It’s Family Friendly But It Still Has Hot Cowboys: Quince director Rich Rubin on RODEO by Philip Dawkins
Quince artistic director Rich Rubin about his company, its latest production, and the unique challenges of staging a family show.
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RICHARD III (People’s Light): Smile heaven upon this fair conjunction
A dichotomy of delight and disgust makes this production such a treat—a feast with many courses, each richly flavored and deeply textured.
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TWO TRAINS RUNNING (Arden): 1969, Pittsburgh
August Wilson is a really good playwright. That’s hardly a bold critical statement, but it’s one confirmed by this vivid production at Arden Theatre Company.
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THE YEAR OF THE RAW ONION (IRC): A cabaret cocktail of satire and absurdity
A series of stand-up monologues culled from the satirical articles of The Onion delivered riotous socio-political commentary in a fast-paced 75 minutes.
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THE SOUND OF MUSIC (National Tour at the Academy of Music): Politics gets its song
THE SOUND OF MUSIC is a warhorse that has been brushed and festooned in ways that belie its age, familiarity, and expectation.
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THE MOUSETRAP (McCarter): Christie brought to life
Director Adam Immerwahr and a wonderful cast make this piece that’s been running as long in London as Queen Elizabeth II alive with an energy that belies the play’s age.
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RETROACT (Tangle): 60-second review
Yet another thrilling and charming performance by Tangle Movement Arts, RETROACT is a remix of the most exciting moments since the company’s foundation in 2011.
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AS YOU LIKE IT (Lantern): As you’ve never seen it!
A cross-temporal interpretation of Shakespeare’s Elizabethan classic injects passages of current expressions and gestures, slapstick, and original music into the well-known pastoral rom-com.
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NUREYEV’S EYES (DTC): Painter and dancer onstage
Michael Mastro’s production invigorates David Rush’s play so effectively, you almost don’t notice that each of Rush’s scenes have the same paradigm and general outcome.
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BRONX GOTHIC (Okwui Okpokwasili): Are you awake?
We follow a journey of sex, friendship, beauty, blackness, and love for two young girls in the Bronx.
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Taming the Brew: ShakesBEER brings the Bard to a brewery with a drinky MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
“The script is a little more silly and beer filled then Shakespeare originally wrote it,” says MTC’s artistic director Sean Connolly.
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WITHOUT BORDERS (Uniting Colleges Through Tap): Dance review
Without Borders: A Celebration of World Cultures Through Tap Dance took the audience on an entertaining ride through 11 different countries, performing different tap numbers for each one.
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Two Tickets to Cannes: Twin Philly filmmakers Eli and Lu Bevins talk about their France-bound short
An absence of opportunity is a window for growth: Interview with filmmakers Eli and Lu Bevins
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With RETROACT, Tangle Remixes Its Repertoire
Tangle Movement Arts’ latest show is a circus-theater remix of the most exciting moments from their oeuvre of aerial dance theater,
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Graffito Works: Improvisation Leading PROCESSION: THE ART OF NORMAN LEWIS (PAFA)
The first comprehensive museum overview of influential artist Norman Lewis opened at PAFA with an improvisational dance performance.
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25th Anniversary (Koresh): Celebrating an anniversary with new work
While each piece was different in many ways, there was nonetheless a common stylistic approach that tied them all together: rhythmic dramatic strength.
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A GALAXY UNCHERISHED (House of Solitude): 60-second review
A sketch comedy show disguised as a southern drama. Set in space.
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Lantern to Honor Mary Martello and Richard Vague at its RITE OF SPRING Benefit
Award-winning actress Mary Martello and philanthropic businessman Richard Vague are the Luminary Award honorees at Lantern Theater Company’s 2016 spring fundraising gala.
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Chickabiddy to Perform in the MANTIS SINGER/SONGWRITER SHOWCASE at The Troc
Multi-talented theater artists Aaron Cromie and Emily Schuman formed Chickabiddy in 2015.
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You Don’t Know Philadelphia Writers Like Thom Nickels
Thom Nickels is the go-to person for Philadelphia architecture, gay Philadelphia, and now, literary Philadelphia.
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