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
There’s No Place Like Home: Revolutionary performances by Automatic Arts
The best showcase for new performing arts in Philadelphia gets Revolutionary with an evening of beer and performance at Cliveden
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NICE WORK on a Summer Stage
The Upper Darby Summer Stage just opened its 2016 season with an entertaining Gershwin farce.
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THE TWO GENTLEMAN OF VERONA (Shakespeare in Clark Park): A nice night in the park
The production, though occasionally troubled, can still put a finger on the pulse of Shakespeare at its best.
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I AM NOT MY MOTHERLAND (Orbiter 3): A different kind of interactive theater
Encourages its audience to pay attention, and compels us into conversation afterward.
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THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (PA Shakes): Shrewd Shakespeare
A good production that benefits most when it puts farce aside and concentrates on two people using their will to create partnership and harmony
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THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (Del Shakes): 60-second review
The emphasis is on the physical comedy in David Stradley’s production
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THE DIVINE SISTER (BCP): This play’s a blessing
The beautiful, historic Bucks County Playhouse presents Charles Busch’s highly acclaimed THE DIVINE SISTER. Charles Busch is renown for his unique works including“Vampire Lesbians…
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GIANTESS: Interview with Genne Murphy, successful PlayPenn dramatist
Our series of interviews with prominent PlayPenn playwrights continues…
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Know KING JOHN: Helen Mirren and other stars promote Philly production of little-known Shakespeare play
Revolution Shakespeare has put together a truly all-star line-up for its promotional video for KING JOHN, this year’s fall Shakespeare production in Hawthorne Park.
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ROSEBURG (New City Stage): A difficult thing to talk about
Two stories are retold in parallel structure—the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy and the 2015 Umpqua Community College shooting.
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Summer Club: Swinging on the Shore
This weekend, while the cheese-steak crowd is piling into Wildwood, sophisticated Philadelphians go on their annual pilgrimage to Cape May to experience the latest program of The Summer Club.
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Philly’s Kinda Cool episode 5: Ten citywides, harassment, and which is cooler “black or gay”?
This week’s Philly’s Kinda Cool considers Melania Trump’s plagiarism, harassment, and whether it’s cooler to be black or gay.
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Food for Thought: Southwark Queen Village Community Garden
After four decades the Southwark Queen Village community garden continues to thrive.
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Famous Philadelphians: John Wanamaker (1838–1922)
John Wanamaker is remembered as the father of the American department store and modern commercial and retail advertising.
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Development, Culture, and Community in the Forest of Arden: REV Theatre’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at Columbus Square Park
REV invited us to chase characters through the Forest of Arden against a backdrop of South Philadelphia’s urban skyline.
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Un-Conventional Theater: Performances around the Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Convention comes to Philadelphia July 25-28, 2016, with all its trappings of political theater: Hillary inspiring the masses (?), Bernie joining her…
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Comedic Self-flagellation and Rodent-skin Jackets: Interview with CHINCHILLA COATS creator Chris Davis
Chris takes his deranged soliloquy about a drunken, under-sexed, 34-year-old man-child to the Edinburgh Fringe.
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13: The Musical (Media): 60-second review
Republished by kind permission from Neals Paper. Jesse Cline has a knack for bringing out the best in performers and is especially good at developing…
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Flying with BOEING BOEING Captain Damon Bonetti: An interview with the Hedgerow director
Damon Bonetti returns to Hedgerow Theatre for another summer farce.
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When is a film not a film? Beckett’s FILM (1965) and Lipman’s NOTFILM (2015)
Somewhat perplexingly, neither Film nor Notfilm are films nearly to the extent that each is a picture of a feeling.
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