Actress Mary Martello is back on the Walnut stage in the current production of Blithe Spirit.
View More Calling on Spirits: Mary Martello on her psychic role as Madame Arcarti in BLITHE SPIRITTag: Mary Martello
As if Oscar Wilde himself had arrived on the Walnut stage: Interview with Bernard Havard on casting and working with his actors
Part 2 of Henrik Eger’s interview with Walnut Theatre head Bernard Havard
View More As if Oscar Wilde himself had arrived on the Walnut stage: Interview with Bernard Havard on casting and working with his actorsRisks can lead to financial loss: Interview with Bernard Havard on A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE at the Walnut Street Theatre
Bernard Havard discusses the risks of running a theater as few producers and directors would be willing to
View More Risks can lead to financial loss: Interview with Bernard Havard on A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE at the Walnut Street TheatreA WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (Walnut Street): Dropping a stream of bon mots from the sofa
How wonderful that we have Oscar Wilde’s works and can go and see his plays
View More A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (Walnut Street): Dropping a stream of bon mots from the sofaA WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (Walnut Street): 60-second review
A play of little importance
View More A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (Walnut Street): 60-second reviewResurrecting a Mel Brooks’ Favorite: Mary Martello talks YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Mary Martello is scaring up some fun-and foals in Walnut Street Theatre’s Young Frankenstein.
View More Resurrecting a Mel Brooks’ Favorite: Mary Martello talks YOUNG FRANKENSTEINAmerica the Beautiful, America the Ugly: An open letter to a German visitor
Henrik Eger considers PTC’s Sweat, Walnut’s Holiday Inn, and the state of American culture.
View More America the Beautiful, America the Ugly: An open letter to a German visitorIRVING BERLIN’S HOLIDAY INN (Walnut Street Theatre): Longing for a time that never was
IRVING BERLIN’S HOLIDAY INN takes us back to a kinder, gentler time when people could burst into song for no reason whatsoever.
View More IRVING BERLIN’S HOLIDAY INN (Walnut Street Theatre): Longing for a time that never wasTHE 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 WalnutA FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (Walnut Street Theatre): 60-second review
The promise of “something for everyone” is both too little and too much.
View More A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (Walnut Street Theatre): 60-second review2017 Barrymore nominees: In their own words
Phindie asked this year’s crop of Barrymore Award nominees about their experience of being nominated.
View More 2017 Barrymore nominees: In their own wordsGYPSY (Arden): A self-aware musical
Another take on the Arden’s GYPSY
View More GYPSY (Arden): A self-aware musicalGYPSY (Arden Theatre): Mary’s turn
Martello shines in an otherwise confused production of this classic musical.
View More GYPSY (Arden Theatre): Mary’s turnTHE CAROLS (1812 Productions): Ghost of past holiday movies brought to comic life
A great entertainment present for Philly’s Christmas present.
View More THE CAROLS (1812 Productions): Ghost of past holiday movies brought to comic lifeMRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION (Lantern): Thought-provoking amusement
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 amusementLantern to Honor Mary Martello and Richard Vague at its RITE OF SPRING Benefit
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 BenefitTHE THREE MARIES (no Attytude productions): Philly Phun on Broad Street
This celebration of all things Philly and silly gets the audience strutting in their seats and laughing as they leave. Shakespeare it’s not, but Ogborn and the producers hope it will be adopted as a Philadelphia staple with a life of its own.
View More THE THREE MARIES (no Attytude productions): Philly Phun on Broad StreetPicks 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 ZorenDOUBT: A Parable (Lantern): Some things are certain
It may be daunting for theaters to produce the original theatrical source for a well-regarded movie, but Lantern Theater Company’s DOUBT shows why some plays are worth reclaiming for the stage.
View More DOUBT: A Parable (Lantern): Some things are certain