Walking into the Forrest Theatre, patrons are assaulted by the glaringly-bright light of the stage. This production of Oklahoma!, the lights seem to say, will hide nothing. In many ways, Daniel Fish’s revival lives up to this promise.
View More A Powerful Revival: Daniel Fish’s Oklahoma!
Media Theatre hosts a memorial service for Ann Crumb, December 29
View More Remembering Philadelphia’s Beloved Broadway Star: Ann Crumb, the down-to-earth diva from Media
Youth is the time of our lives when the more adventurous among us follow French poet Arthur Rimbaud’s dictum that “everything we are taught is false.”
View More PASSING STRANGE (Wilma): Youth and rebellion
The performers leave a bright impression in a play that’s a caricature of life and art,
View More PASSING STRANGE (Wilma): A worthwhile caricature of art
Emily Zeck brings a wealth of experience to her new role as Philadelphia Theatre Company’s managing director.
View More Right Hand Woman: An interview with Emily Zeck, PTC’s managing director
Renée Fleming has been at the forefront of classical music for three decades.
View More America’s Diva Comes to Philadelphia: An interview with Renée Fleming
Sondheim’s classic musical in a new production is directed by Frank Ferrante.
View More A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (Walnut): A funny thing is happening now at the Walnut
There was a perfection to the timing of FUN HOME’s arrival in Philadelphia: Another take on FUN HOME
View More FUN HOME (national tour at Forrest Theatre): A study in want
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER is a white-washed adaptation of the classic movie, with double the music and none of the soul. Director/choreographer Richard Stafford seems terrified…
View More SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (Walnut): Stayin’ Alive
Anthony Chan spoke with Phindie about his role as Prince Chulalongkorn.
View More THE KING AND I and I: Interview with star of touring production
HE KING AND I is set in a time period of colonies and colonials.
View More Theater in Sketch: THE KING AND I (Academy of Music)
SIDE SHOW is a tricky piece, but there was much to savor at Media Theatre’s production
View More SIDE SHOW (Media Theatre): Coming together on a small stage
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.
View More Summer Club: Swinging on the Shore