Beth Henley’s play remains relevant because its central characters feel so vibrantly human
View More CRIMES OF THE HEART (Curio): Deliciously dark Southern fareTag: Lesley Berkowitz
Mood Music and Mind Control at SoLow Fest
Music accompanies modern life, whether it’s a new band your friends like, the on-hold music of doctor’s office or half your office going to see Beyoncé last Sunday. But what happens when music takes control?
View More Mood Music and Mind Control at SoLow FestSENSE AND SENSIBILITY (People’s Light): An epic production of an Austen classic
A brilliant new stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s romantic comedy of manners captures the satiric wit and sociological insight of the 19th-century classic.
View More SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (People’s Light): An epic production of an Austen classicTHE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Delaware Shakespeare): The people’s choice!
Shakespeare’s comedic battle of the sexes was the audience choice for this year’s outdoor summer production by the Delaware Shakespeare Festival.
View More THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Delaware Shakespeare): The people’s choice!CORIOLANUS (SHAKESPEARE ROULETTE) (Reject): Not your average tragedy
This chaotic opus reaches Monty Python levels of absurdity one would never associate with Shakespeare’s own overlooked tragedy reject.
View More CORIOLANUS (SHAKESPEARE ROULETTE) (Reject): Not your average tragedyReject Shakespeare: New theater company presents an impromptu CORIOLANUS with a drinking game
Reject Theatre Project launches this week with an inventive take on Shakespeare’s CORIOLANUS courtesy of Lesley Berkowitz.
View More Reject Shakespeare: New theater company presents an impromptu CORIOLANUS with a drinking gameMICHAEL THE REBEL (Humble Treasure): Tearing up the German Society library
Director Manon Manavit had not heard of Heinrich von Kleist when she found a copy of his Michael Kohlhaas on a street in Montreal. It’s easy to understand why she was attracted to the text.
View More MICHAEL THE REBEL (Humble Treasure): Tearing up the German Society libraryManon Manavit: Taking Philadelphia by Sturm und Drang
Phindie talks to Manon Manavit, a future star of Philadelphia performing arts, before her debut show in the city. She just relocated from Montreal, where she worked with Cirque Du Soleil.
View More Manon Manavit: Taking Philadelphia by Sturm und DrangSOLOW FLASH INTERVIEWS 2014, EPISODE FOUR: Lesley Berkowitz, Clara Elser & Danielle Solomon
SoLow Fest! In the house. (In many houses.) This month. OMG. Across Philly’s various neighborhoods, artists of all shapes, sizes and specialities are working on…
View More SOLOW FLASH INTERVIEWS 2014, EPISODE FOUR: Lesley Berkowitz, Clara Elser & Danielle SolomonA CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Luna): Commedia dell’arte meets post-modern morality play
Luna Theater Company’s interpretation of Anthony Burgess’s 1962 novel is a unique marriage of the British author’s futuristic stylizations with disturbing a cappella songs with the historic conventions of masking and stock movement inspired by Italian commedia dell’arte. It’s a perfect match to tell the cutting-edge morality tale of teen ultra-violence and reform.
View More A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Luna): Commedia dell’arte meets post-modern morality play