Theater
Caridad Svich on the Lack of Female-Written Works in Theater
“I can name a 100 female writers who are making incredible work, but where can it be seen?” It’s a good question that Caridad Svich poses. […]
Shakespeare in Clark Park Starts Tomorrow With Five Free Shows Through Sunday
To sit or to stand? That will be the question at the 10th anniversary of Shakespeare in Clark Park. Grab your checkered blankets and bottled (or boxed!) […]
REVIEW: Divine/Intervention Is Just That
There’s drama on the stage of Voyeur Nightclub. That isn’t anything new, until you realize it’s an actual drama, the Philadelphia premiere of Divine/Intervention, and […]
In the Wings: Rachel O’Hanlon-Rodriguez of Lulu’s Golden Shoes
Flashpoint Theater Company is presenting the Philadelphia premiere of Quiara Alegría Hudes’s Lulu’s Golden Shoes, a dark coming-of-age satire that centers around a North Philly barrio […]
In the Wings: Mercury Fur Star Joshua Tyler McLucas
This week, BrainSpunk Theater Company debuts the surreal and trippy Mercury Fur. Set in a post-apocalyptic London, it follows two brothers who make ends meet by trading objects stolen […]
PlayPenn New Play Conference Now In Full Swing
Philadelphia is a “new work” playground, so to speak, for theater. This isn’t news given that, back in the mid- to late-20th century, many Broadway producers […]
2015 Pew Grants Announced for Local Artists and Organizations
Over 50 Philadelphia area cultural organizations and artists received grants from The Pew Center for the Arts and Heritage, marking the Center’s 10th year of grant making. […]
101 Best Things to Do in and Around Philadelphia This Summer
Who cares about the date of the solstice: We are past Memorial Day, and that means it is summertime. As usual, there are a multitude […]
Lights Go Out on Sondheim Tribute in Old City
Around 7 pm last night, just before the Arden Theatre Company was to stage a Stephen Sondheim tribute concert, the lights went out all around Old […]
Lion King Reminds Us We Need More Quality Children’s Theater In Philly
On Thursday night, I walked into the Lion King at the Academy of Music with my wife and two children (ages seven and nine) after […]
SEE THIS: Pig Iron’s I Promised Myself to Live Faster
Pig Iron Theatre Company has been at the avant-garde theater game for 20 years. For the first three-quarters of that run, the troupe could barely […]
In the Wings: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead Star Jered McLenigan
When Wilma Theater’s Artistic Director Blanka Zizka decided to direct both Hamlet and Tom Stoppard’s dark comedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, she made a radical […]
Bradley Cooper Nominated for Tony Award for The Elephant Man
The nominations for the 69th annual Tony awards were announced this morning, and, as expected, Bradley Cooper has been nominated in the “Best Lead Actor, […]
PHOTOS: Opening Night of Theatre Exile’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Last night was the premiere of Theatre Exile’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Plays and Players. The Edward Albee-penned, Tony-winning play concerns a fed-up, middle-aged married […]
REVIEW: Is Respect the Sleeper Hit of the Philly Spring Theater Season?
Appearances can be deceiving. Everything about Respect: A Musical Journey of Women, currently playing at the Penn’s Landing Playhouse, seems, at first, to be modest […]