THE 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 crueltiesPRIVATE LIVES (Walnut): Who is being mocked?
PRIVATE LIVES, as written by Coward, is funny because it exposes the savagery that exists beneath the polished façade of the English upper class.
View More PRIVATE LIVES (Walnut): Who is being mocked?The Koresh Artist Showcase: A Slice For You, A Slice For Me!
On January 18, The Koresh Artist Showcase presented a variety of works that made it easy to remember why we love to watch dance in the first place.
View More The Koresh Artist Showcase: A Slice For You, A Slice For Me!THE DANGEROUS HOUSE OF PRETTY MBANE (InterAct): 60-second review
A thrilling, thought-provoking, wonderfully heart-wrenching play now receiving its world premiere by InterAct Theatre Company.
View More THE DANGEROUS HOUSE OF PRETTY MBANE (InterAct): 60-second reviewA LIFE IN THE THEATRE (Walnut): 60-second review
David Mamet’s amusing A LIFE IN THE THEATRE uses the simple interplay of two actors backstage at a repertory company, to talk about life outside the theater.
View More A LIFE IN THE THEATRE (Walnut): 60-second reviewSex on Stage in FEST (FringeArts) and KEIN APPLAUS FÜR SCHEISSE (American Realness [NYC])
What occurs in a theater when sex happens? Ivo Dimchev’s FEST and Florentina Holzinger and Vincent Riebeek’s KEIN APPLAUS FÜR SCHEISSE present two very different looks.
View More Sex on Stage in FEST (FringeArts) and KEIN APPLAUS FÜR SCHEISSE (American Realness [NYC])Pretty Mbane and “Corrective Rape”: Traveling around the world with playwright Jen Silverman
Henrik Eger interviews Jen Silverman about her world premiere play THE DANGEROUS HOUSE OF PRETTY MBANE! and the issues it raises.
View More Pretty Mbane and “Corrective Rape”: Traveling around the world with playwright Jen SilvermanCLOSER (Luna): The sex is neither sensual nor dirty, it’s tactical
Campbell’s production allows us to see the raw humanity in these people—or, in many cases, the lack thereof.
View More CLOSER (Luna): The sex is neither sensual nor dirty, it’s tacticalON THE VERGE (Hedgerow): Self-discovery in the land of the unknown
There are so many layers to uncover in this work. It is a smart and clever piece; more performance art with humor and drama than a traditional comedy.
View More ON THE VERGE (Hedgerow): Self-discovery in the land of the unknownHOT ‘n’ COLE: A Cole Porter Celebration! (Mauckingbird): What a swell party it is
Get yourself a glass of wine and enjoy Porter’s musical repartee and stylish insinuation, the swell costumes, and the sophisticated atmosphere.
View More HOT ‘n’ COLE: A Cole Porter Celebration! (Mauckingbird): What a swell party it isTHE BODY OF AN AMERICAN (Wilma): War lives in all of us
Did anyone anywhere actually believe that being photographed would take away the soul, or is that the kind of ethnocentric nonsense we need good foreign journalism to counter?
View More THE BODY OF AN AMERICAN (Wilma): War lives in all of usTHE FIFTH ELEMENT: Brian Sanders’ JUNK returns with Its 5th annual SNOWBALL
This year’s SNOWBALL—the annual one-night-only festive winter-wonderland fundraiser for Brian Sanders’ JUNK—will fill the Trocadero (where Sanders produced his first show in 1992) with spectacular…
View More THE FIFTH ELEMENT: Brian Sanders’ JUNK returns with Its 5th annual SNOWBALLWomen ON THE VERGE: Kittson O’Neill and Jennifer Summerfield on Hedgerow’s wacky new comedy
Hedgerow fellow Brock Vickers sat down to talk to director Kittson O’Neill and actor Jennifer Summerfield about the theater’s January production.
View More Women ON THE VERGE: Kittson O’Neill and Jennifer Summerfield on Hedgerow’s wacky new comedy