You can see why Walnut Street Theatre included OLEANNA in its current season.
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Category: Reviews
THE NICETIES (McCarter Theatre): What revolution?
Eleanor Burgess’s play addresses current debates with careful but sweeping intelligence.
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Xavier Foley makes the double bass sing at PCMS
The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents a Musical Fund Society Series with Xavier Foley, Sejoon Park, and Eunice Kim
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ROMEO AND JULIET (Wilma): Wherefore do Romeo and Juliet?
What about Shakespeare do we want kids to like?
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Revisiting Pinter’s BETRAYAL: A commentary
An attempt to detangle this nine-scene play that’s designed to move backwards
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BETRAYAL (Lantern): Reversal of fortunes
Pinter’s use of reverse chronology highlights depths beyond the quiet drama and sedate setting.
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BONNIE AND CLYDE (11th Hour Theatre Company): Crime spree sung right off the page!
A new musical reintroduces the famous crime duo.
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Barbies Before the Fact: A dilettante at large sees new exhibitions at the PMA
A dilettante at large considers two exhibitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Piffaro Presents a 16th-Century French Noel
The exquisite program notes took the audience as close to the sixteenth century French Noel midnight mass as possible
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THE NUTCRACKER (PA Ballet): 50 years of a holiday treat
The Nutcracker is not just a lovely holiday tradition. It’s am ambassador for ballet, gaining fans who have never been to seen ballet before.
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COMPLETENESS (Theatre Exile): Algorithms and geek romance
Seduction by examples of computational intractability
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THE AUDIENCE DISTURBS MARCEL’S BATHTIME AND HE’S VERY UPSET WITH YOU ALL (Tiny Dynamite): 60-second review
Tiny Dynamite’s A Play A Pie A Pint makes a welcome return with a smart and silly one-man show
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A dilettante at large considers Philly After Dark at the Athenaeum
A whimsical and educational show combining images of the city by moonlight, gaslight, electric light, fire and lightning.
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OLIVER! (Quintessence): Eat gruel, get pickpocketed, and become an orphan
Stepping back to a Victorian workhouse with Quintessence Theatre Group.
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ONWARDS & UPWARDS (Company Aiello): A story of immigration and acceptance
We meet flatulent Italian Spazzolino, a wooden migrant to the New World, step into a barber shop with talking combs, and hear about the struggles of travel from simply constructed dolls.
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FALL SERIES 2018 (BalletX): Three varied, compelling world premieres
The original works testify to the skills of the BalletX dancers and the abilities of new generations of ballet choreographers.
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WINTER WONDERETTES (Walnut Street): The lovely ditzies of winter
Henrik Eger’s entertaining, yet sensitive review of a fun holiday show.
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Heath and More: a British string quartet provides a tour of musical landscapes in a PCMS concert
The Heath Quartet plays Tippett, Britten, and Purcell
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COLLECTED STORIES (Act II): Friendship in the real world
As we enter the season of unpredictable weather, go to Act II to get their take on the warm and fuzzies mixed with the cold shoulder.
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KING KONG (Broadway Theatre): Going ape on Broadway
We like our fantasies to be readily identifiable as such and to be realistic in their details.
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