Articles and reviews of Philadelphia’s Lantern Theater Company.
KC MacMillan talks about making the transition from freelance artist to administrative director, what she envisions for the next phase of her career, and what advice she has for young women who aspire to direct in Philadelphia
View More A Woman Who Dares: Interview with KC MacMillan
The Lantern team transforms an essentially all-talk playscript into an engaging, living piece of theater.
View More THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHARLES DICKENS & COUNT LEO TOLSTOY: DISCORD (Lantern Theater Company): Locked in limbo with literati
With a strong cast and design wizards the Lantern has made CORIOLANUS a visceral, lively and thought-provoking experience
View More CORIOLANUS (Lantern): Succeeding with a Shakespeare many companies wouldn’t attempt
Former PlayPenn interns come into their own as theater professionals.
View More Beyond PlayPenn: Former conference interns come into their own, part 3
The play has a compelling point to make about the diversity of truth and mutual respect, but in the end, it’s difficult to take the argument seriously.
View More INFORMED CONSENT (Lantern): A strange kind of ethics
AN ILIAD brings Homer’s characters and their epic struggle to life using just a sole narrator and musical accompaniment.
View More AN ILIAD (Lantern): Homer sweet homer
In a Philadelphia theater season with an auspicious beginning, this production of MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION might be the most auspicious of all.
View More MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION (Lantern): Thought-provoking amusement
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 Nominations
A panel discussion on “Art-World Movers and Shakers” explores the art-related themes of the Lantern’s production of 36 VIEWS.
View More In Conversation: Lantern’s panel discussion explores the themes of 36 VIEWS
Visually beautiful and compelling in its coherence, 36 VIEWS weaves these intellectual concepts on the uncertainty of art and life with a wholly original style.
View More 36 VIEWS (Lantern): Using artifice to reveal truths
A cross-temporal interpretation of Shakespeare’s Elizabethan classic injects passages of current expressions and gestures, slapstick, and original music into the well-known pastoral rom-com.
View More AS YOU LIKE IT (Lantern): As you’ve never seen it!
Award-winning actress Mary Martello and philanthropic businessman Richard Vague are the Luminary Award honorees at Lantern Theater Company’s 2016 spring fundraising gala.
View More Lantern to Honor Mary Martello and Richard Vague at its RITE OF SPRING Benefit
With his brilliant work and tragic arc, Oscar Wilde remains a fascinating figure.
View More OSCAR WILDE: FROM THE DEPTHS (Lantern): A love that dared not speak its mind
Barrymore Award-nominated actress and choreographer K.O. DelMarcelle talks about her past experiences, current life, and future aspirations.
View More K.O. DelMarcelle: Maintaining versatility with an eye on the future
Charles McMahon discusses the inspiration, themes, and format of his new play on Oscar Wilde, prior to its world premiere with Lantern Theater Company.
View More Chatting with the Lantern’s Charles McMahon about his new play on Oscar Wilde
British-born actor Harry Smith talks about his background in the UK, his life and career in Philadelphia, and his upcoming debut on Broadway.
View More From the UK to Philadelphia to Broadway: An interview with actor Harry Smith
The backstory of Rosalind Franklin’s seminal image that led to the discovery of the double-helix structure of the DNA molecule is examined in an engrossing Philadelphia premiere.
View More PHOTOGRAPH 51 (Lantern): Discovering the secret of life
Local theater writers vote for their favorites in twelve categories!
View More 2014/15 Critics’ Awards: The best in Philadelphia theater
The creators/performers of THE LIGHT PRINCESS discuss the development of their adaptation of the 19th-century Scottish fairytale before its workshop production in the Fringe.
View More Fringe Preview: THE LIGHT PRINCESS (Tony Lawton with Ugly Stepsister)
The adaptation appropriates the ludicrous plot points and outlandish characters in Arthur Conan Doyle’s opus for a fast and fun theatrical comedy.
View More THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (Lantern): 60-second review