Why Deaf Theater is a Form of Resistance
This film follows Daymond Sands, a Deaf theatre program director, preparing his first original showcase, highlighting the cast’s heartfelt effort to bring Deaf perspectives center stage
This remarkable adaptation of a century-old novel concludes EgoPo’s Harlem Renaissance season
View More PLUM BUN (EgoPo): Passing on historyValenica 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!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 performanceSometimes 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 tableAt 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 songsWhat 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 showA 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 otherI 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?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 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 missWith 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 StevensAnd 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 VIIIPhiladelphia 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 DurhamWell, 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 lessonAryn 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 goes camp!
View More CATS (National Tour): 60-second reviewPhiladelphia 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 GershwinPhiladelphia Ballet kicks off the latter half of its 2022-2023 season with a stunning production of THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, one of the best-known works of…
View More THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Philadelphia Ballet): A magnificent classicThere’s magic and mystery as wonderfully costumed characters come alive to dance, sing, cavort, wrestle, draw swords, threaten violence, and show mercy
View More THE TEMPEST (Quintessence): Full of magicTwo one act plays from playwright Brian Friel, as he takes on some of Anton Chekov’s work
View More THE BEAR & AFTERPLAY (Irish Heritage Theatre): An unbalanced take on Chekov