Wednesday, December 7, 2011
11th Hour Theatre Company gives Philadelphia’s theatergoers an early holiday gift with its poignant staging of Adam Gwon’s chamber musical Ordinary Days.
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 06:11AMWednesday, November 2, 2011
1812 Productions renews its association with talented playwright Craig Wright for the company’s season-opener, Mistakes Were Made. Sadly, Wright’s comedy was disappointing.
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 06:19AMDully directed by John Marans, Bristol’s production never succeeds in sustaining any momentum. Scenic designer Roman Tatarowicz’s tattered theater is an effectively majestic relic and Mi…
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 06:17AMWednesday, October 26, 2011
The Arden Theatre Company opens its season with Tracey Letts’ August: Osage County in a production that ranks among the best in the company’s 23-year history.
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 06:17AMWednesday, September 21, 2011
The upcoming theater season is bigger and more diverse than ever. What follows is our attempt to compile some of the most interesting productions happening on Philly’s many stages.
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 12:50PMWednesday, August 31, 2011
It can be a daunting task deciding what to see from among the nearly 200 productions at this year’s Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe. To help you out, we’re offering our recommendation…
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 12:33PMWednesday, August 17, 2011
Happily stepping in during the summer slowdown is GayFest!, a new five-play festival at the Shubin Theatre in Queen Village. The brainchild of Quince Productions’ Rich Rubin, producing art…
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 06:12AMWednesday, August 10, 2011
Hedgerow’s Two Into One doesn’t break any new theatrical ground. Instead, the production is summer theater in its grandest tradition, light, silly, exuberant and irresistible. It’s not…
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 06:00AMMonday, August 1, 2011
March highlights include the hit Broadway comedy The 39 Steps, Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, Tracy Letts' Superior Donuts, Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jef…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMFebruary highlights include The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Big Love, Nocturne, Lidless, Love Lessons from Abu Ghraib, Blasted, and Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMThe 25th Anniversary Tour of Les Miserables arrives in Philadelphia, with local highlights including A Moon for the Misbegotten, Race, the Philadelphia Irish Theatre Festival, The Little Pri…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMDecember highlights include Irving Berlin's White Christmas, The Borrowers, This the Week That Is: The New Administration, The Santaland Diaries, Miss Witherspoon, and Dublin Carol.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMDecember highlights include Irving Berlin's White Christmas, The Borrowers, This Is the Week That Is: The New Administration, The Santaland Diaries, Miss Witherspoon, and Dublin Carol.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMThe national tour of South Pacific arrives in time for Thanksgiving, while other November highlights include Rent, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Laramie Residency, Uncle Va…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMHighlights include Blanka Zizka's staging of Macbeth at the Wilma, the Jersey Boys tour, a return of The Philly Fan, Arden's Threepenny Opera, a drag version of Carrie, PTC@PLAY, Why I'm Sca…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMThe Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe showcases works such as Cankerblossom and The New & Improved Stages of Grief, while elsewhere in the city you can catch Curtains, Dr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMThursday, June 23, 2011
There are two things you don’t want to encounter in a theater: boredom and predictability. Thankfully, both were in short supply during a theater season that was buoyed by a number surpris…
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 09:15PMWednesday, June 8, 2011
At once nostalgic and entirely original, this quirky, charming and poignant play moves us in ways that are both unexpected and lasting.
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 06:29AMWednesday, June 1, 2011
At a time when most plays and productions are downsizing, PLTC’s Estate is a reminder of how majestic and satisfying old-fashioned theater can be.
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 06:05AMTuesday, May 31, 2011
Colin Quinn comes to town with Long Story Short, while Alice Ripley leads the tour of Next to Normal. This month's locally-produced attractions include The Great American Trailer Park Musica…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PMSaturday, April 30, 2011
May highlights include Miss Saigon, Ruined, In A Daughter's Eyes, My Wonderful Day, The Flea and the Professor, and Dividing the Estate.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PMWednesday, April 20, 2011
One of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts’ most anticipated new plays is Rogelio Martinez’s Wanamaker’s Pursuit, which is receiving its world premiere at the Arden The…
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 06:00AMWednesday, April 13, 2011
The Walnut Street Theatre is offering audiences two entirely different theatergoing experiences with their productions of Broadway smash The 39 Steps and psychological thriller Speaking in T…
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 08:46AMThursday, March 31, 2011
Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts features productions such as Wanamaker's Pursuit and AUTO, while elsewhere in the city, you can view The Master Builder, Laughter on the 23rd …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PM 
