DANCES TO AMERICAN MUSIC (Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble): A breath of familiarity
Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble returns to Philadelphia after 14 years with Dances to American Music,
View More DANCES TO AMERICAN MUSIC (Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble): A breath of familiarityDance in Sketch: Nadine Bommer Dance Company (IPAY)
Nadine Bommer Dance Company’s Invisi’Ball was a participating artist in the 2018 International Performing Arts for Youth showcase in Philadelphia which happened last week.
View More Dance in Sketch: Nadine Bommer Dance Company (IPAY)LYDIE BREEZE PART ONE: COLD HARBOR (EgoPo): Ambitious, sprawling, but emotionally hollow
COLD HARBOR is fast-paced and skillfully produced, with a large, stylistically diverse cast, but at its emotional core it is stiff and distant.
View More LYDIE BREEZE PART ONE: COLD HARBOR (EgoPo): Ambitious, sprawling, but emotionally hollowREALLY (Theatre Exile): Camera obscura
Discomfort is the name of the game here, but to what purpose?
View More REALLY (Theatre Exile): Camera obscuraPhiladelphia Theater Calendar February 2018
Yay! It’s a Philadelphia theater calendar for February 2018.
View More Philadelphia Theater Calendar February 2018THE HUMANS (Walnut St): A nauseatingly annoying play, but maybe that’s the point
THE HUMANS is a difficult play to like or to watch
View More THE HUMANS (Walnut St): A nauseatingly annoying play, but maybe that’s the pointDance in Sketch: URBAN MEADOW (BodyVox)
Chuck Schultz sketches BodyVox at the Prince.
View More Dance in Sketch: URBAN MEADOW (BodyVox)MORNING’S AT SEVEN (People’s Light): A sorority of acting talent
A delightful comedy that shows an evening and morning in the lives of four sisters
View More MORNING’S AT SEVEN (People’s Light): A sorority of acting talentSENSITIVE GUYS (InterAct): Satirizing the dialectic of sex
What’s being satirized in this social satire? Good question, with several answers.
View More SENSITIVE GUYS (InterAct): Satirizing the dialectic of sexTalking ‘Bout A Revolution: Thoughts on seeing LES MIZ at the Academy
Thom Nickels contemplates revolution after seeing LES MIZ at the Academy
View More Talking ‘Bout A Revolution: Thoughts on seeing LES MIZ at the AcademyA DOLL’S HOUSE (Arden): Ibsen for our times
A timelessly relevant damnation of our human falsehoods is also an au courant commentary on sexism.
View More A DOLL’S HOUSE (Arden): Ibsen for our timesCOPENHAGEN (Lantern): Observable quantities
I suspect that among the reasons COPENHAGEN has been so successful is that it invites us to believe that we are smarter than we actually are
View More COPENHAGEN (Lantern): Observable quantitiesPASSING STRANGE (Wilma): A worthwhile caricature of art
The performers leave a bright impression in a play that’s a caricature of life and art,
View More PASSING STRANGE (Wilma): A worthwhile caricature of artTheater in Sketch: MORNING’S AT SEVEN (People’s Light)
Paul Osborne’s 1939 comedy gets a new production in Malvern, PA.
View More Theater in Sketch: MORNING’S AT SEVEN (People’s Light)URBAN MEADOW (BodyVox): Keeping Philadelphia weird
Comprised of twelve live pieces and two short films, URBAN MEADOW celebrates BodyVox’s 20th Anniversary and the variety of work they produce.
View More URBAN MEADOW (BodyVox): Keeping Philadelphia weirdTheater in Sketch: A PROUST SONATA (Da Camera at FIAF)
Sketch artist Chuck Schultz visited Manhattan to see a Houston company’s concert-theater interpretation of In Search of Lost Time.
View More Theater in Sketch: A PROUST SONATA (Da Camera at FIAF)VISUAL MUSIC (Network for New Music at the University of the Arts): Art in music
Out of the ordinary, but a delight to experience.
View More VISUAL MUSIC (Network for New Music at the University of the Arts): Art in musicTiger Players: Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists present its first full production
This month, PAPA seeks to solidify its presence in the city with its first full production, Tiger Style! by Mike Lew.
View More Tiger Players: Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists present its first full productionTheater in Sketch: Previewing TIME REMEMBERED (IRC)
I’ve been sitting in on some of the absurdist theater company’s rehearsals, sketching and liking what I see.
View More Theater in Sketch: Previewing TIME REMEMBERED (IRC)YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU (Allens Lane): Zany homespun fun
A visit with the eccentric Sycamore family is always a warm adventure in zaniness
View More YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU (Allens Lane): Zany homespun fun