Time travel as spiritual reality and a throbbing moral obligation
View More MY GENERAL TUBMAN (Arden): Ancestors callingTag: Arden Theatre Company
News and reviews for the Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia.
THE SNOW QUEEN (Arden Children’s Theatre): Not a sugar-coated fairy tale
“In the realm of the unknown, kids and adults have pretty much the same needs: courage, resilience, protection.”
View More THE SNOW QUEEN (Arden Children’s Theatre): Not a sugar-coated fairy taleAnd the winners are… 2019 Barrymore Award recipients
Hey, who won a 2019 Barrymore Award?
View More And the winners are… 2019 Barrymore Award recipientsOnstage Magic: Skip Robinson on playing Harry Houdini in RAGTIME
Skip Robinson is bringing to stage one of the greatest escape artists in history in Arden Theatre’s Ragtime.
View More Onstage Magic: Skip Robinson on playing Harry Houdini in RAGTIMEPhiladelphia theater through the eyes of J. Cooper Robb, Part 2: 2004
Revisiting Philly theater history through the eyes of one of its finest critics.
View More Philadelphia theater through the eyes of J. Cooper Robb, Part 2: 2004Philadelphia Theater through the eyes of J. Cooper Robb, Part 1: 2002–2003
Remembering Philadelphia theater history through the eyes of a venerable theater reviewer.
View More Philadelphia Theater through the eyes of J. Cooper Robb, Part 1: 2002–2003Up and Over the Rainbow: The Impact of Judy Garland on the work of Tyler Houchins
From being bullied to falling in love with Judy Garland. Tyler Houchins takes us down the yellow brick road.
View More Up and Over the Rainbow: The Impact of Judy Garland on the work of Tyler HouchinsTheater in Sketch: CHARLOTTE’S WEB (Arden Theatre)
Looking at Arden Childrens Theater in words and sketch
View More Theater in Sketch: CHARLOTTE’S WEB (Arden Theatre)Life Inspires Art, Art Inspires Life in Kash Goins’s 74 SECONDS… TO JUDGMENT
Kash Goins gets a message from Valerie Castile, mother of the man who inspired 74 SECONDS… TO JUDGMENT
View More Life Inspires Art, Art Inspires Life in Kash Goins’s 74 SECONDS… TO JUDGMENTA DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 (Arden): Imagining another Nora
Naomi Orwin asks: Would a woman have envisioned a different Nora? A different Torvald?
View More A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 (Arden): Imagining another NoraA Door Slams, A Door Opens: Previewing A DOLL’S HOUSE PART 2 at the Arden
Chuck Schultz previews Lucas Hnath’s sequel to Ibsen’s classic.
View More A Door Slams, A Door Opens: Previewing A DOLL’S HOUSE PART 2 at the ArdenFUN HOME (Arden Theatre): LOL misery
The Bechdel family has a funeral home (dubbed Fun Home by the kids) and also a not-fun family home.
View More FUN HOME (Arden Theatre): LOL miseryTHE BLUEST EYE (Arden): Bringing Toni Morrison to the stage
In adapting THE BLUEST EYE, Lydia R. Diamond trusts Toni Morrison.
View More THE BLUEST EYE (Arden): Bringing Toni Morrison to the stageBack to Prison: Playwright Kash Goins on his reprised play V to X at Arden Theatre
Kash Goins talks to Phindie about the new production of his acclaimed prison drama and the Arden’s coming season.
View More Back to Prison: Playwright Kash Goins on his reprised play V to X at Arden TheatreA DOLL’S HOUSE (Arden): Ibsen for our times
A timelessly relevant damnation of our human falsehoods is also an au courant commentary on sexism.
View More A DOLL’S HOUSE (Arden): Ibsen for our timesTOUCHTONES (Arden): This must be a bad connection
Naughty and nice collide in TOUCHTONES, a musical fantasy in world premiere at the Arden.
View More TOUCHTONES (Arden): This must be a bad connectionTOUCHTONES (Arden): 60-second review
This treacly throwback neither titillates nor liberates.
View More TOUCHTONES (Arden): 60-second reviewCABARET (Arden): Glücklich zu sehen?
CABARET has taken on a new level of relevance, but Matthew Decker’s re-creation of Sam Mendes’ famous production remains stuck in the past.
View More CABARET (Arden): Glücklich zu sehen?In Judgment of Wrongs: A biting premiere on American injustice launches Kash Goins’s residency at the Arden
In 2016, Philly playwright Kash Goins took a look at the human costs of mass incarceration in his nuanced, intimate original drama V to X…
View More In Judgment of Wrongs: A biting premiere on American injustice launches Kash Goins’s residency at the Arden2016-2017 Phindie Critics’ Awards
Philadelphia theater writers choose their favorite plays of the last season.
View More 2016-2017 Phindie Critics’ Awards