Tuesday, 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 01:27PMMonday, January 15, 2018
Bright Metal Productions premieres at Plays & Players with their devised drama 'The Sabbatical,' a sharp and incisive view into a church congregation's secret lives. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:33PMTuesday, January 2, 2018
The cold doesn’t stop Philly’s exciting theater scene this month, including a mix of old favorites and timely premieres.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:06PMSaturday, December 23, 2017
What we should see and what we should hear gets muddled in Resident Theatre Company's not-so-radio 'A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play.' Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:26PMMonday, December 18, 2017
Act II Playhouse's 'Bad Dates,' by Theresa Rebeck, showcases Karen Peakes, and it's about time someone did. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:15PMSaturday, December 9, 2017
Tiny Dynamite’s A Play, a Pie, and A Pint series returns with Irish playwright Lynda Radley’s lovely 'The Art of Swimming.' Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:33PMMonday, December 4, 2017
The Arden Theatre Company’s gentle, sincere staging of Peter Pan ignores the story’s troubling themes — as all productions do. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:29PMDelaware Theatre Company's encore production of 'The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised]' is just as good as the first time. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:13PMFriday, December 1, 2017
Philly’s theater scene marches on despite the holiday madness. Forget the annual office party: Here are plenty of chances to get reacquainted with your favorite work in town.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:37PMThursday, November 30, 2017
The 12th annual 'This Is The Week That Is' finds 1812 Productions a year older and wiser, but just as funny. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:10PMWednesday, November 22, 2017
As usual, there are more Ebenezer Scrooges on Philly-area stages this holiday season than you can shake a crutch at — plus our favorite family musicals and some festive burlesque.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:44PMTuesday, November 21, 2017
Video games, 'Star Wars,' and Shakespeare combine in the holiday zaniness of 'Aladdin: A Musical Panto' at People’s Light & Theatre Company. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:35PMArden Theatre Company's production of Duncan Macmillan's 'Every Brilliant Thing' counts the ways that loss, and theater, move us. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:15AMMonday, November 20, 2017
Quintessence Theatre Group's production of Lerner and Loewe's classic musical 'My Fair Lady' connects it to modern headlines. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:50AMTuesday, November 14, 2017
Chisa Hutchinson's 'From the Author of' provides surprises and laughs in the Resident Ensemble Players' sumptuous premiere production. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:33AMTuesday, November 7, 2017
'It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play' shares holiday cheer in a fresh retelling of a familiar story at the Walnut Street Theatre's Studio 3. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:15AMMonday, November 6, 2017
Emma Goidel's brilliant world-premiere drama 'The Gap,' produced by Azuka Theatre Company, starts with aliens but hits much closer to home. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:07PMThe Irish Heritage Theatre’s staging of Marina Carr’s 'By the Bog of Cats' tells a powerful story, but neglects the play’s ethereal poetic qualities. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:58PMFriday, November 3, 2017
Fin Kennedy's 'Broken Stones' introduces serious themes, then abandons them for meta-theatrical twists in InterAct Theatre Company's premiere. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:42PMThursday, November 2, 2017
In case you need an escape from America this fall, Philly theater openings take you to cities around the world, past and present.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:55PMMonday, October 30, 2017
Delaware Theatre Company's production of Tommie J. Moore's one-man show 'Dare to Be Black' offers an inspiring biography of boxer Jack Johnson. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:28AMFriday, October 27, 2017
Michael Hollinger and Robert Maggio's new musical, TouchTones,at the Arden Theatre Company, gently mocks pre-internet phone sex and abstinence vows while celebrating good ol' virginity. Mark…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:30PMSaturday, October 21, 2017
Theatre Exile’s 'Ideation' examines whether morality can exist alongside corporate policy in a potent near-future thriller. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:53PMPeople's Light & Theatre Company's world premiere 'Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole' unsuccessfully uses the famous crooner to spotlight 1950s racism and share some nice songs. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:28PMSunday, October 15, 2017
1812 Productions' 'Buyer & Cellar' imagines an actor's unlikely friendship with Barbra Streisand, brings humor and empathy. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:48PMTuesday, October 10, 2017
Quintessence Theatre Group's' Long Day's Journey into Night' excels with Eugene O'Neill's challenging excesses and succeeds. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:25PMSunday, October 8, 2017
Inis Nua's U.S. premiere of 'The Swallowing Dark' explores memory and believability inconclusively. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:06PMThursday, October 5, 2017
The Resident Ensemble Players' production of The 'Mountaintop' highlights the strengths of Katori Hall's popular play about Martin Luther King Jr. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:11AMTuesday, October 3, 2017
A familiar playwright launches a season of four plays with two October openings, a former Philly writer returns (sort of), and two top performers star in one-person shows.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:59AMThe Resident Ensemble Players' splendid production of 'You Can't Take It with You' makes the 1936 comedy relevant again. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:44AMThursday, September 28, 2017
The sparkle of the Arden Theatre Company's 'Cabaret' overwhelms the Kander and Ebb musical's menace. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:12PM 
