This site-specific installation unravels the layers of emotion and humanity that the historic Powel House contains
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Deb Miller’s Top Picks for the 2016 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
Can’t decide what to see in the 2016 Philadelphia Fringe Festival? Check out Deb Miller’s recommendations in her annual top picks preview.
View More Deb Miller’s Top Picks for the 2016 Philadelphia Fringe FestivalI WILL NOT GO GENTLY (1812): Rage, rage against the dying of the light
The production keeps audience members of all ages laughing with outrageous and suggestive songs by Jennifer Childs and Christopher Colucci.
View More I WILL NOT GO GENTLY (1812): Rage, rage against the dying of the lightPETER AND THE STARCATCHER (Walnut): A wacky look at the backstory of Peter Pan
An outstanding ensemble recounts the backstory of Peter Pan in a madcap prequel with music.
View More PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (Walnut): A wacky look at the backstory of Peter PanChatting with the Lantern’s Charles McMahon about his new play on Oscar Wilde
Charles McMahon discusses the inspiration, themes, and format of his new play on Oscar Wilde, prior to its world premiere with Lantern Theater Company.
View More Chatting with the Lantern’s Charles McMahon about his new play on Oscar WildeMETAMORPHOSES (Arden): A swim with the gods
This visceral production explains why humans act the way that we do, and reveres love as the most sacred of experiences.
View More METAMORPHOSES (Arden): A swim with the godsSTELLA AND LOU (People’s Light): A middle-aged rom-com with South Philly attitude
No one captures the timbre of hometown Philadelphia better than playwright Bruce Graham, and nowhere is that more evident than in this regional premiere.
View More STELLA AND LOU (People’s Light): A middle-aged rom-com with South Philly attitudeTHE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (Lantern): 60-second review
The adaptation appropriates the ludicrous plot points and outlandish characters in Arthur Conan Doyle’s opus for a fast and fun theatrical comedy.
View More THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (Lantern): 60-second reviewAND THEN THERE WERE NONE (Walnut): Ten little soldier boys having lots of fun
Agatha Christie has always been a theatrical guilty pleasure, like sitting down with a nice genre book or singing along to top 40
View More AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (Walnut): Ten little soldier boys having lots of funUNNECESSARY FARCE (Act II): 60-second review
A stakeout goes awry with hilarious consequences in UNNECESSARY FARCE at Act II Playhouse.
View More UNNECESSARY FARCE (Act II): 60-second reviewTHE WHALE (Theatre Exile): Intelligence and transformation moving under the surface
Not many plays have this kind of unmistakable resonance. When you encounter such a play, you know it. With works of consequence you can feel the pull of intelligence and transformation moving under the surface.
View More THE WHALE (Theatre Exile): Intelligence and transformation moving under the surfaceTHE SANTALAND DIARIES (Flashpoint): The return of a hilarious holiday tradition
Flashpoint Theatre Company brings back its signature show for the holidays, David Sedaris’s THE SANTALAND DIARIES, for a ten-performance pre-Christmas run.
View More THE SANTALAND DIARIES (Flashpoint): The return of a hilarious holiday traditionOUTSIDE MULLINGAR (PTC): Land, loss, and love in rural Ireland
John Patrick Shanley’s rom-com charmer is a play about feelings, expressed with an Irish lilt by two generations of neighbors in the Emerald Isle
View More OUTSIDE MULLINGAR (PTC): Land, loss, and love in rural IrelandBLOOD WEDDING (PAC/MPiRP): A symbiotic relationship between the arts and education
Love, betrayal, vengeance, and death are the themes of Federico García Lorca’s Spanish Symbolist tragedy, BLOOD WEDDING.
View More BLOOD WEDDING (PAC/MPiRP): A symbiotic relationship between the arts and educationPAC’s Damon Bonetti on BLOOD WEDDING: “Peace in a cruel world”
Phindie spoke to Damon Bonetti, a founding member of the Philadelphia Artists’ Collective and director of PAC’s latest offering, Frederico Garcia Lorca’s BLOOD WEDDING.
View More PAC’s Damon Bonetti on BLOOD WEDDING: “Peace in a cruel world”The winners of the 2014 Barrymore Awards…
From about 100 entries, winners in twenty-two categories were selected by a panel of twelve judges and announced at the Barrymore Awards ceremony tonight. InterAct…
View More The winners of the 2014 Barrymore Awards…ROW AFTER ROW (People’s Light): Finding the courage to fight and to heal
Local-born playwright Jessica Dickey considers the humor and heartache of mustering the courage to fight in an insightful comedy about three Civil War re-enactors.
View More ROW AFTER ROW (People’s Light): Finding the courage to fight and to healTHE 39 STEPS (Theatre Horizon): Thriller? I hardly know her!
Plot-wise, 39 STEPS stays quite true to the original film (often down to the dialogue), with a few other Hitchcock references thrown in for good measure. The difference? This play is the height of camp.
View More THE 39 STEPS (Theatre Horizon): Thriller? I hardly know her!MAN OF LA MANCHA (Act II): 60-second review
MAN OF LA MANCHA is a play within a play. The production is the clear result of what happens when a group of professionals pour their talents into a common goal.
View More MAN OF LA MANCHA (Act II): 60-second reviewDOWN PAST PASSYUNK (InterAct): Theater ‘wit’ a taste of South Philly
I once heard then-governor Ed Rendell give some cheesesteak advice: for the real deal don’t go to one of the big name line-around-the-block places, go to a food truck or your local deli and get one made-to-order. I was thinking about this truism and our prevailing infatuation with authenticity as I watched A. Zell Williams’s world premiere production of DOWN PAST PASSYUNK at InterAct Theatre.
View More DOWN PAST PASSYUNK (InterAct): Theater ‘wit’ a taste of South Philly