Youth is the time of our lives when the more adventurous among us follow French poet Arthur Rimbaud’s dictum that “everything we are taught is false.”
View More PASSING STRANGE (Wilma): Youth and rebellionTag: Philadelphia theatre
MORNING’S AT SEVEN (People’s Light): A sorority of acting talent
A delightful comedy that shows an evening and morning in the lives of four sisters
View More MORNING’S AT SEVEN (People’s Light): A sorority of acting talentPASSING STRANGE (Wilma): A worthwhile caricature of art
The performers leave a bright impression in a play that’s a caricature of life and art,
View More PASSING STRANGE (Wilma): A worthwhile caricature of artTOUCHTONES (Arden): This must be a bad connection
Naughty and nice collide in TOUCHTONES, a musical fantasy in world premiere at the Arden.
View More TOUCHTONES (Arden): This must be a bad connectionLONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Quintessence): Love and desire and hate
An excellent play well done.
View More LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (Quintessence): Love and desire and hateA 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 WalnutFringe in Sketch: HOME (Geoff Sobelle)
Our personal space is our own
View More Fringe in Sketch: HOME (Geoff Sobelle)HOME (Geoff Sobelle): 2017 Fringe review
Bringing it all back home
View More HOME (Geoff Sobelle): 2017 Fringe reviewTheater in Sketch: THE ROSES IN JUNE (Seagull Productions)
Chuck Schultz reviews in words and image.
View More Theater in Sketch: THE ROSES IN JUNE (Seagull Productions)PROJECT DAWN (People’s Light): The hug or the hammer
A well-intentioned but dull play about an important legal program in Philadelphia.
View More PROJECT DAWN (People’s Light): The hug or the hammerTheater in Sketch: HIR (Simpatico)
Simpatico Theatre Company’s production of HIR by Taylor Mac challenges audiences to reconsider preconceptions of gender identity
View More Theater in Sketch: HIR (Simpatico)SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (Walnut): Stayin’ Alive
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER is a white-washed adaptation of the classic movie, with double the music and none of the soul. Director/choreographer Richard Stafford seems terrified…
View More SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (Walnut): Stayin’ AliveHIR (Simpatico): We are all everything
Author’s note: Taylor Mac uses “judy” as a gender pronoun. This review reflects Mac’s preference. Taylor Mac’s work is unwieldy and absurdist, challenging and unsettling.…
View More HIR (Simpatico): We are all everythingMAKING HISTORY (Irish Heritage Theatre): Make Ireland Great Again
Brian Friel the Irish Chekhov.
View More MAKING HISTORY (Irish Heritage Theatre): Make Ireland Great AgainMAKING HISTORY (Irish Heritage Theatre): A very human Irish history play
A great play for history buffs and hibernophiles.
View More MAKING HISTORY (Irish Heritage Theatre): A very human Irish history play“I always hated the 70s when I was a kid because I was dumb,” and other words of wisdom from John Rosenberg, writer-director of Queen Of All Weapons
California born and bred, now entrenched in Philadelphia, the playwright-director John Rosenberg debuts his latest work Queen Of All Weapons this Saturday at 2pm at the Papermill…
View More “I always hated the 70s when I was a kid because I was dumb,” and other words of wisdom from John Rosenberg, writer-director of Queen Of All WeaponsLessons from Newt Gingrich: or how we in the theatre and dance communities can stop acting like losers and learn to make the nation love us
How often have you heard that performing arts are dying, that we’re a niche market, that you can never make a living off of it,…
View More Lessons from Newt Gingrich: or how we in the theatre and dance communities can stop acting like losers and learn to make the nation love usDid you see that thing about how last year Philly hotels had more guests than ever before?
Yeah, so it seems a shitload of people spent the night in Philadelphia in 2010. According to an Inquirer article/industry press release from Feb 19, “Philadelphia filled…
View More Did you see that thing about how last year Philly hotels had more guests than ever before?