FAIRVIEW (Wilma): 60-second review
Pulitzer winners aren’t always great theatrical works, but they are often very revealing about the times in which they won
View More FAIRVIEW (Wilma): 60-second reviewCalling on Spirits: Mary Martello on her psychic role as Madame Arcarti in BLITHE SPIRIT
Actress Mary Martello is back on the Walnut stage in the current production of Blithe Spirit.
View More Calling on Spirits: Mary Martello on her psychic role as Madame Arcarti in BLITHE SPIRITFire Island (dir. Andrew Ahn): Film review
Pack your poppers, lube, and rainbow bikini briefs — director Andrew Ahn’s Fire Island takes us to the gay mecca off the South Shore of…
View More Fire Island (dir. Andrew Ahn): Film reviewPhiladelphia Theater Calendar June 2022
What’s onstage in Philadelphia this month?
View More Philadelphia Theater Calendar June 2022BURIED CHILD by Sam Shepard (1979): Chosen by Committee episode 53
Sam Shepard’s dark look at the American family won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, so it gets the Chosen by Committee treatment on this episode of the much-loved podcast.
View More BURIED CHILD by Sam Shepard (1979): Chosen by Committee episode 53HAIRSPRAY (National Tour at Miller Theater): As fresh as ever
I was delighted to find that the charms of Hairspray are still hard to resist.
View More HAIRSPRAY (National Tour at Miller Theater): As fresh as everThe “Look” Behind Freestyle Love Supreme: Talking with Costume Designer Lisa Zinni
Costume designer Lisa Zinni is heading back to the area as part of Freestyle Love Supreme (FLS). The Philly native found her passion for design…
View More The “Look” Behind Freestyle Love Supreme: Talking with Costume Designer Lisa ZinniThe Musical Legacy of Charles V: Piffaro Founders’ Finale
The final concert for Piffaro founders Joan Kimball and Bob Wiemken is far from a somber affair as they celebrate a thriving Renaissance band as their legacy.
View More The Musical Legacy of Charles V: Piffaro Founders’ FinaleREVERIE (Azuka Theatre): Aiming for a high bar
What with James Ijames winning the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (bravo!) two days ago, the bar was set very high for his newest play
View More REVERIE (Azuka Theatre): Aiming for a high barPleasure (Dir. Ninja Thyberg): Film review
They always say, “it’s not what you know, but who you know.” That might be true in any industry where there’s room for growth, and…
View More Pleasure (Dir. Ninja Thyberg): Film reviewPhiladelphia Ballet’s HUMANKIND: Interview with stager Thierry Michel
French native Thierry Michel staged Humankind on the Philadelphia Ballet, running at the Academy of Music May 12-15, 2022.
View More Philadelphia Ballet’s HUMANKIND: Interview with stager Thierry MichelWinning a Pulitzer, Directing a Pulitzer-winner
2022 Pulitzer Prize winner James Ijames directs the 2019 Pulitzer winner Fairview at the Wilma.
View More Winning a Pulitzer, Directing a Pulitzer-winnerCan’t Stop the Beat: Catching up with HAIRSPRAY’s Emmanuelle Zeesman and Helene Britany
Broadways’ Tony Award winning musical Hairspray makes its return to Philadelphia this month. Two of the tours cast members- Emmanuelle Zeesman (Prudy Pingleton/Gym Teacher/Matron) and Helene…
View More Can’t Stop the Beat: Catching up with HAIRSPRAY’s Emmanuelle Zeesman and Helene BritanyRIGOLETTO (Opera Philadelphia): A Dilettante at Large reviews
Dilettante at Large (Toby Zinman) has awakened from her long pandemic slumber, and is once again writing about stuff she knows little about but enjoys, unlike theater which she knows quite a lot about and doesn’t always enjoy.
View More RIGOLETTO (Opera Philadelphia): A Dilettante at Large reviewsPhiladelphia Theater Calendar May 2022
What’s onstage in Philadelphia this month?
View More Philadelphia Theater Calendar May 2022Dancing in Pepperland: An interview with Nicole Sabella
Dancer Nicole Sabella is returning to Philly this month with Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG), celebrating the Beatles’ album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band with Morris’ Pepperland. Sabella, who is a graduate of UArts, joined the company in 2015. She looks back at her time in Philly and credits it for some of her best memories.
View More Dancing in Pepperland: An interview with Nicole SabellaHatching (Dir. Hanna Bergholm): Film review
A satire of suburban ennui melded with a girlhood drama has never morphed more seamlessly into a body-horror monster movie.
View More Hatching (Dir. Hanna Bergholm): Film reviewWHERE WE BELONG (PTC): A young woman’s earnest and confused identity crisis
An impressively credentialed show from The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in association with the Folger Shakespeare Library is launching its national tour in Philadelphia.
View More WHERE WE BELONG (PTC): A young woman’s earnest and confused identity crisisRE!flecting on a career with PHILADANCO!: Interview with Kim Bears-Bailey
As PHILADANCO! prepares for their upcoming performance at the Kimmel Center, Kim Bears-Bailey looks back on her illustrious career with the company. Bears-Bailey joined the company in 1981 and rose through the ranks to her current position as Artistic Director. She shares with Phindie the creation of PHILADANCO! RE and highlights of the past 41 years.
View More RE!flecting on a career with PHILADANCO!: Interview with Kim Bears-BaileyThe Northman (dir. Robert Eggers): Film review
“The Northman” might be Robert Eggers’ most accessible film and yet it never compromises itself as a Robert Eggers film, complete with old-world authenticity and forbidding weirdness. I
View More The Northman (dir. Robert Eggers): Film review