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Theater in Sketch: ANNA (EgoPo)
A loose adaptation by Brenna Geffer and her ensemble based on the novel, Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
View More Theater in Sketch: ANNA (EgoPo)Theater in Sketch: THE KING AND I (Academy of Music)
HE KING AND I is set in a time period of colonies and colonials.
View More Theater in Sketch: THE KING AND I (Academy of Music)SIDE 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 stageCORIOLANUS (Lantern): Succeeding with a Shakespeare many companies wouldn’t attempt
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 attemptIT’S SO LEARNING (Berserker Residents): Will this be on the test?
The Berserker Residents take us back to school
View More IT’S SO LEARNING (Berserker Residents): Will this be on the test?A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Arden): Take pains, be perfect
Shakespeare made simple, and simply fun.
View More A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Arden): Take pains, be perfectAN ADULT EVENING OF SHEL SILVERSTEIN (Allens Lane): Our ridiculous grown up world
From the author of such children’s classics as The Giving Tree and Where the Sidewalk Ends comes a socially insightful series of vignettes
View More AN ADULT EVENING OF SHEL SILVERSTEIN (Allens Lane): Our ridiculous grown up worldLOST GIRLS (Theatre Exile): We are all capable of redemption
Yes, that was me sobbing on opening night of LOST GIRLS.
View More LOST GIRLS (Theatre Exile): We are all capable of redemptionLEPER + CHIP (Inis Nua): More booze than the Bard
A fast-paced shaggy dog tale of love and revenge, told mostly in dueling monologs of Irish brogue
View More LEPER + CHIP (Inis Nua): More booze than the BardWAITING FOR GODOT (Curio): Highlighting the hilarity of Beckett’s classic
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 classicTheater in Sketch: THE ENCHANTED (IRC) and A DOLL’S HOUSE (Swarthmore)
Comparinge the absurdist comedy of Giraudoux with the serious drama of Ibsen.
View More Theater in Sketch: THE ENCHANTED (IRC) and A DOLL’S HOUSE (Swarthmore)THE ENCHANTED (IRC): a great revival speaks to our times
Philly’s favorite absurdist company Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium revives Jean Giraudoux’s THE ENCHANTED.
View More THE ENCHANTED (IRC): a great revival speaks to our timesJOHN (Arden): Things that haunt
There remains something compelling about ghost stories. Annie Baker’s JOHN demonstrates why: our past haunts just as well as any poltergeist.
View More JOHN (Arden): Things that hauntLAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR (Walnut): Funny, morbid, timely, and of a time
Theatergoers who long for the good ol’ days of pre-political correctness will love it. Everyone else, just enjoy the ride.
View More LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR (Walnut): Funny, morbid, timely, and of a timeTwo by Tuomanen: MARCUS/EMMA (InterAct) and HELLO! SADNESS (FringeArts)
Two shows by Philadelphia writer Mary Tuomanen opened on consecutive nights last week, providing a singular opportunity to assess common threads tying together works by the author.
View More Two by Tuomanen: MARCUS/EMMA (InterAct) and HELLO! SADNESS (FringeArts)CONSTELLATIONS (Wilma): Love in the multiverse
“We have all the time we ever had.”
View More CONSTELLATIONS (Wilma): Love in the multiverseINFORMED CONSENT (Lantern): A strange kind of ethics
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 ethicsALL’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 wovenA YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD (Arden Children’s Theatre): Another year with frog and toad
The simple tricks of the stage awe an audience of CGI-era children, showing that even something as normal as friendship can be magic.
View More A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD (Arden Children’s Theatre): Another year with frog and toad