DON GIOVANNI (AVA): A dilettante at large review
Mozart’s Don Giovanni is the greatest opera ever written. Don’t take my word for it—what do I know, I’m a dilettante—but that was the opinion…
View More DON GIOVANNI (AVA): A dilettante at large review[NYC] PRIMA FACIE (John Golden Theater): Ordeal by theater
Take the trigger warnings seriously: This is ordeal by theater.
View More [NYC] PRIMA FACIE (John Golden Theater): Ordeal by theaterHe’s Just a Man: Interview with Kodiak Thompson in Jesus Christ Superstar
Temple grad Kodiak Thompson returns to Philadelphia with the touring production of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
View More He’s Just a Man: Interview with Kodiak Thompson in Jesus Christ SuperstarPLUM BUN (EgoPo): Passing on history
This remarkable adaptation of a century-old novel concludes EgoPo’s Harlem Renaissance season
View More PLUM BUN (EgoPo): Passing on historyThe Art of Stepping: Interview with Valencia Springer of Step Afrika!
Valenica Odeyka Emonni Springer has been stepping since childhood. The Brooklyn native got her start in the dance style through her mom, and is now…
View More The Art of Stepping: Interview with Valencia Springer of Step Afrika!Perry, Schumann, and Mahler (Curtis Symphony Orchestra): Season-closing performance
Kurt Vonnegut once wrote that there are two types of writers. And because he’s Kurt Vonnegut, he gave them both silly names. First you’ve got…
View More Perry, Schumann, and Mahler (Curtis Symphony Orchestra): Season-closing performance[NYC] CAMELOT (Lincoln Center): Back to the round table
Sometimes cynical, ultra-cool critical disdain—much in evidence these days— just won’t do. I loved this show; it’s filled with wonderful songs and wonderful singers, an…
View More [NYC] CAMELOT (Lincoln Center): Back to the round tableLADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL (PTC): A living portrait and an evening of wonderful songs
At 15th & Bainbridge—only a few blocks from Philadelphia Theatre Company’s stage at Broad & Lombard—there stood a legendary dive bar called Emerson’s. Jazz greats—John…
View More LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL (PTC): A living portrait and an evening of wonderful songsESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (Walnut Street): A wackadoodle of a show
What a wackadoodle of a show! Part party, part pop musical, the Walnut Street Theatre’s production of Jimmy Buffett’s hit is an enjoyable evening, but…
View More ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE (Walnut Street): A wackadoodle of a showRADIO GOLF (Arden): Hearts on one side, heads on the other
A crippling honesty and family ties mark August Wilson’s Radio Golf, a play that flows with humor along with sharply incisive dialogue and a clever story line.
View More RADIO GOLF (Arden): Hearts on one side, heads on the other[NYC] SWEENEY TODD (Lunt-Fontanne): How to review a show that is just about perfect?
I should have such a problem all the time: how to review a show that is just about perfect.
View More [NYC] SWEENEY TODD (Lunt-Fontanne): How to review a show that is just about perfect?JOHNNY DEPP: A RETROSPECTIVE ON LATE STAGE CAPITALISM (Jenna Kuerzi): A coin-tossing good time
Funny, eye opening, and sometimes maddening in its acknowledgement of how our society worships celebrities.
View More JOHNNY DEPP: A RETROSPECTIVE ON LATE STAGE CAPITALISM (Jenna Kuerzi): A coin-tossing good timeTHE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (Theatre Unspeakable): An historical miss
The American Revolution has an intrinsic connection to the city of Philadelphia, and as a story, it has been adapted many times over with successful…
View More THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (Theatre Unspeakable): An historical missFive O’Clock Somewhere: Interview with Escape to Margaritaville’s Lisa Stevens
With credits spanning the globe, director Lisa Steven’s latest project brings her to Philadelphia. Lisa was brought in by Walnut Street Theatre’s president and producing…
View More Five O’Clock Somewhere: Interview with Escape to Margaritaville’s Lisa StevensSIX (National Tour): The merry wives of Henry VIII
And now, “live in consort,” the six wives of Henry VIII: “divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.”
View More SIX (National Tour): The merry wives of Henry VIIIA Fairytale Tour: Interview with Into the Wood’s Erica Durham
Philadelphia resident Erica Durham is keeping busy on the national tour of Into The Woods.
View More A Fairytale Tour: Interview with Into the Wood’s Erica Durham[NYC] PARADE (Bernard R. Jacobs Theatre): An all too familiar morality lesson
Well, of course I know they were clapping for the cast and not the characters, but there was something creepy about hundreds of people—some of…
View More [NYC] PARADE (Bernard R. Jacobs Theatre): An all too familiar morality lessonDivorced, beheaded, died, survived: Interview with Aryn Bohannon of SIX
Aryn Bohannon plays each of the six wives of Henry VIII in the National Tour of SIX, in Philadelphia March 21-April 9
View More Divorced, beheaded, died, survived: Interview with Aryn Bohannon of SIXCATS (National Tour): 60-second review
CATS goes camp!
View More CATS (National Tour): 60-second reviewContinuing the Legacy: Balanchine Répétiteur Colleen Neary returns for Philadelphia Ballet’s Dancing With Gershwin
Philadelphia Ballet continues to honor its Balanchine roots with the spring production of Dancing With Gershwin.
View More Continuing the Legacy: Balanchine Répétiteur Colleen Neary returns for Philadelphia Ballet’s Dancing With Gershwin