Philadelphia Theater Calendar January 2017
Wizard of Oz. November 8, 2016-January 9, 2017. Walnut Street Theatre. 825 Walnut Street. $20-$95. walnutstreettheatre.org. One-Man Apocalypse Now by Chris Davis. January 11-18, 2017. Beard Cave at St. Mary’s…
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Phindie’s Best of 2016: Our most-read articles of the past year
Among all these historic joys of 2016, Phindie continued its march as the leading site for independent coverage of Philadelphia theater and arts.
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Pantomine in Sketch: SLEEPING BEAUTY (People’s Light)
Sleeping Beauty the Musical Panto by Peter Pryor and Samantha Reading expresses an ageless story. It is an artistic exploration into space, time, and sound.
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Choral Arts director Matt Glandorf on the Christmas Oratorio
Choral Arts artistic director Matt Glandorf shares a little about the seasonal New Years Eve concert.
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Bad Title, Good Bloopers, and Brian Sanders: PA Ballet’s REVOLUTION
Lily Kind uses a recent PA Ballet program to look at what makes a ballet a ballet and what makes a dance a dance.
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WILDE TALES (Quintessence): Where the WILDE things are
Oscar Wilde once wrote to a friend that his two books of fairy tales were intended “partly for children and partly for those who have…
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[book review] MAD TO LIVE: Randall Brown’s Literary machines of compression
Flash fiction has established itself as a literary genre whose popularity only grows as our attention span shrinks
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BORTLE 8 (Tiny Dynamite): Set the controls for the heart of darkness
Chris Davis’s imaginative one-man play gets a deservedly professional staging as part of Tiny Dynamite’s A Play, A Pie, and A Pint series
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GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER (Moscow Ballet): Dance review
The Moscow Ballet delivers all that is expected from a first-rate Nutcracker, but there are no surprises.
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THE CAROLS (1812 Productions): Ghost of past holiday movies brought to comic life
A great entertainment present for Philly’s Christmas present.
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Dance in Sketch: More from Annie Wilson’s AT HOME WITH THE HUMORLESS BASTARD (FringeArts)
Events like AT HOME WITH THE HUMORLESS BASTARD need to happen more often. It isn’t just dance; it is socially provocative artwork.
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New Years with Bach: Choral Arts Philadelphia presents a seasonal treat
End this strange year with some high notes as Choral Arts Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Bach Collegium present a rare performance of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio.
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All the Holiday Favorites (and then some)
This year, all the beloved holiday classics are coming to Chestnut Hill with Casabuena Cultural Productions’ Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some).
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Amanda Palmer meets Lizzie Borden
The NYC-based producers of an Amanda Palmer musical welcome cast members from 11th Hour Theater Company’s Lizzie for a one-night-only collaboration.
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George Balanchine’s THE NUTCRACKER (PA Ballet): Showcasing the next great talents
It uses the same stage, the same music, and the same settings as previous years, but this year’s NUTCRACKER is even more convincing and more magical than before.
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THIS WONDERFUL LIFE (Act II): Every time a bell rings…
Tony Braithwaite re-enacts a holiday film classic in Act II Playhouse’s THIS WONDERFUL LIFE.
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PARSONS DANCE (NextMove DANCE): Modern technology meets dance
The repertoires PARSONS DANCE present at the Prince have clear themes and stories, yet remain enigmatic and abstract.
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Welsh Christmas in Philadelphia: Interview with the cast of Walnut Street Theatre’s A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES
A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES: Interview with Aaron Cromie, Scott Greer, Maggie Lakes, Matthew Mastronardi, and Amanda Jill Robinson
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ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (PAC): A mingled web well woven
PAC’s current production confirms its reputation as the best adaptor of classic works.
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A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD (Arden Children’s Theatre): Another year with frog and toad
The simple tricks of the stage awe an audience of CGI-era children, showing that even something as normal as friendship can be magic.
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