A script needs life breathed into it and that’s what happens with an inspired director, designers, and talented versatile actors.
View More MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Lantern): Still a joyTag: Alice Yorke
Once Upon a Bridge (Inis Nua): 60-second review
Inis Nua has done its best with a story more told than shown, an aftermath.
View More Once Upon a Bridge (Inis Nua): 60-second reviewA Welsh Play Is Coming: Inis Nua presents HOW TO BE BRAVE
Inis Nua Theatre continues its 17th season with the American premiere of How to Be Brave by Welsh playwright Siân Owen. Set in Newport, Wales,…
View More A Welsh Play Is Coming: Inis Nua presents HOW TO BE BRAVELightning Rod Special presents SUPERHOST, a Halloween audio thriller
Listening party on October 27th and available for streaming on Lightning Rod Special’s website starting October 28th
View More Lightning Rod Special presents SUPERHOST, a Halloween audio thrillerGetting to Know Alice Yorke of Lightning Rod Special
Longform interview with Alice Yorke of Lightning Rod Special
View More Getting to Know Alice Yorke of Lightning Rod SpecialTHE GAP (Azuka): Self-discovery onstage
By revealing the plot through meta layers, Goidel reinforces the idea that we’re watching self-discovery through art.
View More THE GAP (Azuka): Self-discovery onstageKeen to Feed: Favorite tunes from Red 40 & the Last Groovement
Artists from Philly’s favorite clown-funk band pick favorite songs from their new album and the world of music
View More Keen to Feed: Favorite tunes from Red 40 & the Last GroovementDevised Theater Meets Disability: Matt Purinton talks EXPOSURE
Collaborative performer Ben Grinberg sat down with Matt Purinton to talk about the EXPOSURE project and what he hopes to share with audiences.
View More Devised Theater Meets Disability: Matt Purinton talks EXPOSUREANDY: A POPERA (Opera Philadelphia & The Bearded Ladies): 2015 Fringe Review 37
An exciting multi-media collaboration reflects the operatic life and times of Andy Warhol and the Pop Sixties.
View More ANDY: A POPERA (Opera Philadelphia & The Bearded Ladies): 2015 Fringe Review 37WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF (Exile): A tour-de-force production of an American classic
The iconic three-act, three-hour marathon of marital warfare eviscerates the myth of the American family, revealing the drama and devastation behind the façade of our societal expectations
View More WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF (Exile): A tour-de-force production of an American classicTHE WHALE (Theatre Exile): Intelligence and transformation moving under the surface
Not many plays have this kind of unmistakable resonance. When you encounter such a play, you know it. With works of consequence you can feel the pull of intelligence and transformation moving under the surface.
View More THE WHALE (Theatre Exile): Intelligence and transformation moving under the surfaceWE CAN ALL AGREE TO PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED (Tiny Dynamite and InterAct Theatre Company): A Philadelphia world-premiere comedy
Season 4 of Tiny Dynamite’s month-long happy-hour series A Play, A Pie and A Pint concludes with its first commissioned work.
View More WE CAN ALL AGREE TO PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED (Tiny Dynamite and InterAct Theatre Company): A Philadelphia world-premiere comedyDOWN PAST PASSYUNK (InterAct): Theater ‘wit’ a taste of South Philly
I once heard then-governor Ed Rendell give some cheesesteak advice: for the real deal don’t go to one of the big name line-around-the-block places, go to a food truck or your local deli and get one made-to-order. I was thinking about this truism and our prevailing infatuation with authenticity as I watched A. Zell Williams’s world premiere production of DOWN PAST PASSYUNK at InterAct Theatre.
View More DOWN PAST PASSYUNK (InterAct): Theater ‘wit’ a taste of South PhillyTHE WEST Comes to Town: Interview with Creator Alex Bechtel
THE WEST is ensemble-devised musical theater, described as “an absurdist western music hall drama about the gun that killed Billy The Kid, the gun that didn’t, and truth and fiction in history, human relationships, and our day-to-day lives.”
View More THE WEST Comes to Town: Interview with Creator Alex BechtelTRUE WEST (Theatre Exile): Sibling rivalry and the American dream
Sibling rivalry, conflicting personalities, and antithetical lifestyles regress to anti-social antics, primal rage, and role reversal in TRUE WEST, Sam Shepard’s dark comedy about two…
View More TRUE WEST (Theatre Exile): Sibling rivalry and the American dream[20] PAY UP (Pig Iron Theatre Company with The University of the Arts): Fringe review
This is not a play. Therefore this is not a review, but a warning. If you’re looking to sit in a darkened theater watching actors…
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