A challenging show, with musically complicated, character-driven songs, that demands performers tell almost the entire story through song.
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BULLETS OVER BROADWAY (Resident Theatre Company): Good work from a fledgling theater
Neal Zoren reviews BULLETS OVER BROADWAY
View More BULLETS OVER BROADWAY (Resident Theatre Company): Good work from a fledgling theaterTHE HUMANS (Walnut St): A nauseatingly annoying play, but maybe that’s the point
THE HUMANS is a difficult play to like or to watch
View More THE HUMANS (Walnut St): A nauseatingly annoying play, but maybe that’s the pointA FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (Walnut): A funny thing is happening now at the Walnut
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 WalnutSIDE SHOW (Media Theatre): Coming together on a small stage
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 stageWorking with the First National Congress in 1776: Interview with director-choreographer Jennie Eisenhower, part 2
In this, the second of a two-part interview, we talk to Eisenhower about the history behind 1776: The Musical
View More Working with the First National Congress in 1776: Interview with director-choreographer Jennie Eisenhower, part 21776 And All That: Interview with director-choreographer Jennie Eisenhower
In this, the first of a two-part interview, we talk to Eisenhower about her background and work on the production.
View More 1776 And All That: Interview with director-choreographer Jennie Eisenhower1776: THE MUSICAL (Media): Not your textbook history production
1776 will make you laugh, might even make you cry, and will most certainly be more enjoyable than the lectures of your middle school history teachers.
View More 1776: THE MUSICAL (Media): Not your textbook history production1776 THE MUSICAL (Media): Rollicking romp through history
A rocking, irreverent look at the birth of our nation wrought with lively, believable characters.
View More 1776 THE MUSICAL (Media): Rollicking romp through historyGYPSY (Media Theatre): Everything’s coming up roses
GYPSY is an often produced classic for good reason and is terrific as Mama Rose in the Media Theatre’s production.
View More GYPSY (Media Theatre): Everything’s coming up rosesPASSION (Arden): Pretty anticlimactic
Excerpted from NealsPaper.com by kind permission. Stephen Sondheim’s musical PASSION comes to a pivotal point at which a young soldier, Giorgio (Ben Michael), suddenly becomes deeply…
View More PASSION (Arden): Pretty anticlimacticFIELD HOCKEY HOT (11th Hour): A champion of laughter
One does not know what to expect when walking into a production revolving around sports. Many seem to believe that sports and theater do not…
View More FIELD HOCKEY HOT (11th Hour): A champion of laughter“My busy, wacky, wonderful life”: Parents on stage and off stage, THE ADDAMS FAMILY (Media Theatre)
The wacky parents of THE ADDAMS FAMILY at the Media Theatre share the joys and difficulties of juggling two lead roles in their lives.
View More “My busy, wacky, wonderful life”: Parents on stage and off stage, THE ADDAMS FAMILY (Media Theatre)THE ADDAMS FAMILY (Media Theatre): A weird-family musical
THE ADDAMS FAMILY is such a familiar piece, and beloved by many for various reasons
View More THE ADDAMS FAMILY (Media Theatre): A weird-family musicalMauckingbird Presents Staged Readings of Two Gay Milestones
Two groundbreaking plays in the history of queer theater–Lillian Hellman’s THE CHILDREN’S HOUR and Mart Crowley’s THE BOYS IN THE BAND—will be presented in the format of staged readings over the next two weekends by Mauckingbird Theatre Company.
View More Mauckingbird Presents Staged Readings of Two Gay MilestonesARSENIC AND OLD LACE (Walnut Street Theatre): Macabre Madcap Comedy Classic
The historic Walnut Street Theatre celebrates two milestones with its mainstage presentation of ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, written by New York playwright Joseph Kesselring in 1939: the play’s 75th anniversary and its own 205th landmark season. Directed by Charles Abbott, the Walnut Street’s crackerjack production (in association with Fulton Theatre in Lancaster, PA) whips up the perfect concoction of murder, mayhem, and misplaced “mercy,” topped with a large dollop of macabre madness, in this delectable recipe for hilarity.
View More ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (Walnut Street Theatre): Macabre Madcap Comedy ClassicPARADE (Arden): A Musical Tragedy of Bigotry and Injustice
Set in Georgia between 1913 and 1915, PARADE examines the true story of Leo Frank, a transplanted Brooklyn-bred Jew accused of killing a thirteen-year-old girl…
View More PARADE (Arden): A Musical Tragedy of Bigotry and Injustice