Jen Silverman’s play tells the story of a young woman who has moved to London to escape the dangers of being a lesbian in South Africa.
View More THE DANGEROUS HOUSE OF PRETTY MBANE (InterAct): Western sympathies come up against African cruelties
PRIVATE LIVES, as written by Coward, is funny because it exposes the savagery that exists beneath the polished façade of the English upper class.
View More PRIVATE LIVES (Walnut): Who is being mocked?
On January 18, The Koresh Artist Showcase presented a variety of works that made it easy to remember why we love to watch dance in the first place.
View More The Koresh Artist Showcase: A Slice For You, A Slice For Me!
A thrilling, thought-provoking, wonderfully heart-wrenching play now receiving its world premiere by InterAct Theatre Company.
View More THE DANGEROUS HOUSE OF PRETTY MBANE (InterAct): 60-second review
David Mamet’s amusing A LIFE IN THE THEATRE uses the simple interplay of two actors backstage at a repertory company, to talk about life outside the theater.
View More A LIFE IN THE THEATRE (Walnut): 60-second review
What occurs in a theater when sex happens? Ivo Dimchev’s FEST and Florentina Holzinger and Vincent Riebeek’s KEIN APPLAUS FÜR SCHEISSE present two very different looks.
View More Sex on Stage in FEST (FringeArts) and KEIN APPLAUS FÜR SCHEISSE (American Realness [NYC])
Henrik Eger interviews Jen Silverman about her world premiere play THE DANGEROUS HOUSE OF PRETTY MBANE! and the issues it raises.
View More Pretty Mbane and “Corrective Rape”: Traveling around the world with playwright Jen Silverman
Campbell’s production allows us to see the raw humanity in these people—or, in many cases, the lack thereof.
View More CLOSER (Luna): The sex is neither sensual nor dirty, it’s tactical
There are so many layers to uncover in this work. It is a smart and clever piece; more performance art with humor and drama than a traditional comedy.
View More ON THE VERGE (Hedgerow): Self-discovery in the land of the unknown
Get yourself a glass of wine and enjoy Porter’s musical repartee and stylish insinuation, the swell costumes, and the sophisticated atmosphere.
View More HOT ‘n’ COLE: A Cole Porter Celebration! (Mauckingbird): What a swell party it is
Did anyone anywhere actually believe that being photographed would take away the soul, or is that the kind of ethnocentric nonsense we need good foreign journalism to counter?
View More THE BODY OF AN AMERICAN (Wilma): War lives in all of us
This year’s SNOWBALL—the annual one-night-only festive winter-wonderland fundraiser for Brian Sanders’ JUNK—will fill the Trocadero (where Sanders produced his first show in 1992) with spectacular…
View More THE FIFTH ELEMENT: Brian Sanders’ JUNK returns with Its 5th annual SNOWBALL
Hedgerow fellow Brock Vickers sat down to talk to director Kittson O’Neill and actor Jennifer Summerfield about the theater’s January production.
View More Women ON THE VERGE: Kittson O’Neill and Jennifer Summerfield on Hedgerow’s wacky new comedy
Each January, local critic Neil Zoren announces his favorite production, direction, and male and female actor and male and female supporting actor for the previous calendar year.
View More Neal Zoren announces his picks for the best in Philadelphia theater, 2014
“Into the Woods” goes beyond fairy tale into exploring a basic human dilemma, how to fight a destructive common enemy.
View More INTO THE WOODS (dir, Rob Marshall): Movie review
Republished by kind permission from NealsPaper.com. Though Tim Burton plays it straight in this movie about a monomaniac who uses his wife’s talent to feed…
View More BIG EYES (dir. Tim Burton): Movie review
the Code of Practice for the International Association of Theatre Critics
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January | February | March | April | May | June July | August | September | October | November | December Mary Poppins. By Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (music and lyrics), Julian Fellowes (book), and George Stiles and Anthony Drewe…
View More Philadelphia Theater Calendar: January 2015
Why has STOMP, with its pedestrian costumes and trash yard set, stood the test of time?
View More STOMP (Merriam): Still going strong
The first complete calendar year of Phindie’s existence is almost at a close. This year Phindie published almost 500 pieces on local theater, dance, and other arts. We look back at the articles which you liked the most in 2014. Here are the top ten in various categories.
View More Phindie in 2014: The most-read articles of the past year