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PREVIEW: This Is The Week That Is Laughs at Our Crazy World
The 1812 Productions’ team on how and why they make funny in the Age of Trump.
REVIEW: Arden’s Every Brilliant Thing is a Tour de Force for Scott Greer
Philly’s collective love affair with this superb actor has never been more heartfelt.
REVIEW: A Treasurable The Color Purple at Theatre Horizon
This gloriously intimate, profoundly moving production finally gets the show exactly right.
REVIEW: At Quintessence, “Oliver!,” Twisted
Director Alexander Burns’ sometimes imaginative rethinking cannot redeem Lionel Bart’s awful musical.
REVIEW: Marilyn Maye Scores a Home Run at Dino’s Backstage
Singing doesn’t get better than this.
REVIEW: Arden’s A Doll’s House, Part 2 Leaves the Door Ajar
This glossy but glib production is enjoyable but adds little of substance to Ibsen’s original.
REVIEW: In Salt Pepper Ketchup, A Not So Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
The restaurant setting has a sense of authenticity; the action in it, not so much.
REVIEW: In Wilma’s Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, Let There Be Light… Please!
This frantic, antic production doesn’t illuminate Anne Washburn’s poignant satire.
REVIEW: In Sweat, Reading, Pennsylvania Becomes a Microcosm of America
Both play and production are honorable but flawed, though signs are positive for the Philadelphia Theatre Company.
REVIEW: In Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, the Too-High Cost of Doing Business
Curio’s homerun production breathes new life into a turgid melodrama.
REVIEW: In Detroit ‘67, Home is Where the Heart and Heartbreak Are
Dominique Morisseau’s meaty, thought-provoking play gets a terrific production at McCarter.
REVIEW: In Broken Biscuits at 1812, Too Much Charm Equals Too Little Payoff
This tale of terminally unpopular British teenagers feels like a 22-minute sitcom stretched to two hours.
REVIEW: In Monster in the Hall, Things Go Bump in the Light
Inis Nua’s Scottish import teeters between grim uncertainty and twinkly charm.
REVIEW: In Love Never Dies at the Academy of Music, He’s Baa-aack
There’s little here about love, but the show suggests that obsession lasts forever.
PREVIEW: At EgoPo Classic Theater, Two Worlds Meet in Desire Under the Elms
An important but rarely produced American play gets a reboot from a South African company.