musicals that have managed to stay on Broadway for a couple of years.

Doylestown native and Penn State grad Liam Fennecken is ready to rock and roll in the high octane musical SCHOOL OF ROCK.

Neill Hartley’s ensemble for FROZEN makes the most of all the emotion and thoughtfulness Bryony Lavery invests in his play of forgiveness, redemption, and moving on.

In adapting THE BLUEST EYE, Lydia R. Diamond trusts Toni Morrison.

Regina Taylor’s CROWNS is an entertaining and telling musical about traditions among African-American women

Republished by kind permission from Neals Paper. Vocally, Jenny Lee Stern channels Patsy Cline. The clean, heartfelt sounds register. Physically, I kept seeing Judy Garland and began hoping Stern, a known…

Mel Brooks’s THE PRODUCERS has gone from Screen Comedy to Musical Comedy to Screen Musical Comedy and back to the stage again.