THE BIRDS (Curio): Terror takes flight
This adaptation by master Irish playwright Conor McPherson finds its horror in the claustrophobic relationships between its four characters
View More THE BIRDS (Curio): Terror takes flightOpera in Sketch: BREAKING THE WAVES
This opera was really something else. An adaptation by Mizzy Mazzolli (music) and Royce Vavrek (libretto) of a movie by Lars von Trier.
View More Opera in Sketch: BREAKING THE WAVESELECTRA (Villanova): Sophocles gets electrified
Review of Sophocles’ Electra at Villanova Theatre
View More ELECTRA (Villanova): Sophocles gets electrifiedThomas Choinacky Says There’s No Hope
The founder of SoLow Fest talks about his latest work, HOPELESSNESS, performed one night only October 8.
View More Thomas Choinacky Says There’s No HopeLeading the Blind: Interview with the director and cast of Irish Heritage Theatre’s MOLLY SWEENEY
We presented five questions to IRT’s Peggy Mecham, the director, and the three cast members: Kirsten Quinn as Molly Sweeney, the blind woman; Ethan Lipkin as the husband; and Michael P. Toner as the physician.
View More Leading the Blind: Interview with the director and cast of Irish Heritage Theatre’s MOLLY SWEENEYMOLLY SWEENEY (Irish Heritage Theatre): That the blind may see
Turn off your phones, step away from your laptops, and run, don’t walk to the Irish Heritage Theatre’s first ever Barrymore-eligible production.
View More MOLLY SWEENEY (Irish Heritage Theatre): That the blind may seePhilly’s Kinda Cool episode 2.1: We back!
Would Sebastian would rather sleep with Hillary or Donald, what the hell his Fringe show was about, and what’s the worst way to cook an omelette?
View More Philly’s Kinda Cool episode 2.1: We back!Drone Warfare Hits Home: Kittson O’Neill on InterAct’s GROUNDED
Kittson O’Neill plays a fighter pilot and expectant mother living in a desert suburb in the U.S. Southwest, controlling weapons which kill people in a distant foreign desert.
View More Drone Warfare Hits Home: Kittson O’Neill on InterAct’s GROUNDEDTHE MOUNTAINTOP (People’s Light): An original vision of Martin Luther King
Katori Hall’s creative re-imagining of Martin Luther King’s final night before his assassination in 1968 is delivered through forceful performances and an evocative design.
View More THE MOUNTAINTOP (People’s Light): An original vision of Martin Luther KingAre Bitcoin Transactions Anonymous?
It is All in the Network
View More Are Bitcoin Transactions Anonymous?TURANDOT (Opera Philadelphia): Puccini at the Academy
Giacomo Puccini (born 1858) left his last opera, TURANDOT, unfinished at his death in 1924.
View More TURANDOT (Opera Philadelphia): Puccini at the AcademyHOW WE GOT ON (Azuka): A rapper’s delight straight outta the suburbs
Idris Goodwin’s play displays the same playful humor, poetic intelligence, and human insights as the early hip hop music it salutes.
View More HOW WE GOT ON (Azuka): A rapper’s delight straight outta the suburbsBREAKING THE WAVES (Opera Philadelphia): A Lars von Trier opera makes a splash
An operatic version of a Lars von Trier movie? Yes.
View More BREAKING THE WAVES (Opera Philadelphia): A Lars von Trier opera makes a splashRIZZO (PTC): A larger-than-life life onstage
An entertaining work about a compelling character, RIZZO displays pitfalls common to biographical drama.
View More RIZZO (PTC): A larger-than-life life onstageRita Mahtoubian is not a Terrorist, and other film school shorts
The fourth season of Film School Shorts features Rita Mahtoubian is not a Terrorist, co-produced by Philly-raised director Julia Lerman.
View More Rita Mahtoubian is not a Terrorist, and other film school shortsPhiladelphia Theater Calendar: October 2016
Calendar of shows, October 2016.
View More Philadelphia Theater Calendar: October 2016DEATH IS A CABARET OL’ CHUM: A GRAVEYARD CABARET (REV Theatre Company): 2016 Fringe review 94
REV Theatre Company let loose a quirky combo of fright-night-meets-kickline-cabaret for this year’s Fringe.
View More DEATH IS A CABARET OL’ CHUM: A GRAVEYARD CABARET (REV Theatre Company): 2016 Fringe review 94MARTHA GRAHAM CRACKER CABARET (Martha Graham Cracker): 2016 Fringe review 93
Martha Graham Cracker brought the Fringe Festival to a close last Saturday with a marvelous set of compositions
View More MARTHA GRAHAM CRACKER CABARET (Martha Graham Cracker): 2016 Fringe review 93PHILADANCO IN CONCERT (Philadanco): 2016 Fringe review 92
This is a seasoned company that dances with maturity and intent.
View More PHILADANCO IN CONCERT (Philadanco): 2016 Fringe review 92CONVERGENCE (DanceSpora): 2016 Fringe review 91
The Trenton-based dance company DanceSpora premiered two works at the Fringe Festival.
View More CONVERGENCE (DanceSpora): 2016 Fringe review 91