Seasons of RENT: A young cast helps an aging show
For millennial theater kids, it is hard to overstate the cultural importance of Rent. First produced in 1996, the contemporary retelling of Pucini’s La bohème introduced me and my peers to rock ballads, profanity, drug use, sex, homelessness, and AIDS. Presented in Philly as part of its “25th Anniversary Farewell” tour, this Rent feels adolescent, that is: young, passionate, loud, and slightly dumb.
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The Shadow Box by actor Michael Cristofer (1977): Chosen by Committee Episode 51
The winner of the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Drama gets the Chosen by Committee treatment this week. Michael Cristofer’s The Shadow Box got the nod…
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Rich and Resonating: Neill Hartley on ’NIGHT, MOTHER from Isis Productions
Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Marsha Norman’s two-woman play ’night, Mother is a tragedy on an intimate, rather than epic, scale. Taking place over a single night, it looks at a widowed mother and her divorced daughter, who is epileptic, depressed, and at the end of her rope. Philadelphia audiences can catch Norman’s award-winner from March 4 to March 27, 2022, in a presentation by Isis Productions starring Kirsten Quinn and Renee Richman-Weisband. Phindie spoke to director Neill Hartley about what makes this such a fitting play for our times.
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2022 Knights Art Fellows Include Philly Artist James Allister Sprang
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, a Miami-based non-profit that supports journalism, arts, and culture, has announced the recipients of the 2022 Knight Arts and Tech Fellowship, one of whom is Philadelphia-based artist James Allister Sprang.
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March 2022 Roundup
Here’s an overview of some of the shows coming to the stage in Philadelphia this month.
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Philadelphia Theater Calendar March 2022
What’s onstage in Philadelphia this month?
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BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL (National Tour): 60-second review
If you missed Beautiful: The Carole King Musical during its five year run on Broadway or in its previous two Philadelphia tour appearances…chances are you…
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Oh, What a Beautiful Role: Mitch Tebo in OKLAHOMA!
Starring in the revival of OKLAHOMA!, actor Mitch Tebo brings his 40 years of theater experience to the stage as Andrew Carnes. Tebo originally played…
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Theater’s Fiercest Female: New company launches with MEDEA
Humble Materials, a new theater company in residence at Philly PACK, will produce an original adaptation of MEDEA, opening February 25. “Medea is one of…
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HADESTOWN (National Tour) at the Kimmel Center
Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown is a blend of retold Greek myths, written in the rich folk-musical language of the American south, focusing on the stories of Orpheus and Eurydice, and Hades and Persephone.
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A Chorus Line (1976): Chosen by Committee Episode 50
One singular sensation!
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FEBRUARY ROUNDUP: This month’s picks
There’s tons of great shows to see in Philadelphia this month! Here are Phindie’s picks for some of the must-see performances. The Cure at Troy…
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NEW WORKS FOR A NEW WORLD (Philadelphia Ballet): An evocative and uplifting program by three impressive choreographers
It’s a new world with Philadelphia Ballet. Vaccine checks and face masks, a new name (is there any state with less state pride than Pennsylvania?),…
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Fate Intervenes: Bex Odorisio on her role in Hadestown
Bex Odorisio returns to Philly next week with the cast of Hadestown. The Ardmore native is playing Fate in the critically acclaimed musical, a tale of love, hope and inspiration adapted from Greek mythology.
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Seascape by Edward Albee (1975): Chosen by Committee episode 49
Lizards! Edward Albee won his second (of three) Pulitzer Prizes in 1975 for Seascape, which traverses a peculiar line between realism and absurdism.
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Pulitzer Podcast Review: STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at the Arden
Chosen by Committee podcasters Josh Herren and Christopher Munden tear themselves from the Pulitzer bookcase to see a live Pulitzer-winning show.
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Philadelphia Theater Calendar February 2022
Theater calendar for Philadelphia February 2022. What’s on stage?
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Actor Matt Loehr back on the road in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Broadway veteran Matt Loehr is thrilled to be out touring again, this time in the national tour of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Loehr took…
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Jeroboam Bozeman on life as an Ailey dancer
Jeroboam Bozeman had his first introduction to the Alvin Ailey Company at an early age. Since joining the company in 2013, his career has spanned…
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That Championship Season by Jason Miller (1973): Chosen by Committee episode 48
Basketball, bigotry, and unfulfilled promise collide in Jason Miller’s look at five denizens of Scranton, Pennsylvania. The winner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama,…
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