Warning: These seven marvelous actors in the all female cast, are not your nice Aunt Sara. Wild and untamed, they’re women without borders. Stepping out…
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THE FLATLANDERS (1812 Productions): Couples theater can be couples therapy
Real-life married couple Scott Greer and Jennifer Childs play a fictitious couple in Bruce Graham’s newest play.
View More THE FLATLANDERS (1812 Productions): Couples theater can be couples therapyShining Star: Jessica Bedford talks about METEOR SHOWER at the Walnut
Jessica Bedford is shining brightly in Steve Martin’s Meteor Shower.
View More Shining Star: Jessica Bedford talks about METEOR SHOWER at the WalnutMETEOR SHOWER (Walnut Street): The sparks don’t fly
Steve Martin was once funny and smart.
View More METEOR SHOWER (Walnut Street): The sparks don’t flyTheater in Sketch: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (Walnut Street)
A review in words and sketch by Chuck Schultz and Yumna Tolaimate
View More Theater in Sketch: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (Walnut Street)COLLECTED STORIES (Act II): Friendship in the real world
As we enter the season of unpredictable weather, go to Act II to get their take on the warm and fuzzies mixed with the cold shoulder.
View More COLLECTED STORIES (Act II): Friendship in the real world“Mentors and protégés exist everywhere”: Interview with playwright Donald Margulies on COLLECTED STORIES
Donald Margulies talks about COLLECTED STORIES and more
View More “Mentors and protégés exist everywhere”: Interview with playwright Donald Margulies on COLLECTED STORIESNOISES OFF (Walnut St): Hi-jinks prevail
The chestnut sails in Frank Anzalone’s production of NOISES OFF at the Walnut Street Theatre, but not consistently.
View More NOISES OFF (Walnut St): Hi-jinks prevailTwo 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)A NEW BRAIN (Horizon): Getting a new lease on life
Theatre Horizon’s production of William Finn’s autobiographical musical comedy is filled with off-beat humor, powerhouse vocals, and a life-affirming message.
View More A NEW BRAIN (Horizon): Getting a new lease on lifeHARVEY (Walnut): Burns slow, then hops right along
The story is a little dated, but that is part of its charm, like watching a Norman Rockwell painting come to life.
View More HARVEY (Walnut): Burns slow, then hops right alongACCORDING TO GOLDMAN (Act II): How to write a script
Act II opens its new season with a bang with Bruce Graham’s ACCORDING TO GOLDMAN
View More ACCORDING TO GOLDMAN (Act II): How to write a scriptNORA (DTC): A riveting production of a feminist classic
Ingmar Bergman’s 1981 stage adaptation of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House is pared-down, focused, and intense. By reducing Ibsen’s original lengthy script by nearly half, Bergman endows the 19th-century feminist milestone with a post-modern clarity and import.qD
View More NORA (DTC): A riveting production of a feminist classicTHIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS (1812): 60-second review
With references to Throwback Thursday, Snapchat, and that annoying five-second wait to skip a YouTube video, the show focuses our attention on the funny intricacies that make up our times.
View More THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS (1812): 60-second reviewMACBETH (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival): A Minimalist Vision
Director Patrick Mulcahy takes a modernist approach to the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s production of MACBETH, with a 20th-century minimalist aesthetic that compels the audience to focus on the emotions and actions of the characters and the power of the playwright’s language. It’s stark and intense, and also, at times, oddly anachronistic and comical, performed in attire that suggests a peculiar mash-up of wartime Berlin and dance club chic, military and punk.
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