Warning: These seven marvelous actors in the all female cast, are not your nice Aunt Sara. Wild and untamed, they’re women without borders. Stepping out…
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Tribal Ties: Lamont J. Whitaker as Mafala Hatimbi in The Book of Mormon
Whitaker, a Florida native, is touring in the role of Mafala Hatimbi, the Ugandan village chief.
View More Tribal Ties: Lamont J. Whitaker as Mafala Hatimbi in The Book of MormonHome No More: Hedgerow’s last company member must leave Hedgerow House
74-year-old Susie Wefel is leaving Hedgerow House after 45 years. It’s not a choice she made herself.
View More Home No More: Hedgerow’s last company member must leave Hedgerow HouseOne Day More/ Part II: Catching up with Les Misérables’ Steve Czarnecki
Philadelphia native Steve Czarnecki returns home this month in the national tour of Les Misérables. In addition to his role in the ensemble, Czarnecki serves…
View More One Day More/ Part II: Catching up with Les Misérables’ Steve CzarneckiHello Gorgeous: Sean Thompson returns to Philly in FUNNY GIRL
Philly native Sean Thompson returns to the area with the North American Tour of Funny Girl, arriving at the Academy of Music July 16, 2024.
View More Hello Gorgeous: Sean Thompson returns to Philly in FUNNY GIRLFATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (Qunitessence): A theatrical odyssey
Father Comes Home From The Wars by Suzan-Lori Parks is remarkable in many ways. There’s no denying the appeal that took the audience to its…
View More FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (Qunitessence): A theatrical odysseyTHE COMEDY OF ERRORS (Lantern): Twins, shipwreck, mistaken identity, romance gone awry
One of Shakespeare’s greatest hits, his first comedy, The Comedy of Errors, is playing at the Lantern Theater Company until June 16. Twins, shipwreck, mistaken…
View More THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (Lantern): Twins, shipwreck, mistaken identity, romance gone awryCHILDREN OF THE SUN (PAC): A knockout contemporary production of a rarely seen classic
Now this is what a collective can do: a huge cast all so attuned to each others’ idiosyncrasies that they might as well be the household they are portraying.
View More CHILDREN OF THE SUN (PAC): A knockout contemporary production of a rarely seen classicKILL MOVE PARADISE (South Camden Theatre): 60-second review
South Camden Theatre Company’s latest production of James Ijames’s wildly moving play, Kill Move Paradise, is terrific
View More KILL MOVE PARADISE (South Camden Theatre): 60-second reviewTORCH SONG (1812 Productions): Songs from another time
Although the defense of gay life and the LGBTQ+ community is in a different place now, I imagine for many in the audience, Torch Song still sings.
View More TORCH SONG (1812 Productions): Songs from another timeHADESTOWN (National Tour): To hell and back
What with the solar eclipse and an earthquake, we—sophisticated, scientific, blasé—are in a perfect position to imagine what ancient, primitive people must have thought and felt when the ground shook and the lights went out.
View More HADESTOWN (National Tour): To hell and backIntersection (Curtis New Music Ensemble): “New music” from the rebranded ensemble
In what other walks of musical life would a piece composed more than seventy years ago by a composer born more than one hundred years ago constitute new music?
View More Intersection (Curtis New Music Ensemble): “New music” from the rebranded ensembleMACBETH (Quintessence): Onstage magic
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Cool it with a baboon’s blood, then the charm is firm and good. Macbeth, the…
View More MACBETH (Quintessence): Onstage magicTHE LEHMAN TRILOGY (Arden): A play in three acts
A tale about cotton, Civil War, commodities, finance, and wealth told through the story of three brothers and the company they found.
View More THE LEHMAN TRILOGY (Arden): A play in three actsWhiteout: Interview with Nick Silverio from Disney’s Frozen
Penn grad Nick Silverio returns to Philadelphia in the national tour of Disney’s FROZEN
View More Whiteout: Interview with Nick Silverio from Disney’s FrozenOnce Upon a Bridge (Inis Nua): 60-second review
Inis Nua has done its best with a story more told than shown, an aftermath.
View More Once Upon a Bridge (Inis Nua): 60-second reviewOVERWINTER (Azuka): A laboratory for important ideas
Azuka Theatre presents Overwinter, an interesting new play by local playwright Mackenzie Raine Kirkman; it’s about important ideas, making it a welcome change from the…
View More OVERWINTER (Azuka): A laboratory for important ideasGirl from the North Country: Interview with Actress Chiara Trentalange
The critically acclaimed Girl from the North Country is making its way to the Forrest Theatre this month with local actor Chiara Trentalange.
View More Girl from the North Country: Interview with Actress Chiara TrentalangeFAITH HEALER (Lantern): Powerful storytelling
The Lantern Theater’s performance of Faith Healer, by Brian Friel is presented as four monologues that represent three points of view, those of Frank Hardy…
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