“We all do things that are sorta good, and things that are sorta not so good.” In RED SPEEDO, each character is capable of doing those things that are sorta not so good.
View More RED SPEEDO (Theatre Exile): A dive into the waters of amoralityAuthor: Christopher Munden
PAC’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”CAUGHT (InterAct): The truth is just a lie
CAUGHT marks the first entry into InterAct’s season of all-new plays. What a great start.
View More CAUGHT (InterAct): The truth is just a lieTenth Annual Philadelphia Improv Festival
Apparently, November is Comedy Month in Philadelphia. That’s funny! Kicking off the festivities is the tenth annual Philadelphia Improv Festival (PHIF) November 4-8, 2014,…
View More Tenth Annual Philadelphia Improv FestivalScratch Night returns to FringeArts
FringeArts’ monthly Scratch Night is a great place to see inventive performance art in an embryonic form.
View More Scratch Night returns to FringeArtsIRC’s presents some Durang classics
Featuring spoofs of American theater luminaries, IRC’s 2008 hit A STREETCAR NAMED DURANG returns this month for a brief seven-show run.
View More IRC’s presents some Durang classicsHAMLET (Hedgerow): The play’s the thing
I have some friends who think William Shakespeare is the greatest writer in the English language, but they don’t like going to the theater to…
View More HAMLET (Hedgerow): The play’s the thingQUILLS (Luna): Sadism never felt so good
This brilliantly twisted, fictionalized look at de Sade’s time in the asylum of Charenton, is now getting a delightfully dark treatment on the new Luna Theater stage.
View More QUILLS (Luna): Sadism never felt so goodThe 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…DEATH OF A SALESMAN (EgoPo): A Jewish take on the classic of American theater
DEATH OF A SALESMAN is often seen as a cultural comment on the American Dream, in EgoPo’s production it is a moving look at a man, his son, and their personal tragedies.
View More DEATH OF A SALESMAN (EgoPo): A Jewish take on the classic of American theaterWhy Phindie? The editor’s personal statement
Personal statement by Phindie editor Christopher Munden. How he got into publishing and why he started Phindie.
View More Why Phindie? The editor’s personal statementRichard II (Quintessence): Let us sit on the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings
RICHARD II is a richly rewarding play, full of insightful and startling verse, but you might want to read a synopsis before seeing this production.
View More Richard II (Quintessence): Let us sit on the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings[podcast] Cutting Hamlet: Director Dan Hodge on adapting Shakespeare’s masterpiece for the stage
Every staged version of Hamlet is edited. Posterity left us two “authentic” written versions of William Shakespeare’s masterpiece, as well as a poorly transcribed but…
View More [podcast] Cutting Hamlet: Director Dan Hodge on adapting Shakespeare’s masterpiece for the stageDETROIT (PTC): Where the American Dream goes to die
Cities and thrones and powers/ Stand in time’s eye,/ Almost as long as flowers,/ Which daily die
View More DETROIT (PTC): Where the American Dream goes to die[video] Previewing THE SYRINGA TREE at Theatre Horizon: Coming of age in apartheid
THE SYRINGA TREE, Pamela Glen’s intimate story of the love between two families—one white, one black—in apartheid-era South Africa is usually presented as a one-woman show. Spanning…
View More [video] Previewing THE SYRINGA TREE at Theatre Horizon: Coming of age in apartheidCan Movement Be Delicious? Eiko Otake in search of deliciousness in movement and life
Eiko will introduce and explain the philosophy of Delicious Movement as a quiet, slow-paced, creative practice available to everyone
View More Can Movement Be Delicious? Eiko Otake in search of deliciousness in movement and lifeOrbiter 3: A new producing playwrights collective to launch in Philadelphia
A group of Philadelphia playwrights have come together to form a producing collective, Orbiter 3, to showcase their work.
View More Orbiter 3: A new producing playwrights collective to launch in PhiladelphiaA NUMBER (Tiny Dynamite): A father and his son(s)
Churchill raises questions about individuality in society, the ethics of cloning, and nature vs nurture, but this is no didactic political piece.
View More A NUMBER (Tiny Dynamite): A father and his son(s)THE EVENTS (Actors Touring Company): 60-second review
An imaginative exploration of why someone would commit a mass murder and how a survivor can cope with life afterwards
View More THE EVENTS (Actors Touring Company): 60-second reviewAsian American Theater Conference and Festival in Philadelphia
Asian Arts Initiative will present Chang(e) by Soomi Kim and Tree City Legends by Dennis Kim as part of the National Asian American Theater Conference and Festival.
View More Asian American Theater Conference and Festival in Philadelphia