2024 PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW: A dilettante at large review
You don’t have to tend your own plot to enjoy the gorgeous colors and scents at the 2024 Flower Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
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THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA (Academy of Vocal Arts): A dilettante at large review
DAL continues her musical education with this stunning chamber opera at the Academy of Vocal Arts.
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Girl 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.
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Dancing with Ailey: Interview with Michael Jackson, Jr.
Dancer Michael Jackson Jr credits a video of Revelations as the start of his journey with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
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LUNAR NEW YEAR AT PMA: A dilettante at large review
The Philadelphia Museum of Art celebrated the Chinese new year with some fascinating special events on Sunday
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FAITH 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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COST OF LIVING (PTC): A compelling new play, diminished
Diminished or not, it’s worth seeing for the understanding of people living with disabilities and the people who care for them.
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A RAISIN IN THE SUN (Bristol Riverside): An old fashioned play, carefully executed
Lorraine Hansberry wrote Raisin in the Sun in 1959, a bold play for its time. It takes a dark view of the progress of integration,…
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THE FLATLANDERS (1812 Productions): Couples theater can be couples therapy
Real-life married couple Scott Greer and Jennifer Childs play a fictitious couple in Bruce Graham’s newest play.
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Artistic Vision: Interview with BODYTRAFFIC’s Tina Finkelman Berkett
LA-based BODYTRAFFIC is getting ready to present four works at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts this week as part of Penn Live Arts 2023-24 season.
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AIN’T TOO PROUD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS (National Tour): Songs, fun, and nostalgia
This is Motown, and this cast is up to the task: good voices, great moves.
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Get Ready: Interview with Michael Andreaus in AIN’T TOO PROUD
Michael Andreaus is playing the role of Otis Williams in the national tour of Ain’t Too Proud- The Life and Times of The Temptations.
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Passing the Baton: A Conversation with Amelia Krinke of Philadelphia Ballet Orchestra’s Apprenticeship Conductor Program
Philadelphia Ballet’s The Nutcracker is in full swing! The annual seasonal production offers opportunities for both company dancers and students from the school. It is…
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Holidaze Wishes: Local artist Ashley Zimmerman talks about the seasonal Cirque Dreams show
A whimsical, Broadway-style musical infused with contemporary circus artistry
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COMPANY (Forrest Theater): Gorgeously musical if lacking in Sondheim’s subtlety
Sondheim’s genius makes ambivalence gorgeously musical, but his ironic, subtle sophistication is in short supply in this production
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Music of the Earth (Curtis Ensemble 20/21): A place in the natural world
Music’s relationship to the natural world is an unsteady one. On one hand, it seems contradictory to celebrate nature using artificial instruments that are, after…
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MADAME OVARY (Inis Nua): Theater or therapy?
Madame Ovary is a staged memoir about a young woman who survived cancer; it is the fourth female solo show opening just this week:
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[NYC] TRANSLATIONS (Irish Rep): Searching for clues
The danger with a Brian Friel play is charm. No stage Irishmen here at Irish Rep’s production, no comical drunkenness. Another danger, especially in a…
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THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (Azuka): Impassioned and interesting sidestepping
In a world full of rooms which are full of elephants, a lot of sidestepping is required of us all.
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CAMP SIEGFRIED (Theatre Exile): An unlikely love story
Love happens, even in a setting dedicated to concentrated evil, as an American girl becomes a fierce Nazi uber-princess.
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