Peter Schmitz is a leading expert on the history of our theater scene, and his new book, Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia, takes us from the US premiere of Hamlet to the TLA and b…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:28PMQuintessence Theatre Group scores a hit with a new production of the Golden Age musical Kiss Me, Kate. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:00PMThe Comeuppance at the Wilma considers every weighty topic under the sun as a quintet of unhappy Millennials gather for their 20th high-school reunion, but too often the stakes feel frustrat…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:24PMMiriam Battye's play about dating after thirty falls on clichés and mismatched chemistry between its stars. Cameron Kelsall reviews. The post Review: Strategic Love Play at the Minetta Lane…
SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 08:00PMThe struggle to make art takes center stage in John Logan’s Red, now revived by Theatre Exile. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:31PMOur cynical critic is unexpectedly charmed by this classic romcom. Cameron Kelsall reviews. The post Review: Left on Tenth at the James Earl Jones Theatre appeared first on Exeunt Magazine N…
SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 05:33PMDirector Jamie Lloyd's take on Andrew Lloyd Webber throws Hollywood glitz and glamour aside. Cameron Kelsall reviews. The post Review: Sunset Blvd. at the St. James Theatre appeared first on…
SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 10:06AMPhiladelphia Artists’ Collective continues its history of inventive productions by staging August Strindberg’s Dance of Death at the Franklin Inn Club, with a chance for the audience to …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:48PMJames Ijames takes on the weighty topic of gentrification in Good Bones with this production at New York’s Public Theater, but the play itself is still in need of renovation. Cameron Kelsa…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:53PMInis Nua opens its season with an ambitious, revitalized adaptation of The Playboy of the Western World. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:17AMA lack of laughs and reliance on stereotyping hampers the feminist farce POTUS, now onstage at the Arden. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:50PMPhiladelphia-based soprano Amanda O’Toole makes a memorable impression in a rare performance of Arnold Schönberg’s Erwartung, presented in the Fringe by Liberty City Arts. Cameron Kelsa…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:10PMDie-Cast Ensemble creates a gripping, immersive production of Suddenly Last Summer, anchored by Ross Beschler’s thrilling performance as an authorial stand-in. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:15PMFootball, feminism, and facial mutilation collide in Nosejob, an ambitious but uneven exploration of sexual politics from Lightning Rod Special in this year's Curated Fringe. Cameron Kelsall…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:13PMTwo megawatt stars only occasionally elevate a small-scale story with a slim script. Cameron Kelsall reviews. The post Review: The Roommate at the Booth Theatre appeared first on Exeunt Maga…
SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 09:34PMDamon Bonetti makes a rocking galactic tour guide in T.REXTASY, an entry in the Fringe and Cannonball Festivals from 100th Meridian. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:35PMDespite powerful singing, the national tour of Les Misérables more closely resembles a theme-park attraction than a work of theater. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:11PMCameron Kelsall remembers BSR writer Margaret Darby, who died in April. She was a musician, linguist, and librarian; an astute yet generous journalist and critic; and a beloved colleague and…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:31PMTwo avatars of well-known congresswomen square off in a slim, repetitive play by Mario Correa. Cameron Kelsall reviews. The post Review: N/A at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater appeared first o…
SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 09:30PMOff By One, a world premiere at People’s Light about a writer and the impact of his work, featuring TV and film star David Strathairn, feels stuck in the draft stage. Cameron Kelsall revie…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:22AMHilma, a contemporary opera receiving its world premiere at the Wilma Theater, fails to capture the artistry or mystical charisma of its subject, the painter Hilma af Klint. Cameron Kelsall …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:19PMQuintessence Theatre Group’s production of Suzan-Lori Parks’s Father Comes Home From the Wars: Parts I, II & III only intermittently captures the grandeur of the text. Cameron Kelsal…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:24AMA thoughtfully reimagined production of Once on This Island smartly overcomes elements of the 1990 musical that haven’t aged well. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:13AMThe Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia’s season-ending concert welcomed star pianist Simone Dinnerstein and saw the end of Dirk Brossé’s tenure as music director. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:55PMShaina Taub's likable suffragist musical could use some of its own advice. Cameron Kelsall reviews. The post Review: Suffs at the Music Box Theatre appeared first on Exeunt Magazine NYC.
SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 11:24AMHeidi Schreck's crisp new adaptation of Chekhov's play takes the stage at Lincoln Center. Cameron Kelsall reviews. The post Review: Uncle Vanya at the Vivian Beaumont Theater appeared first …
SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 09:00PMThe Philadelphia Orchestra experiments with a new, casual concert format in its Orchestra After 5 series. Cameron Kelsall previews their latest event.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:09PMA new musical adaptation of the weepy Nicholas Sparks novel leaves our critic with dry eyes. Cameron Kelsall reviews. The post Review: The Notebook at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre appeared …
SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 02:34PMCurtis Opera Theatre inventively pairs two works from the 20th century that consider the struggles of women in society: Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias and Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brech…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:06PMCharles Busch returns with a new play that gets lost in its own point of view. Cameron Kelsall reviews. The post Ibsen’s Ghost at 59E59 Theaters appeared first on Exeunt Magazine NYC.
SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 08:00PMInis Nua’s Once Upon a Bridge dramatizes a random act of violence with empathy and suspense. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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