Dance in Sketch: Nia-Ni Chen Dance Company and the Ahn Trio (Next Move Dance)
Next Move Dance presented Nia-Ni Chen company with the Ahn Trio
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PASSAGE (Wilma): Love and death in Country X
The way to get an audience to ask itself profound questions about a work is not by asking the audience profound questions about the work.
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Philadelphia Theater Calendar May 2018
Theater in Philadelphia in May 2018
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CARMEN (Opera Philadelphia): Color and excitement
nspired by by the resetting of their 2015 production of La Traviata, director Paul Curran and set/costume designer Gary McCann team up again to bring CARMEN to a nearer past, set in a beautiful Havana-esque 1950’s.
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OUR FEW AND EVIL DAYS (Inis Nua): Tantalizing ambiguity
This is difficult review to write since almost anything I’d say would be a spoiler. I can say this much: Go see it.
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Theater in Sketch: PASSAGE (Wilma Theater)
PASSAGE reminds sketch artist Chuck Schultz of a painting at the Philadelphia Museum by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
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SING THE BODY ELECTRIC (Theatre Exile): Electricity sparks and glows brightly, then sputters
Is there more still left in the playwright’s head that didn’t make it to the stage?
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The German Society of Pennsylvania presents their final Delius Society Concert
The Wister Quartet and Choral Arts Philadelphia gave their audience a rare chance to hear the Delius Songs of Sunset.
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ELLA: FIRST LADY OF SONG (Delaware Theatre Company): Channeling Ella Fitzgerald
Freda Payne does some lovely singing in ELLA: FIRST LADY OF SONG, a biographical tribute to Ella Fitzgerald
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Advice for Theater People Moving to NYC
Thinking of NYC creates a glamorous image in your minds, though you may hear differently from artists and experts who have been living in the city for long.
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BULLETS OVER BROADWAY (Resident Theatre Company): Good work from a fledgling theater
Neal Zoren reviews BULLETS OVER BROADWAY
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Art in Sketch: ARTSI at the Sculpture Courtyard
Artsi event on First Friday this April was a chance for audiences to see artists through a different lens.
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Theater in Sketch: LYDIE BREEZE Part 3: MADAKET ROAD (EgoPo)
The EgoPo Classical Theater’s production of John Guare’s Lydie Breeze part III was asking the fundamental question, “what is ‘it’.”
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A Dilettante at Large goes to Penn Museum
Toby Zinman gives her thoughts on the new Middle East galleries at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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Poetry and Film: Alexandra Naughton combines literary and cinematic talents at a film premiere
Author and actor Alexandra Naughton combines her two loves April 29 with a party for the premier of a new movie, CTRL ALT DEL.
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My Favorite Things: Local actor Danielle Lee James appears in THE SOUND OF MUSIC tour
The hills are alive with the sound of Danielle Lee James!
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THE WOMEN OF IRELAND (Irish Heritage Theater): Short Irish classics
From modern to historic, tragic to fantastic, THE WOMEN OF IRELAND views the feminine from many angles, creating a fleshed out sculpture of Irish life.
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An Open Letter to the Struggling Artists
Brad Pontius recently addressed an open motivational letter to all theater artists, especially to those struggling to earn a name in their chosen profession.
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GRACE & GRANDEUR (Pennsylvania Ballet): Ballet, in different eras
Pennsylvania Ballet’s fifth program of the current season is a historically intriguing.
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“I Can’t Kiss Myself Alone”: The Wit and Retro Style of Berlin’s Max Raabe and His Palast Orchestra. Interview by Henrik Eger
One of Germany’s most popular singers launches his North American tour this week.
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