Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear when Frank Rizzo strode the city like he owned it.
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JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK (IHT): A tragi-comic call for personal responsibility and peace in troubled times
The second installment in playwright Sean O’Casey’s tragi-comic “Dublin Trilogy” traces the misfortunes of a struggling Irish family during the Irish Civil War.
View More JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK (IHT): A tragi-comic call for personal responsibility and peace in troubled timesRIZZO (Theatre Exile): A big hit on the “Big Bambino”
A world-premiere production on former Mayor Frank Rizzo portrays the good and the bad of the controversial Philadelphia icon.
View More RIZZO (Theatre Exile): A big hit on the “Big Bambino”THE MANDRAKE (Quintessence): A Machiavellian sex satire
What could be so funny in a play written nearly 500 years ago? There is something for everyone to either laugh or balk at in this bawdy production of a play by Machiavelli.
View More THE MANDRAKE (Quintessence): A Machiavellian sex satireANIMAL FARM (Luna): From pig to (wo)man, and from (wo)man to pig
Impressive theatricality in an imperfect production of Orwell’s allegory of the Russian Revolution and Stalin’s real-life dystopia.
View More ANIMAL FARM (Luna): From pig to (wo)man, and from (wo)man to pigDANCO ON DANCO (Philadanco): Hits, Misses, and Slam Dunks!
Boasting a youth ensemble, an apprentice company and a main performing company, The Philadelphia Dance Company is committed to celebrating and preserving African American traditions in dance.
View More DANCO ON DANCO (Philadanco): Hits, Misses, and Slam Dunks!CHARLIE VICTOR ROMEO (South Camden): Turbulence ahead
You are advised, before the show takes off, to secure your seatbelt. DO IT!
View More CHARLIE VICTOR ROMEO (South Camden): Turbulence aheadBEGINNINGS… (Mendelssohn Club): Beginnings of a new tradition
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia opens its 142nd season welcoming artistic director Paul Rardin with three psalms by Mendelssohn, a world premiere, and Mozart’s Mass in C.
View More BEGINNINGS… (Mendelssohn Club): Beginnings of a new traditionTHE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre): A woman moved
In her amusing staging of Shakespeare, director Carmen Khan focuses on the compromise, interplay, and transformative power of love which make up a mature relationship.
View More THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre): A woman movedDISGRACED (PTC): Talking politics, religion, and culture
Ayad Akhtar’s Pulitzer-winning play is a conversational piece with a high-paced ending and plenty of thought-provoking ideas.
View More DISGRACED (PTC): Talking politics, religion, and cultureAUCTIONING THE AINSLEYS (People’s Light): Familial dysfunction, memory, and the significance of objects
Laura Schellhardt’s foray into the Pop psychology of familial dysfunction and the significance of personal possessions is given its regional premiere.
View More AUCTIONING THE AINSLEYS (People’s Light): Familial dysfunction, memory, and the significance of objectsA COMEDY OF TENORS (McCarter): More adventures in opera
Ken Ludwig brings four of the outstanding characters from Lend Me A Tenor from Cleveland to Paris for more rollicking escapades.
View More A COMEDY OF TENORS (McCarter): More adventures in operaANTIGONE (Wilma): Spectacular, but a spectacular failure
The man behind the 2013 Fringe Festival hit AJAX, The Madness directs his version of ANTIGONE for the Wilma Theater.
View More ANTIGONE (Wilma): Spectacular, but a spectacular failureSHIPWRECKED! (Walnut): A delight of theater
SHIPWRECKED! goes to the heart of storytelling. It doesn’t matter whether a tale is true or false as long as it engages and even thrills.
View More SHIPWRECKED! (Walnut): A delight of theaterALTAR CALL (Melissa McBain): “Theologically speaking, have you ever considered going to hell?”
ALTAR CALL begins and ends with hymns, not only setting the mood but, through carefully chosen songs, it sends out thought-provoking messages
View More ALTAR CALL (Melissa McBain): “Theologically speaking, have you ever considered going to hell?”COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET (Dance Affiliates): Spectacular opening of company’s BEYOND 20 campaign
As an opening performance of the NextMove series by Dance Affiliates at the Prince Theater, Complexions Contemporary Ballet showcases four premieres-three world premiers and one…
View More COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET (Dance Affiliates): Spectacular opening of company’s BEYOND 20 campaignHOOKED (Inis Nua): A pub play in a pub
Entertaining for anyone looking for a fun and a little different night at the pub, or just an excuse to spend the night at the pub.
View More HOOKED (Inis Nua): A pub play in a pubBUS STOP (BRT): A place of isolation
All of the individual stories the wayfarers tell in William Inge’s BUS STOP come through clearly in Susan D. Atkinson’s production of the ’50s classic at Bristol Riverside Theatre.
View More BUS STOP (BRT): A place of isolationTHE CHILDREN’S HOUR (EgoPo): A superbly acted historical anecdote
EgoPo Classic Theater continues its foray into classics of American drama with a focus on female playwrights.
View More THE CHILDREN’S HOUR (EgoPo): A superbly acted historical anecdoteHolden (George + Co.): Violence in the 21st
In George + Co.’s HOLDEN, J. D. Salinger hasn’t published another book since two assassins blamed his The Catcher in the Rye for their own acts of violence.
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