Monday, April 30, 2018
Jessica Bedford’s 'Splinter and Crack,' Juniper Productions’ sophomore production, can’t support its own weight. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:35PMSunday, April 29, 2018
Director Claire Moyer's production of Joseph Heller's 'Catch-22' shows the classic anti-war novel hasn't lost its bite. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:20PMChristopher Chen's new play 'Passage' raises many questions about nationality and identity, but fails to follow through, in its Wilma Theater world premiere. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:43PMMonday, April 23, 2018
The Resident Ensemble Players’ 'Twelfth Night' perfectly balances Shakespeare’s comedic and melancholic tones. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:43PM'¡Bienvenidos Blancos! or Welcome White People!' warmly welcomes audiences to appreciate the challenges Cuban-Americans face living in two cultures simultaneously. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:45PMTuesday, April 17, 2018
Greg Banks’s two-actor 'Snow White' provides a worthwhile storytelling lesson at the Arden. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:54AMEgoPo’s stunning 'Lydie Breeze' trilogy concludes with the dark and dreamy drama 'Madaket Road,' showing that the sins of the parents land on their children. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:01AMMonday, April 16, 2018
Villanova University's 'Much Ado About Nothing' is fast and funny, but director James Ijames's choices raise some questions. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:03PMMonday, April 9, 2018
Ron Hutchinson’s 'Moonlight and Magnolias' at the Eagle Theatre imagines how a producer, writer, and director saved the film 'Gone with the Wind.' Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:34PMTuesday, April 3, 2018
Seth Rozin's 'Human Rites' is an engrossing, often uncomfortable, thoroughly worthwhile new drama from InterAct Theatre Company. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:39PMQuintessence Theatre Group's 'Julius Caesar' shows Shakespeare's relevance to today's political issues without gimmickry. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:14PMMonday, April 2, 2018
On Philly stages, you can at least pretend it feels like spring with productions like 'Much Ado' and 'Twelfth Night,' plus intriguing new stuff from Michael Hollinger and…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:49PMSunday, March 18, 2018
Philadelphia Theatre Company imports Bess Wohl's 'Small Mouth Sounds,' which may say more about PTC than they intended. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:17PMTuesday, March 13, 2018
Power Street Theatre Company premieres Erlina Ortiz’s 'Las Mujeres,' a celebration of Latinas past that also addresses today and the future. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:27PMThursday, March 1, 2018
For March, we’re spotlighting some of the many improv shows you can catch regularly in Philly, where unscripted performances evoke everything from a hip dinner party to an action movie to …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:41PMBroadway hit 'Something Rotten' visits the Academy of Music this week, sharing laughs about Shakespeare and musicals. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:36AMTuesday, February 27, 2018
'The Diary of Anne Frank' receives a superb and timely revival by People's Light & Theatre Company. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:38AMMonday, February 26, 2018
Azuka Theatre Company's latest world premiere, David Jacobi's 'Ready Steady Yeti Go,' has serious fun showing teens dealing with real-life problems.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:07PMSunday, February 25, 2018
Okwui Okpokwasili’s visits Bryn Mawr College with a powerful reflection about African women, 'Poor People’s TV Room.' Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:10PMSaturday, February 24, 2018
Keith Huff’s cop drama 'A Steady Rain' drenches us in suspense at the Walnut Street Theatre’s Independence Studio on 3. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:20PMTuesday, February 20, 2018
The U.S. premiere of Welshman Alan Harris's 'Love, Lies and Taxidermy' brings a welcome romantic comedy from Inis Nua Theatre Company. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:02AMSunday, February 11, 2018
Lauren Gunderson's 'The Revolutionists' at Theatre Horizon blends 1793's rebels with modern women's struggles for equality. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:54PMWednesday, February 7, 2018
Cure the winter blahs with live theater, where the old is new again and the new is even newer. Also check out the riches offered by local colleges.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:53PMSunday, February 4, 2018
Media Theatre's production of Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey's 'Next to Normal' explores mental illness with raw honesty, and true to the subject, doesn't offer easy answers. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:05PMThursday, February 1, 2018
Theatre Exile’s production of Jackie Sibblies Drury's 'Really' mulls photography and art, but its affectations blur character and narrative. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:15PMMonday, January 29, 2018
Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists premieres with Mike Lew's 'Tiger Style!' — a comedy that doesn't earn its exclamation point. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:01PMInterAct Theatre Company's premiere of MJ Kaufman's 'Sensitive Guys' lacks theatrical sensitivity. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:11AMThursday, January 25, 2018
'Dial M for Murder' receives a handsome revival by Wilmington, Delaware's Resident Ensemble Players, but sometimes less design is more. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:02PMTuesday, January 23, 2018
Josh Ravetch's 'Go Figure: The Randy Gardner Story,' at Delaware Theatre Company, celebrates figure skating with unskilled sincerity. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:25PMMonday, January 22, 2018
The Arden Theatre Company's revival of Henrik Ibsen's 'A Doll's House' says much by staging the classic without reverence or commentary. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:47PMTuesday, January 16, 2018
Paul Osborn's 1938 hit 'Morning's at Seven' receives an instructive revival by People's Light & Theatre Company. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:27PM 
