Lorraine Hansberry wrote Raisin in the Sun in 1959, a bold play for its time. It takes a dark view of the progress of integration,…
View More A RAISIN IN THE SUN (Bristol Riverside): An old fashioned play, carefully executedTag: Bristol Riverside Theatre
Looking Back at the Theater: Remembering two outstanding performances at Bristol Riverside Theater (BRT)
In a new series, Phindie takes a walk down memory lane to briefly revisit memorable theater performances in Philadelphia and environs.
View More Looking Back at the Theater: Remembering two outstanding performances at Bristol Riverside Theater (BRT)KING LEAR (Bristol Riverside): Mommy issues
We start to experience the world as Lear might, slowly losing their sense of reality
View More KING LEAR (Bristol Riverside): Mommy issuesNEXT TO NORMAL (Bristol Riverside): Rock concert or psycho-drama?
Bristol Riverside Theatre’s snazzy Next to Normal leaves reviewer Josh Herren cold.
View More NEXT TO NORMAL (Bristol Riverside): Rock concert or psycho-drama?Philadelphia theater through the eyes of J. Cooper Robb, Part 2: 2004
Revisiting Philly theater history through the eyes of one of its finest critics.
View More Philadelphia theater through the eyes of J. Cooper Robb, Part 2: 2004THE PRODUCERS (Bristol Riverside): Bialystock & Bloom, mini-Madoffs of the theater world
Mel Brooks’s THE PRODUCERS has gone from Screen Comedy to Musical Comedy to Screen Musical Comedy and back to the stage again.
View More THE PRODUCERS (Bristol Riverside): Bialystock & Bloom, mini-Madoffs of the theater world2017 Barrymore Awards nominations
On August 21, Theatre Philadelphia announced nominees for the 2017 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre. Established companies led the day.
View More 2017 Barrymore Awards nominationsJESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (Bristol Riverside Theatre): In a little river town a great but shopworn rock opera is reborn
I went in to the show a doubting Thomas a came out a believer.
View More JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (Bristol Riverside Theatre): In a little river town a great but shopworn rock opera is rebornSix Questions for Six Directors: John O’Hara’s 12 CHAIRS gets a revamped production
Female-centric theater group ReVamp Collective presents 12 CHAIRS.
View More Six Questions for Six Directors: John O’Hara’s 12 CHAIRS gets a revamped productionA CLOSER WALK WITH PATSY CLINE (BRT): Fall to pieces over Patsy
Someone should sit down and write a dozen Country tunes for Jessica Wagner to record in the style of Patsy Cline.
View More A CLOSER WALK WITH PATSY CLINE (BRT): Fall to pieces over PatsyBarrymore Awards Nominations
Industry insiders vote on their favorite shows and artists in their community from the preceding theater season. The resulting awards recognize the best that Philly stages have to offer, and also musicals.
View More Barrymore Awards NominationsBLITHE SPIRIT (PA Shakes): 60-second review
Nothing beats watching actors at the top of their game biting into crunchy material and whipping it into a tasty delight.
View More BLITHE SPIRIT (PA Shakes): 60-second reviewTHE LANGUAGE ARCHIVE (BRT): A poetic parable about the language of love
Julia Cho’s lofty romantic comedy examines the beauty of language and the failure of humans to communicate.
View More THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVE (BRT): A poetic parable about the language of loveSixty Years of Philadelphia Theater: Interview with playwright Walt Vail
Tracing 60 years of theater history in Philadelphia through the eyes of one man.
View More Sixty Years of Philadelphia Theater: Interview with playwright Walt VailBUS STOP (BRT): A place of isolation
All of the individual stories the wayfarers tell in William Inge’s BUS STOP come through clearly in Susan D. Atkinson’s production of the ’50s classic at Bristol Riverside Theatre.
View More BUS STOP (BRT): A place of isolationAN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (BRT): Pollution and politics
Henrik Ibsen’s classic gets a beautiful production at Bristol Riverside Theatre.
View More AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (BRT): Pollution and politicsALWAYS… PATSY CLINE (Bristol Riverside): Sweet dreams of a country superstar
Cline is a natural subject for the theater. Although the sad facts of Patsy’s marriage and difficult personal life are alluded to, ALWAYS… PATSY CLINE is more about a relationship a star was able to form with a fan than a full biography of the singer.
View More ALWAYS… PATSY CLINE (Bristol Riverside): Sweet dreams of a country superstarTHE 39 STEPS (Bristol Riverside Theatre): Intense mystery and low comedy
Intense mystery and low comedy combine in Patrick Barlow’s stage version of THE 39 STEPS.
View More THE 39 STEPS (Bristol Riverside Theatre): Intense mystery and low comedyLITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Bristol Riverside Theatre): Don’t Feed the Plants!
The outlandish parody of the horror and sci-fi genres, now in production at Bristol Riverside Theatre, still elicits laughs and gasps from appreciative audiences and delights with a score of period-style rock, Motown, and doo-wop numbers. BRT’s show, directed with spot-on timing by Susan D. Atkinson, embraces all the retro-camp in the story of Seymour Krelborn
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