Curio’s designers have created a bubble of no time, no place, in which anything or nothing can happen.
View More WAITING FOR GODOT (Curio): Highlighting the hilarity of Beckett’s classicTag: Dan Hodge
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (PAC): A mingled web well woven
PAC’s current production confirms its reputation as the best adaptor of classic works.
View More ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (PAC): A mingled web well wovenTheater in Sketch: ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (PAC)
Sketches of William Shakespeare’s ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL from Philadelphia Artists’ Collective.
View More Theater in Sketch: ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (PAC)STUPID FUCKING BIRD (Arden): A sidesplitting and insightful reinvention of Chekhov
Aaron Posner’s hilarious reinvention of The Seagull captures all of Chekhov’s laughable characters, absurdities of life, and self-references to the theater from a 21st-century perspective.
View More STUPID FUCKING BIRD (Arden): A sidesplitting and insightful reinvention of ChekhovTHE 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
View More THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (PA Shakes): Shrewd ShakespearePETER AND THE STARCATCHER (Walnut): A wacky look at the backstory of Peter Pan
An outstanding ensemble recounts the backstory of Peter Pan in a madcap prequel with music.
View More PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (Walnut): A wacky look at the backstory of Peter PanDEATH OF A SALESMAN (Curio): Bringing Arthur Miller to life
Curio’s production underscores the delusion and the rawness of the lives of the Loman family.
View More DEATH OF A SALESMAN (Curio): Bringing Arthur Miller to lifeEQUIVOCATION (Arden): They made him an offer he can’t refuse
In the wake of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, Shakespeare is summoned to take on a play commission for the Crown.
View More EQUIVOCATION (Arden): They made him an offer he can’t refuseAnd the Winners Are… 2015 Barrymore Award winners
2015 Barrymore Awards recipients by award category
View More And the Winners Are… 2015 Barrymore Award winnersDRACULA (Hedgerow): Raising the stakes
This not your usual resurrection of the Dracula story of seducing young women to join him in the realm of the undead.
View More DRACULA (Hedgerow): Raising the stakesALTAR CALL (Melissa McBain): “Theologically speaking, have you ever considered going to hell?”
ALTAR CALL begins and ends with hymns, not only setting the mood but, through carefully chosen songs, it sends out thought-provoking messages
View More ALTAR CALL (Melissa McBain): “Theologically speaking, have you ever considered going to hell?”THE CAPTIVE (PAC): 2015 Fringe review 5
Although it has lost the shock value (lesbianism!) it had in the 1920s, it is easy to see why PAC were attracted to this forgotten play.
View More THE CAPTIVE (PAC): 2015 Fringe review 5PAC Presents THE CAPTIVE: FringeArts Interview with Dan Hodge
Philadelphia Artists Collective has produced some of the finest works of the last few Fringe Festivals. Director Dan Hodge tells us about this year’s offering.
View More PAC Presents THE CAPTIVE: FringeArts Interview with Dan Hodge2014/15 Critics’ Awards: The best in Philadelphia theater
Local theater writers vote for their favorites in twelve categories!
View More 2014/15 Critics’ Awards: The best in Philadelphia theaterHENRY V (PA Shakespeare): The king is but a man
While HENRY V contains two of Shakespeare’s most stirring speeches, smaller, less rhetorical moments are the more engrossing in Matt Pfeiffer’s staging for Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
View More HENRY V (PA Shakespeare): The king is but a manPicks for Best in Theater, 2014/15, by Philly Reviewer Neal Zoren
Each year, Philadelphia-based reviewer Neal Zoren announces his choices for the Helen and Morris Zoren Awards for World Theater. A fair number of the picks on Neal’s list are performers and productions from the Philadelphia area.
View More Picks for Best in Theater, 2014/15, by Philly Reviewer Neal ZorenTHE THREE CHRISTS OF MANHATTAN: What would a Christ for today be like?
If Jesus were to appear today, what form would he take? A loving son of God, a Marxist activist, or a corporate exec who wants everyone to be rich?
View More THE THREE CHRISTS OF MANHATTAN: What would a Christ for today be like?THE RAPE OF LUCRECE (Philadelphia Artists’ Collective): 60-second review
Dan Hodge’s one-man performance of Shakespeare’s poem RAPE OF LUCRECE is back! And it is not to be missed (again).
View More THE RAPE OF LUCRECE (Philadelphia Artists’ Collective): 60-second reviewLucrece’s Revenge: A Fringe masterpiece returns for a brief run at the Wilma
Hodge’s one-man adaptation of William Shakespeare’s epic poem returns to Philadelphia in a four-day copresentation with the Wilma Theater.
View More Lucrece’s Revenge: A Fringe masterpiece returns for a brief run at the WilmaTHE FAIR MAID OF THE WEST, PART I (PAC): A pirate adventure “worth gold!”
Thomas Heywood’s ridiculous rip-roaring romantic romp across the high seas of the English Renaissance is the latest in the Philadelphia Artists’ Collective’s acclaimed productions of rarely seen classics.
View More THE FAIR MAID OF THE WEST, PART I (PAC): A pirate adventure “worth gold!”