PAC makes waves with a solid classic comedy with simplistic use of physicality and inventive fight choreography.
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THE SEA VOYAGE (PAC): 2019 Fringe review
Adventure, reunion, and love intertwine to create a scrappy maritime tale of marauding and romance.
View More THE SEA VOYAGE (PAC): 2019 Fringe reviewA Welcome to the International Artists at the 2019 Fringe Festival
Henrik Eger greets international Fringe artists.
View More A Welcome to the International Artists at the 2019 Fringe FestivalFringe preview: Sail away with the PAC
Philadelphia Artists’ Collective hits the water with another Fringe gem.
View More Fringe preview: Sail away with the PAC’TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE (PAC): 60-second review
PAC’s full production of the 17th century play retains the fun and accessibility of its Venture Reading series performances.
View More ’TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE (PAC): 60-second reviewTheater in Sketch: LYDIE BREEZE Part 3: MADAKET ROAD (EgoPo)
The EgoPo Classical Theater’s production of John Guare’s Lydie Breeze part III was asking the fundamental question, “what is ‘it’.”
View More Theater in Sketch: LYDIE BREEZE Part 3: MADAKET ROAD (EgoPo)LYDIE BREEZE PART ONE: COLD HARBOR (EgoPo): Ambitious, sprawling, but emotionally hollow
COLD HARBOR is fast-paced and skillfully produced, with a large, stylistically diverse cast, but at its emotional core it is stiff and distant.
View More LYDIE BREEZE PART ONE: COLD HARBOR (EgoPo): Ambitious, sprawling, but emotionally hollow2018 Theater Preview: EgoPo Classic Theatre
EgoPo Classic Theatre focuses its 2017/18 series on the work of John Guare with the world premiere of Guare’s Lydie Breeze Trilogy as one fluid theatrical experience.
View More 2018 Theater Preview: EgoPo Classic TheatreIPHIGENIA AT AULIS (PAC): 2017 Fringe review
If there’s an ideal company to introduce works of classical theater, it’s the Philadelphia Artists’ Collective
View More IPHIGENIA AT AULIS (PAC): 2017 Fringe reviewFringe in Sketch: IPHEGENIA AT AULIS (PAC)
Hurricane Harvey battered the coasts of Texas and Louisiana. Hurricane Irma was destroying entire islands in the Caribbean, and moving towards Florida. So even before stepping aboard…
View More Fringe in Sketch: IPHEGENIA AT AULIS (PAC)HE WHO GETS SLAPPED (PAC): Spectacle and sadness at the circus
Leonid Andreyev’s classic tale of love and death in the Big Top is given original interludes of circus acts and live music to set the stage and mood.
View More HE WHO GETS SLAPPED (PAC): Spectacle and sadness at the circusGOD OF CARNAGE (Montgomery Theater): A rich unraveling
Civilization is not easy to maintain. One knock and the lapse of a moment can set it off kilter.
View More GOD OF CARNAGE (Montgomery Theater): A rich unravelingRAGE OF ACHILLES (CCTC): The absurdity and tragedy of war
Commonwealth Classic Theatre presents a world-premiere production of Paul Parente’s meaningful tragicomedy on the absurdities and horrors of war, inspired by the events and characters from Homer’s Iliad.
View More RAGE OF ACHILLES (CCTC): The absurdity and tragedy of warRenegade’s STORIES AND SPIRITS settles down with a drink and a good book
Novels and cocktails are two of the best things in life. STORIES AND SPIRITS combines them in a one-off evening of drinks and performances.
View More Renegade’s STORIES AND SPIRITS settles down with a drink and a good bookTHE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Lantern): Capturing the passion and the parody
Director Charles McMahon equates the hot-blooded battle of wills between Kate and Petruchio with the intense, sensual, and stylized dance of the tango.
View More THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Lantern): Capturing the passion and the parodyARCADIA (Lantern): A great play is always timely
Stoppard’s genius is to permeate his play with deep philosophical contemplation while using the play to explore those same issues.
View More ARCADIA (Lantern): A great play is always timelyMARY STUART (PAC): The Prison of Power
Philadelphia Artist Collective’s tightly-corseted production of Frederich Schiller’s Mary Stuart, starring the earth-shattering Charlotte Northeast and the finely-tuned Krista Apple Hodge will leave you white-knuckle-gripping the edge of your seat. Sitting in a severe theater-in-the-round circle, the audience itself forms four oppressive walls seemingly trapping the actors on the Broad Street Ministry’s cherry wood floor. If Schiller were alive today, he would raise a thumb in approval of director Dan Hodge’s minimalist approach.
View More MARY STUART (PAC): The Prison of PowerEMMA (Lantern): Philly falls for Austenmania
Over the past few years, there’s been a surprising and unlikely spark of interest in Jane Austen. Austen’s novels—Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion, et al—have…
View More EMMA (Lantern): Philly falls for Austenmania