A Champion of Magic: Alex McAleer on reading minds and performing magic
McAleer will be appearing with four other world class magicians in Champions of Magic at the Merriam Theater June 20-24
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CAMELOT (Act II Playhouse): 60-second review
CAMELOT is the example of a group of talent working together to create an amazing experience for the audience.
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FUN HOME (Arden Theatre): LOL misery
The Bechdel family has a funeral home (dubbed Fun Home by the kids) and also a not-fun family home.
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Theater in Sketch: Gilbert and Sullivan’s IOLANTHE, OR THE PEER AND THE PERI (Savoy Company)
Chuck Schultz reviews Savoy’s annual Gilbert and Sullivan show in words and sketch.
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TRANSCENDENCE TO TRANSPARENCY (Les Canards Chantants): Music review
Les Canards Chantants (“the singing ducks”), a renaissance polyphony voice ensemble, was born in England but is now based in Philadelphia.
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You can be Le Super Grand
Anyone can be a part of the 2018 Fringe Festival’s largest show
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PETER PAN (School of Pennsylvania Ballet): Forever’s children
The School of Pennsylvania Ballet presented its 2018 annual performance at the Prince Theater on May 19 and 20.
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TOSCA (Philadelphia Orchestra): Music as a cultural mission
Yannick Nevet-Seguin conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra in a semi-staged performance of Puccini’s TOSCA
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Theater in Sketch: M. Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran (Alliance Française): )
Playwright Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt adapted his novella, Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran, into a theatrical performance
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All Things Must Pass: Orbiter 3 members consider their finale
In the end, the plays you produce are greater than the plays you don’t
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Abracadabra: Jonathan Weir appears in ALADDIN
Jonathan Weir is set to return to Philadelphia as the villainous Jafar in Disney’s ALADDIN.
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JEWELS (PA Ballet): A dazzling season finale
Pennsylvania Ballet closed its 2017-2018 season with George Balanchine’s masterpiece, JEWELS
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Where Are Conservatives in the Arts?
Like truth, art has a well-known liberal bias
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MOMIX (NextMove Dance): Awakening your senses
What was on the stage was recreation of what exists in the universe: organisms; minerals; plants; animals that breath, live, and recreate.
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MEASURE OF A MAN (dir. Jim Loach): Film review
Even though the film is rather plain, the central characterization makes this breezy beach-read of a movie a thorough joy.
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Performance in Sketch: SÉANCERS (Jaamil Olawale Kosoko / FringeArts)
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko makes us feel comfortable before getting all Prince Purple Rain on us. It’s great.
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Dance in Sketch: INNER SUN (Koresh Dance)
Koresh Dance presented INNER SUN at the Suzanne Roberts Theater April 26.
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I HATE HAMLET: (Allens Lane): Theater on theater
Allens Lane Theater company, directed by Mariangela Saavedra offers an evening of community fun with I HATE HAMLET, a lighthearted comedy about theater’s favorite topic:…
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A Dilettante at Large: THE RESTAURANT SCHOOL AT WALNUT HILL COLLEGE
All this dilettanting around town can make a critic hungry
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HOPE AND GRAVITY (1812 Productions): “Even the lightest things come crashing back down to earth.”
There are many good comedies out there, but not many where the weight of tragedy crests and wanes beneath the laughter.
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