I ♥ ALICE ♥ I at Curio Theatre feels a lot like home to Josh Herren
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News and reviews for Curio Theatre Company in West Philadelphia.
THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP (Curio): A comedy of labor
Curio’s The Mystery of Irma Vep requires virtuosity. Watching the production turns out to be more exhausting than fun.
View More THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP (Curio): A comedy of laborSoLow Fest in Sketch: LITTLE THINGS, FRANCESCA, DUMMY
The SoLow Fest performances of different mediums and art forms on June 23rd showed dance, theater, and comedy.
View More SoLow Fest in Sketch: LITTLE THINGS, FRANCESCA, DUMMYMARIE ANTOINETTE (Curio): You say you want a revolution?
Danton, Marat, Robespierre, and their ilk have mostly been forgotten, while the guillotined Marie retains fame.
View More MARIE ANTOINETTE (Curio): You say you want a revolution?2018 Theater Preview: Curio Theatre Company
The gem of West Philadelphia, Curio Theatre Company continues to impress with its literary adaptations and productions of classic and contemporary theater.
View More 2018 Theater Preview: Curio Theatre CompanyCRIMES OF THE HEART (Curio): Deliciously dark Southern fare
Beth Henley’s play remains relevant because its central characters feel so vibrantly human
View More CRIMES OF THE HEART (Curio): Deliciously dark Southern fareFringe in Sketch: I, PEASEBLOSSUM (Curio Theatre)
I, PEASEBLOSSOM was a great character study for me. I wanted to keep capturing the many sides of Brian McCann.
View More Fringe in Sketch: I, PEASEBLOSSUM (Curio Theatre)I, PEASEBLOSSOM (Curio): 2017 Fringe review
I, PEASEBLOSSOM is a lark, even compared to its light-hearted inspiration, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
View More I, PEASEBLOSSOM (Curio): 2017 Fringe reviewTheater in Sketch: THE MASSIVE TRAGEDY OF MADAME BOVARY (Curio)
The small cast at Curio Theatre play multiple roles in THE MASSIVE TRAGEDY OF MADAME BOVARY, a dramatization of Gustave Flaubert’s novel (read the Phindie…
View More Theater in Sketch: THE MASSIVE TRAGEDY OF MADAME BOVARY (Curio)THE MASSIVE TRAGEDY OF MADAME BOVARY (Curio): Not your high school English class
A meta take on Flaubert’s classic.
View More THE MASSIVE TRAGEDY OF MADAME BOVARY (Curio): Not your high school English classWAITING FOR GODOT (Curio): Highlighting the hilarity of Beckett’s classic
Curio’s designers have created a bubble of no time, no place, in which anything or nothing can happen.
View More WAITING FOR GODOT (Curio): Highlighting the hilarity of Beckett’s classicANTAGONYMS (Curio): What are any of us but destructive dualities
The messiness in Rachel Gluck’s debut play is what make it most lifelike. In the end, what are any of us but destructive dualities, fighting between our desires and our own self-interest?
View More ANTAGONYMS (Curio): What are any of us but destructive dualitiesTHE BIRDS (Curio): Terror takes flight
This adaptation by master Irish playwright Conor McPherson finds its horror in the claustrophobic relationships between its four characters
View More THE BIRDS (Curio): Terror takes flightOMELETTO (Ombelico Mask Ensemble): 2016 Fringe review 77
It’s “like Hamlet”, with all the key plot points, “only scrambled” in a light-hearted Commedia dell’arte of masks, jokes, music, and puppets.
View More OMELETTO (Ombelico Mask Ensemble): 2016 Fringe review 77Barrymore Awards Nominations
Industry insiders vote on their favorite shows and artists in their community from the preceding theater season. The resulting awards recognize the best that Philly stages have to offer, and also musicals.
View More Barrymore Awards NominationsJared Reed, a profile
“Every other actor I know had to convince their parents about why they should be in theater,” Reed says. “I never had that.”
View More Jared Reed, a profileTHE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN (Curio): A light surface has a dark pull
Something funny across the surface with dark issues riding just under it.
View More THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN (Curio): A light surface has a dark pullDEATH OF A SALESMAN (Curio): Bringing Arthur Miller to life
Curio’s production underscores the delusion and the rawness of the lives of the Loman family.
View More DEATH OF A SALESMAN (Curio): Bringing Arthur Miller to lifeArming GABLER: Prop designer Paul Kuhn talks about his work on HEDDA GABLER
Paul Kuhn is perhaps the finest designer in Philadelphia’s independent theater. He tells Phindie about his prop design for a site-specific production of Ibsen’s HEDDA GABLER.
View More Arming GABLER: Prop designer Paul Kuhn talks about his work on HEDDA GABLERTHE HANDMAID’S TALE (Curio): One woman’s poignant and personal story
A timely retelling of Margaret Atwood’s classic dystopian novel.
View More THE HANDMAID’S TALE (Curio): One woman’s poignant and personal story