Fringe in Sketch: LUSTER (Junk)
Lust for exposure and success turns… TRAGIC. Set in an underground shopping mall turned nightclub, Junk’s newest experience, Luster, reveals the twisted nature of reality show…
View More Fringe in Sketch: LUSTER (Junk)Watching THE TWO-CHARACTER PLAY (OUT-CRY) by Tennessee Williams
This play-within-a-play about a play takes place on the Bluver Theatre’s tiny stage, brightly lit, although called dim by the characters. The audience, up close…
View More Watching THE TWO-CHARACTER PLAY (OUT-CRY) by Tennessee WilliamsRomeo & Juliet in a Bar (Shakespeare on Tap): 2022 Fringe review
A little bit naughty at times, semi-Shakespearean lingo is mixed with a good deal of TomFoolery.
View More Romeo & Juliet in a Bar (Shakespeare on Tap): 2022 Fringe reviewSee How They Run (dir. Tom George): Film review
Just as the theater company is about to celebrate their 100th stage performance of Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap,” a body turns up backstage.
View More See How They Run (dir. Tom George): Film reviewFOOD (Geoff Sobelle): 2022 Fringe review
Unless you know Geoff Sobelle’s other works, you’ve never seen anything like this.
View More FOOD (Geoff Sobelle): 2022 Fringe reviewTWO-CHARACTER PLAY (IRC): 2022 Fringe review
Nobody writes crazy, despairing, desperate women like Tennessee Williams
View More TWO-CHARACTER PLAY (IRC): 2022 Fringe reviewNOT RIGHT NOW (James Christy): 2022 Fringe review
There are many, many moments that become stories.
View More NOT RIGHT NOW (James Christy): 2022 Fringe reviewDEAR EVAN HANSEN (National Tour at Forrest Theatre): Return to sender
The show’s message is deeply cynical: that social media and community solidarity in the face of tragic events are ultimately self-serving
View More DEAR EVAN HANSEN (National Tour at Forrest Theatre): Return to senderA Letter, a Lie, and the Role of a Lifetime: Alaina Anderson in Dear Evan Hansen
Alaina Anderson is loving her time on the national tour of Dear Evan Hansen.
View More A Letter, a Lie, and the Role of a Lifetime: Alaina Anderson in Dear Evan HansenVengeance (dir. B.J. Novak): Film review
Vengeance walks a pretty confident tightrope as a crime-focused, West Texas-set black comedy with more substance than a deep-fried Twinkie. It never really comes across as…
View More Vengeance (dir. B.J. Novak): Film reviewA Recurring Theme: Actor Greg Wood on TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Actor Greg Wood will return to Philly with the national tour of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
View More A Recurring Theme: Actor Greg Wood on TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRDFlux Gourmet (dir. Peter Strickland): Film review
Peter Strickland’s Flux Gourmet is another auteur-flavored oddity all the way. Capturing the senses whether it’s through sound mixing in film production (“Berberian Sound Studio”),…
View More Flux Gourmet (dir. Peter Strickland): Film reviewPhiladelphia Theater Calendar July 2022
What’s onstage in Philadelphia this month?
View More Philadelphia Theater Calendar July 2022In Search of the Kitchen Gods (1812 Productions): A recipe for success
Everyone is welcome in Bi Jean Ngos Vietnamese kitchen
View More In Search of the Kitchen Gods (1812 Productions): A recipe for successAcro on Ice: Cirque du Soleil’s Robert Tannion talks about Crystal
Cirque du Soleil is known for pushing creative and physical limits. In the company’s first ice show, Cirque expands those boundaries with both acrobats and skaters.
View More Acro on Ice: Cirque du Soleil’s Robert Tannion talks about CrystalGood Luck to You, Leo Grande (dir. Sophie Hyde): Film review
There are plenty of movies about sex, but not enough movies about sexual pleasure involving women of a certain age.
View More Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (dir. Sophie Hyde): Film reviewShowing Their Mussel: Living art lab on Cherry Street Pier considers the mollusk and fresh water
Freshwater mussels were once the most abundant bivalve mollusks in rivers around the world, but their populations have seen steep declines. They are now some…
View More Showing Their Mussel: Living art lab on Cherry Street Pier considers the mollusk and fresh waterTALLEY’S FOLLY by Lanford Wilson (1980): Chosen by Committee episode 54
Lanford Wilson’s quiet one-act play about an unlikely love between a leftist Jewish immigrant and the daughter of a Missouri garment factory dynasty won the…
View More TALLEY’S FOLLY by Lanford Wilson (1980): Chosen by Committee episode 54INTO THE WOODS (Arden): A Sondheim show for grown-ups
No woods. No cutesy pop-up book set. Just three hours of pure musical theater pleasure: gorgeous melodies, clever lyrics, profound ideas and a dream cast.…
View More INTO THE WOODS (Arden): A Sondheim show for grown-upsFABULATION, OR THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE (Lantern): A funny play with a serious agenda
Lynn Nottage knows how to “sustain the complexity” so that this funny play with a serious agenda works
View More FABULATION, OR THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE (Lantern): A funny play with a serious agenda