Introducing Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as “a thinking play,” Tennessee Williams wrote to his audiences: “I want to go on talking to you…
View More CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (Walnut Street Theatre): A thinking play
Tag: Scott Greer
LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS (Walnut): Feeling nostalgic?
Are you missing those bad hairdos and baggy blue suits of 1969?
View More LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS (Walnut): Feeling nostalgic?
Every Brilliant Thing (Arden Theatre Company): 60-second review
Scott Greer has the audience suffering with him, then happy for him. It seems this story could have been his personal history. He owns it that much.
View More Every Brilliant Thing (Arden Theatre Company): 60-second review
A Brilliant Role: Interview with actor Scott Greer
Scott Greer returns to Arden Theatre this month to reprise his role in Every Brilliant Thing. The local actor is no stranger to the Philadelphia…
View More A Brilliant Role: Interview with actor Scott Greer
INTO THE WOODS (Arden): A Sondheim show for grown-ups
No woods. No cutesy pop-up book set. Just three hours of pure musical theater pleasure: gorgeous melodies, clever lyrics, profound ideas and a dream cast.…
View More INTO THE WOODS (Arden): A Sondheim show for grown-ups
Lantern Theater’s Brave Return to Stage: A Man For All Seasons
What a brave return to live theater this production is! Lantern Theater Company gives us old-time drama and powerful theater, full of big ideas and complex language, rather than a bit of fluff to amuse or console us. With a top-notch cast and clever direction by Peter DeLaurier, it’s a heady three hours.
View More Lantern Theater’s Brave Return to Stage: A Man For All Seasons
Reading Every Play That Won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama
WHY MARRY? by Jesse Lynch Williams (1918): Chosen by Committee Episode 1
Beginning a discussion of every play which won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama
View More WHY MARRY? by Jesse Lynch Williams (1918): Chosen by Committee Episode 1
A DOLL’S HOUSE (Arden): Ibsen for our times
A timelessly relevant damnation of our human falsehoods is also an au courant commentary on sexism.
View More A DOLL’S HOUSE (Arden): Ibsen for our times
EVERY BRILLIANT THING (Arden): Scott Greer in an entertaining, painful, life-enhancing play
To balance the traumas of life—from a difficult childhood through a challenging adulthood—a man writes down every brilliant thing, every wish he can think of.
View More EVERY BRILLIANT THING (Arden): Scott Greer in an entertaining, painful, life-enhancing play
A 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 Walnut
A 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 review
2017 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 words
Theater in Sketch: HOW TO USE A KNIFE (InterAct)
The InterAct Theater goes behind the scenes of a working kitchen
View More Theater in Sketch: HOW TO USE A KNIFE (InterAct)
HOW TO USE A KNIFE (InterAct): A sharp new play
Scene one is hilarious; scene two wipes the smile right off your face.
View More HOW TO USE A KNIFE (InterAct): A sharp new play
Many Happy Returns: Trey Lyford wishes you HAPPY BIRTHDAY (1812 Productions)
Three married couples in a romp about infidelity who all have years of stage work and accolades to their names.
View More Many Happy Returns: Trey Lyford wishes you HAPPY BIRTHDAY (1812 Productions)
LAUGHTER 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 time
Welsh Christmas in Philadelphia: Interview with the cast of Walnut Street Theatre’s A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES
A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES: Interview with Aaron Cromie, Scott Greer, Maggie Lakes, Matthew Mastronardi, and Amanda Jill Robinson
View More Welsh Christmas in Philadelphia: Interview with the cast of Walnut Street Theatre’s A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES
RIZZO (PTC): A larger-than-life life onstage
An entertaining work about a compelling character, RIZZO displays pitfalls common to biographical drama.
View More RIZZO (PTC): A larger-than-life life onstage
And the Winners Are… 2015 Barrymore Award winners
2015 Barrymore Awards recipients by award category
View More And the Winners Are… 2015 Barrymore Award winners