A bizarro fusion of indolence, violence, nudity, sex, and dance
View More RED LODGE, MONTANA (The Antidote): 2019 Fringe reviewAuthor: Kathryn Osenlund
A MANAYUNK MYSTERY TOUR (Manayunk Theatre Company): 2019 Fringe review
Shadowy figures lurk on the dark towpath under the Green Lane Bridge. That would be us.
View More A MANAYUNK MYSTERY TOUR (Manayunk Theatre Company): 2019 Fringe reviewCONSTELLATIONS (Quantum Theater Group/Wings of Paper): 60-second review
This is a fine production and it’s exciting to have a new Northeast Philly theater company.
View More CONSTELLATIONS (Quantum Theater Group/Wings of Paper): 60-second reviewIrving Berlin’s HOLIDAY INN (Surflight Theatre): 60-second review
This HOLIDAY INN is very, very impressive for a regional seashore show, in fact it would be impressive anywhere,
View More Irving Berlin’s HOLIDAY INN (Surflight Theatre): 60-second reviewTHE GODS OF COMEDY (McCarter Theatre): 60-second review
A charming comedy buried under an avalanche of frenetic activity
View More THE GODS OF COMEDY (McCarter Theatre): 60-second reviewGEM OF THE OCEAN (Arden): A thing of beauty
GEM OF THE OCEAN is about a lot of things, including race, mysticism, and murder.
View More GEM OF THE OCEAN (Arden): A thing of beautyBOB: A LIFE IN FIVE ACTS (Azuka Theatre): Great things are done by a series of small things brought together
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together —Vincent Van Gogh When Bob is born and immediately deserted in a White…
View More BOB: A LIFE IN FIVE ACTS (Azuka Theatre): Great things are done by a series of small things brought togetherRevisiting Pinter’s BETRAYAL: A commentary
An attempt to detangle this nine-scene play that’s designed to move backwards
View More Revisiting Pinter’s BETRAYAL: A commentaryBONNIE AND CLYDE (11th Hour Theatre Company): Crime spree sung right off the page!
A new musical reintroduces the famous crime duo.
View More BONNIE AND CLYDE (11th Hour Theatre Company): Crime spree sung right off the page!COMPLETENESS (Theatre Exile): Algorithms and geek romance
Seduction by examples of computational intractability
View More COMPLETENESS (Theatre Exile): Algorithms and geek romanceKING KONG (Broadway Theatre): Going ape on Broadway
We like our fantasies to be readily identifiable as such and to be realistic in their details.
View More KING KONG (Broadway Theatre): Going ape on BroadwayLONG TROUBLE (Svaha Theatre Collective): 2018 Fringe review
There’s a lovely simplicity in Elise D’Avella’s staging of the tragic story.
View More LONG TROUBLE (Svaha Theatre Collective): 2018 Fringe reviewTRUE WEST (Subscension): 2018 Fringe review
This little company has heft and promise. The Fringe has given them the opportunity to launch and they’ve certainly taken advantage of it.
View More TRUE WEST (Subscension): 2018 Fringe reviewTHE PRESENTED (Chris Davis): 2018 Fringe review
Chris Davis has come into his own as an exuberant and irresistible Rumpelstiltskin who spins his own life’s straw into gold.
View More THE PRESENTED (Chris Davis): 2018 Fringe reviewFLY EAGLES FLY (Tribe of Fools): 2018 Fringe review
With life and football you have to push through it all to get to the joy.
View More FLY EAGLES FLY (Tribe of Fools): 2018 Fringe reviewECCENTRICITIES and random notes on Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams slept with my boyfriend’s father. I love saying that at a party.
View More ECCENTRICITIES and random notes on Tennessee WilliamsSONGS OF WARS I HAVE SEEN (Heiner Goebbels): 2018 Fringe review
An imaginatively textured musical performance in which music, sounds, and speaking are of a piece
View More SONGS OF WARS I HAVE SEEN (Heiner Goebbels): 2018 Fringe reviewFUN HOME (Arden Theatre): LOL misery
The Bechdel family has a funeral home (dubbed Fun Home by the kids) and also a not-fun family home.
View More FUN HOME (Arden Theatre): LOL miseryHOPE AND GRAVITY (1812 Productions): “Even the lightest things come crashing back down to earth.”
There are many good comedies out there, but not many where the weight of tragedy crests and wanes beneath the laughter.
View More HOPE AND GRAVITY (1812 Productions): “Even the lightest things come crashing back down to earth.”SING THE BODY ELECTRIC (Theatre Exile): Electricity sparks and glows brightly, then sputters
Is there more still left in the playwright’s head that didn’t make it to the stage?
View More SING THE BODY ELECTRIC (Theatre Exile): Electricity sparks and glows brightly, then sputters