A great play for history buffs and hibernophiles.
View More MAKING HISTORY (Irish Heritage Theatre): A very human Irish history playTag: Philadelphia
Local playwright makes good: An interview with Jacqueline Goldfinger
It’s been a banner month for local playwright Jacqueline Goldfinger.
View More Local playwright makes good: An interview with Jacqueline GoldfingerTHE WHITE DEVIL (PAC): A bloody good thriller
PAC gives the Jacobin the veneer of a mid-20th century hard-boiler. Sketches by Chuck Schultz.
View More THE WHITE DEVIL (PAC): A bloody good thrillerTheater in Sketch: ANNA (EgoPo)
A loose adaptation by Brenna Geffer and her ensemble based on the novel, Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
View More Theater in Sketch: ANNA (EgoPo)ADAPT! (Wilma): On the brink of dawn
Blanka Zizka boldly steps forth as both debut playwright and seasoned director of the semi-autobiographical ADAPT!
View More ADAPT! (Wilma): On the brink of dawnTHE KING AND I and I: Interview with star of touring production
Anthony Chan spoke with Phindie about his role as Prince Chulalongkorn.
View More THE KING AND I and I: Interview with star of touring productionTheater in Sketch: THE KING AND I (Academy of Music)
HE KING AND I is set in a time period of colonies and colonials.
View More Theater in Sketch: THE KING AND I (Academy of Music)IT’S SO LEARNING (Berserker Residents): Will this be on the test?
The Berserker Residents take us back to school
View More IT’S SO LEARNING (Berserker Residents): Will this be on the test?Beyond PlayPenn: Former conference interns come into their own, part 3
Former PlayPenn interns come into their own as theater professionals.
View More Beyond PlayPenn: Former conference interns come into their own, part 3LEPER + CHIP (Inis Nua): More booze than the Bard
A fast-paced shaggy dog tale of love and revenge, told mostly in dueling monologs of Irish brogue
View More LEPER + CHIP (Inis Nua): More booze than the BardWAITING 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 classicNeal Zoren’s BEST OF PHILADELPHIA THEATER, 2016
Neal Zoren chose his favorite productions, directors, and actors from the last year.
View More Neal Zoren’s BEST OF PHILADELPHIA THEATER, 2016JOHN (Arden): Things that haunt
There remains something compelling about ghost stories. Annie Baker’s JOHN demonstrates why: our past haunts just as well as any poltergeist.
View More JOHN (Arden): Things that hauntTwo by Tuomanen: MARCUS/EMMA (InterAct) and HELLO! SADNESS (FringeArts)
Two shows by Philadelphia writer Mary Tuomanen opened on consecutive nights last week, providing a singular opportunity to assess common threads tying together works by the author.
View More Two by Tuomanen: MARCUS/EMMA (InterAct) and HELLO! SADNESS (FringeArts)INFORMED CONSENT (Lantern): A strange kind of ethics
The play has a compelling point to make about the diversity of truth and mutual respect, but in the end, it’s difficult to take the argument seriously.
View More INFORMED CONSENT (Lantern): A strange kind of ethicsAND THEN THERE WERE NONE (Allens Lane): This production of Agatha Christie’s classic stays close to the original
The real horror of Christie’s original ending sits in discord with the show’s campy beginning.
View More AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (Allens Lane): This production of Agatha Christie’s classic stays close to the originalPantomine in Sketch: SLEEPING BEAUTY (People’s Light)
Sleeping Beauty the Musical Panto by Peter Pryor and Samantha Reading expresses an ageless story. It is an artistic exploration into space, time, and sound.
View More Pantomine in Sketch: SLEEPING BEAUTY (People’s Light)Amanda Palmer meets Lizzie Borden
The NYC-based producers of an Amanda Palmer musical welcome cast members from 11th Hour Theater Company’s Lizzie for a one-night-only collaboration.
View More Amanda Palmer meets Lizzie BordenSLEEPING BEAUTY (People’s Light): Festive wake-up
The Grimmish fairy tale kingdom is transformed to Paoli Shoals, a town depressed by the collapse of a once-thriving recording industry
View More SLEEPING BEAUTY (People’s Light): Festive wake-upSix Questions for Six Directors: John O’Hara’s 12 CHAIRS gets a revamped production
Female-centric theater group ReVamp Collective presents 12 CHAIRS.
View More Six Questions for Six Directors: John O’Hara’s 12 CHAIRS gets a revamped production