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
SIDE SHOW (Media Theatre): Coming together on a small stage
SIDE SHOW is a tricky piece, but there was much to savor at Media Theatre’s production
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CORIOLANUS (Lantern): Succeeding with a Shakespeare many companies wouldn’t attempt
With a strong cast and design wizards the Lantern has made CORIOLANUS a visceral, lively and thought-provoking experience
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Louisa May Alcott and the Civil War: A tale at an historic house
Local playwright Josh Hitchens has interpreted a Civil War story by Louisa May Alcott.
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IT’S SO LEARNING (Berserker Residents): Will this be on the test?
The Berserker Residents take us back to school
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TORUK-THE FIRST FLIGHT (Cirque du Soleil): Awe-inspiring show by the best of the world
Every aspect of TORUK is simply breathtaking and astonishing.
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LE CORSAIRE (PA Ballet): A flamboyant and passionate ballet of the pirates
Pennsylvania Ballet’s LE CORSAIRE is as gorgeous and breath-taking as it should be.
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Arden): Take pains, be perfect
Shakespeare made simple, and simply fun.
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Opera in Sketch: DOCTOR ATOMIC (Curtis) + BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE (Philadelphia Orchestra)
The stillness in the endings for both Bartok’s BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE and John Adam’s DOCTOR ATOMIC at The Kimmel Center this past weekend left me with a clear image for, “all’s fair in love and war.”
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Beyond PlayPenn: Former conference interns come into their own, part 3
Former PlayPenn interns come into their own as theater professionals.
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IT’S SO LEARNING is Even Berserker!
Republished by kind permission from FringeArts. Bradley Wrenn, co-founder of The Berserker Residents, talks about how the company is revamping their 2015 Fringe hit It’s So Learning…
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BLOOM (Allendance): Motorman motivated dance
Using movement to explore narrative, the dancers exhibited both stability and vulnerability in their presence.
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AN ADULT EVENING OF SHEL SILVERSTEIN (Allens Lane): Our ridiculous grown up world
From the author of such children’s classics as The Giving Tree and Where the Sidewalk Ends comes a socially insightful series of vignettes
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LOST GIRLS (Theatre Exile): We are all capable of redemption
Yes, that was me sobbing on opening night of LOST GIRLS.
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Under the wing of America’s most promising playwrights: PlayPenn interns speak, part 2
PlayPenn interns describe what its like to work with top playwrights.
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Choreographic Workshop (PA Ballet): Dance beginnings from Pennsylvania Ballet
Not only successful as a forum to provide opportunities and experiences to young choreographers and dancers, the Choreographic Workshop was also very well done as a performance.
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Transcendent pianism from Kirill Gerstein at the McCarter
Kirill Gerstein bathed his Princeton audience in splendor Monday, February 27, when the pianist presented a recital featuring Bach, Brahms, Beethoven and Liszt at the…
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Interning PlayPenn, part 1: What theater students do behind the scenes of the playwriting conference
We hear from PlayPenn interns about the daily goings on of the conference.
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Philadelphia Theater Calendar March 2017
What’s on stage this month in Philadelphia?
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THE JUNGLE BOOK (PA Ballet II): Ballet for kids and kids at heart
A ballet that appeals across ages and language.
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Performance in Sketch: NICE AND FRESH (Automatic Arts)
Last weekend Moving Arts of Mount Airy witnessed a gathering artists connecting subjects to their own artistic voices
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