Costume Changes and Metamorphoses: Katherine Fritz on costume design, Kafka, and blogging
Interview with award-winning costume designer and star blogger Katherine Fritz on tackling Kafka’s METAMORPHOSIS
View More Costume Changes and Metamorphoses: Katherine Fritz on costume design, Kafka, and bloggingMISALLIANCE (IRC): Swift, honed, talky
in a medium fraught with love stories Shaw gleefully throws dirt into our eyes and says: yours is a sick obsession.
View More MISALLIANCE (IRC): Swift, honed, talkyTemple University Dance Faculty Concert: Branches, boxing rings, and the boldly political
Temple’s faculty show featured works by current dance faculty and guest artist Andrea Miller of Gallim Dance
View More Temple University Dance Faculty Concert: Branches, boxing rings, and the boldly politicalIntergenerational Theater, part 2: Penelope Reed on working with a young director in ON THE VERGE (Hedgerow)
In this two-part series, Henrik Eger talks to Penelope Reed and Kittson O’Neill about their intergenerational collaboration in Hedgerow Theatre’s ON THE VERGE.
View More Intergenerational Theater, part 2: Penelope Reed on working with a young director in ON THE VERGE (Hedgerow)Intergenerational Theater, part 1: Kittson O’Neill talks about directing the veteran cast of ON THE VERGE (Hedgerow)
In this two-part series, Henrik Eger talks to Penelope Reed and Kittson O’Neill about their intergenerational collaboration in Hedgerow Theatre’s ON THE VERGE.
View More Intergenerational Theater, part 1: Kittson O’Neill talks about directing the veteran cast of ON THE VERGE (Hedgerow)SOMETHING INTANGIBLE (Stagecrafters): Making Mickey Mouse
The golden age of Hollywood. Bruce Graham certainly knew how to choose a snazzy setting when he wrote SOMETHING INTANGIBLE,
View More SOMETHING INTANGIBLE (Stagecrafters): Making Mickey MouseEVERYTHING ONE IN THE DISC OF THE SUN (Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble/FringeArts): Letting go of expectations and having fun
As a child of the sixties who used to go to “happenings” (our version of Fringe) and a devotee of several self-help modalities, I knew I had to go to EVERYTHING ONE IN THE DISC OF THE SUN, .
View More EVERYTHING ONE IN THE DISC OF THE SUN (Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble/FringeArts): Letting go of expectations and having funMENOPAUSE (Bucks County Playhouse): 60-second review
A must-see musical about “the change”.
View More MENOPAUSE (Bucks County Playhouse): 60-second reviewPhiladelphia Theater Calendar: February 2015
January | February | March | April | May | June July | August | September | October | November | December The Body of an American. By Dan O’Brien. January 7–February 1, 2015. The Wilma Theater, 265 S Broad Street. wilmatheater.org. A Life In…
View More Philadelphia Theater Calendar: February 2015Do Not Give This Man Your Money: Sebastian’s hilarious Kickstarter video
Sebastian has created a hilarious faux news Kickstarter video lambasting racism, homophobia, and media vacuity. If the show is going to be this good, it’s worth throwing in a couple bucks.
View More Do Not Give This Man Your Money: Sebastian’s hilarious Kickstarter videoVOICES OF A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (Plays & Players): This time we have to succeed
VOICES is not just provocative; it is full of infectious hope that this time, united, we really will succeed.
View More VOICES OF A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (Plays & Players): This time we have to succeedTHE GUN SHOW (Passage): Let me tell you some stories about guns
EM Lewis accomplishes two simultaneous intentions—to tell a story theatrically and to spur perspective on guns.
View More THE GUN SHOW (Passage): Let me tell you some stories about gunsTHE DIVORCEES CLUB (Penns Landing Playhouse): Le divorce, c’est dommage
Alil Vardar’s THE DIVORCEES CLUB, a comedy from France, has crossed the Atlantic for its USA premiere at Penns Landing Playhouse.
View More THE DIVORCEES CLUB (Penns Landing Playhouse): Le divorce, c’est dommageBeing Howard Zinn: Interview with Bob Weick, who plays the historian in VOICES OF A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (Plays & Players)
Henrik Eger interviews Bob Weick, who is taking on the role of the brilliant, if much maligned Howard Zinn in VOICES OF A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
View More Being Howard Zinn: Interview with Bob Weick, who plays the historian in VOICES OF A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (Plays & Players)Back on Stage After 12 Years: Deborah Crocker returns for SmokeyScout’s Nice and Fresh January!
Theater, dance, circus, and a return to the stage after 12 years. Nice and Fresh January is supremely accessible performance art.
View More Back on Stage After 12 Years: Deborah Crocker returns for SmokeyScout’s Nice and Fresh January!“This production gives me the chills”: Interview with John Doyle, director of VOICES OF A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (Plays & Players)
Henrik Eger interviews John Doyle about Howard Zinn, history, and theater.
View More “This production gives me the chills”: Interview with John Doyle, director of VOICES OF A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (Plays & Players)SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD (McCarter): Being a man in apartheid
SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD is genuine work of theater and an authentic, authoritative look at a shameful period of South African history.
View More SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD (McCarter): Being a man in apartheidDOUBT: A Parable (Lantern): Some things are certain
It may be daunting for theaters to produce the original theatrical source for a well-regarded movie, but Lantern Theater Company’s DOUBT shows why some plays are worth reclaiming for the stage.
View More DOUBT: A Parable (Lantern): Some things are certainTHE DELICATE HOUR (Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak): 60 minutes from memory
Shanahan writes that her research focuses on new movement language that expands the notions of body beyond those prescribed by Western approaches to dance. N
View More THE DELICATE HOUR (Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak): 60 minutes from memoryTHE DANGEROUS HOUSE OF PRETTY MBANE (InterAct): Western sympathies come up against African cruelties
Jen Silverman’s play tells the story of a young woman who has moved to London to escape the dangers of being a lesbian in South Africa.
View More THE DANGEROUS HOUSE OF PRETTY MBANE (InterAct): Western sympathies come up against African cruelties