This is what “stifled rage” sounds like. Not so stifled, but certainly enraged.
View More LIZZIE (11th Hour): Lizzie Borden took an axeCategory: Reviews
THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, PART 2 (Hedgerow): Infinite fun!
Familiarity with the pan-galactic Hitchhikers Guide isn’t necessary to appreciate this cosmic comedy, just a general suspension of time, disbelief and willingness to have infinite fun.
View More THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, PART 2 (Hedgerow): Infinite fun!ENTER LAUGHING (Players Club of Swarthmore): Harvesting the humor in humiliation
Leave cynicism in the lobby and pick it up later
View More ENTER LAUGHING (Players Club of Swarthmore): Harvesting the humor in humiliationAT HOME WITH THE HUMORLESS BASTARD (Annie Wilson): What’s left behind
The boundaries are always open.
View More AT HOME WITH THE HUMORLESS BASTARD (Annie Wilson): What’s left behind[nyc] THE MIKADO (NYGASP): Same music, less yellow-face
A vibrant, three-hour clever and engaging tale accompanied by its many classic show-stopping musical numbers
View More [nyc] THE MIKADO (NYGASP): Same music, less yellow-faceIntimate Associations at IMMINENCE: Hollis Heichemer’s Stratigraphy of Color at Gross McCleaf
Hollis Heichemer’s Imminence exhibition at the Gross McCleaf Gallery presents 16 works by the artist – the majority on Mylar, two on canvas.
View More Intimate Associations at IMMINENCE: Hollis Heichemer’s Stratigraphy of Color at Gross McCleafBad Title, Good Bloopers, and Brian Sanders: PA Ballet’s REVOLUTION
Lily Kind uses a recent PA Ballet program to look at what makes a ballet a ballet and what makes a dance a dance.
View More Bad Title, Good Bloopers, and Brian Sanders: PA Ballet’s REVOLUTIONWILDE TALES (Quintessence): Where the WILDE things are
Oscar Wilde once wrote to a friend that his two books of fairy tales were intended “partly for children and partly for those who have…
View More WILDE TALES (Quintessence): Where the WILDE things are[book review] MAD TO LIVE: Randall Brown’s Literary machines of compression
Flash fiction has established itself as a literary genre whose popularity only grows as our attention span shrinks
View More [book review] MAD TO LIVE: Randall Brown’s Literary machines of compressionBORTLE 8 (Tiny Dynamite): Set the controls for the heart of darkness
Chris Davis’s imaginative one-man play gets a deservedly professional staging as part of Tiny Dynamite’s A Play, A Pie, and A Pint series
View More BORTLE 8 (Tiny Dynamite): Set the controls for the heart of darknessGREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER (Moscow Ballet): Dance review
The Moscow Ballet delivers all that is expected from a first-rate Nutcracker, but there are no surprises.
View More GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER (Moscow Ballet): Dance reviewTHE CAROLS (1812 Productions): Ghost of past holiday movies brought to comic life
A great entertainment present for Philly’s Christmas present.
View More THE CAROLS (1812 Productions): Ghost of past holiday movies brought to comic lifeGeorge Balanchine’s THE NUTCRACKER (PA Ballet): Showcasing the next great talents
It uses the same stage, the same music, and the same settings as previous years, but this year’s NUTCRACKER is even more convincing and more magical than before.
View More George Balanchine’s THE NUTCRACKER (PA Ballet): Showcasing the next great talentsTHIS WONDERFUL LIFE (Act II): Every time a bell rings…
Tony Braithwaite re-enacts a holiday film classic in Act II Playhouse’s THIS WONDERFUL LIFE.
View More THIS WONDERFUL LIFE (Act II): Every time a bell rings…PARSONS DANCE (NextMove DANCE): Modern technology meets dance
The repertoires PARSONS DANCE present at the Prince have clear themes and stories, yet remain enigmatic and abstract.
View More PARSONS DANCE (NextMove DANCE): Modern technology meets danceALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (PAC): A mingled web well woven
PAC’s current production confirms its reputation as the best adaptor of classic works.
View More ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (PAC): A mingled web well wovenA YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD (Arden Children’s Theatre): Another year with frog and toad
The simple tricks of the stage awe an audience of CGI-era children, showing that even something as normal as friendship can be magic.
View More A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD (Arden Children’s Theatre): Another year with frog and toadTWO WALKENS (Miniature Refrigerator Operator): Finding Christopher Walken, finding us
Meehan and Collins use convincing Christopher Walken impressions in an intriguing look at how the fantasies of popular culture provide escape from our lives while they shape them.
View More TWO WALKENS (Miniature Refrigerator Operator): Finding Christopher Walken, finding usBECOMING AN IMAGE (PAFA): Intimacy and isolation in the dark – Cassils at PAFA
There is a strange, uncomfortable mix of intimacy and isolation at play when a group of people are thrust into total darkness together.
View More BECOMING AN IMAGE (PAFA): Intimacy and isolation in the dark – Cassils at PAFAANTAGONYMS (Curio): What are any of us but destructive dualities
The messiness in Rachel Gluck’s debut play is what make it most lifelike. In the end, what are any of us but destructive dualities, fighting between our desires and our own self-interest?
View More ANTAGONYMS (Curio): What are any of us but destructive dualities