Scott Greer has the audience suffering with him, then happy for him. It seems this story could have been his personal history. He owns it that much.
View More Every Brilliant Thing (Arden Theatre Company): 60-second reviewAuthor: Kathryn Osenlund
The Tattooed Lady (Philadelphia Theatre Company): Tattoo as metaphor, tattoo as tattoo
Boisterous, joyful, defiant, and a little bawdy, the show may have a sketchy contraption of a plot, but you don’t go to a musical expecting Hamlet.
View More The Tattooed Lady (Philadelphia Theatre Company): Tattoo as metaphor, tattoo as tattooDEATH OF A DRIVER (InterAct): 60-second review
Faced with bureaucratic nonsense or official missteps, who hasn’t said ‘fuck the government’ or a more genteel equivalent? The multi-ethnic East African Kenya Colony gained independence in…
View More DEATH OF A DRIVER (InterAct): 60-second reviewTHE GLASS MENAGERIE (Arden): Revisiting the famed memory play
Tennessee Williams had been writing since he was a teenager, and by the time he was 30 years old he was getting nowhere. His early…
View More THE GLASS MENAGERIE (Arden): Revisiting the famed memory playTHE CHAIRS (Quintessence): 60-second review
Due to the pandemic, it had been many months since I’d visited the Sedgwick Theater in Germantown. October 1 was opening night for The Chairs…
View More THE CHAIRS (Quintessence): 60-second reviewROMEO AND JULIET (OJ Productions): 2022 Fringe review
It’s a tragedy that more audiences will not have a chance to enjoy the production.
View More ROMEO AND JULIET (OJ Productions): 2022 Fringe reviewLATE NIGHT SNACKS FAMILY SHOW (Bearded Ladies): 2022 Fringe review
Okay: A drag queen show for children.
View More LATE NIGHT SNACKS FAMILY SHOW (Bearded Ladies): 2022 Fringe reviewWatching THE TWO-CHARACTER PLAY (OUT-CRY) by Tennessee Williams
This play-within-a-play about a play takes place on the Bluver Theatre’s tiny stage, brightly lit, although called dim by the characters. The audience, up close…
View More Watching THE TWO-CHARACTER PLAY (OUT-CRY) by Tennessee WilliamsRomeo & Juliet in a Bar (Shakespeare on Tap): 2022 Fringe review
A little bit naughty at times, semi-Shakespearean lingo is mixed with a good deal of TomFoolery.
View More Romeo & Juliet in a Bar (Shakespeare on Tap): 2022 Fringe reviewFOOD (Geoff Sobelle): 2022 Fringe review
Unless you know Geoff Sobelle’s other works, you’ve never seen anything like this.
View More FOOD (Geoff Sobelle): 2022 Fringe reviewNOT RIGHT NOW (James Christy): 2022 Fringe review
There are many, many moments that become stories.
View More NOT RIGHT NOW (James Christy): 2022 Fringe reviewLooking Back: An early Pig Iron production
ames Joyce is Dead And So Is Paris was presented at Christ Church Annex in Old City in 2003. It was something else!
View More Looking Back: An early Pig Iron productionLooking Back: Two works by Thaddeus Phillips
In today’s edition of my look back on theater from years past, I remember two Thaddeus Phillips works from 2015 and 2017: Alias Ellis Mackenzie and A Billion Nights on Earth.
View More Looking Back: Two works by Thaddeus PhillipsLooking Back: I Am My Own Wife at the Wilma and Theatre Horizon
Kathryn Osenlund remembers two productions of I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright.
View More Looking Back: I Am My Own Wife at the Wilma and Theatre HorizonLooking Back: Chekhov Lizardbrain & Red Eye to Havre de Grace
Kathryn Osenlund remembers two productions from Fringe Festivals past
View More Looking Back: Chekhov Lizardbrain & Red Eye to Havre de GraceLooking Back at the Theater: Remembering two outstanding performances at Bristol Riverside Theater (BRT)
In a new series, Phindie takes a walk down memory lane to briefly revisit memorable theater performances in Philadelphia and environs.
View More Looking Back at the Theater: Remembering two outstanding performances at Bristol Riverside Theater (BRT)Remembering Mercutios and Tybalts
In recent days of home-captivity my mind has wandered to Romeo & Juliet performances, new and old. But I’m more interested in Mercutio and Tybalt than the star-crossed lovers.
View More Remembering Mercutios and TybaltsRemembering Hamlets
Cooped up inside, with no theater in sight, I’m remembering Hamlets I’ve known.
View More Remembering HamletsDESCRIBE THE NIGHT (Wilma): Put on your thinking caps
Put on your thinking cap if you’re thinking of going to see DESCRIBE THE NIGHT
View More DESCRIBE THE NIGHT (Wilma): Put on your thinking capsA WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (Walnut Street): Dropping a stream of bon mots from the sofa
How wonderful that we have Oscar Wilde’s works and can go and see his plays
View More A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (Walnut Street): Dropping a stream of bon mots from the sofa