The musical & Juliet flips the script on Shakespeare in the most delightful way, and it’s easily one of the most enjoyable and important Broadway exports that Philly has seen in years.…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:56PMIn his debut recital with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, pianist Leif Ove Andsnes highlighted composers from his home country of Norway. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:42PMInis Nua Theatre transports Greek tragedy to industrial Wales in Gary Owen’s Iphigenia in Splott. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:36PMThe balance between humor and anguish feels off-kilter in Irish Heritage Theatre’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane, now onstage at Plays & Players. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:28PMAn overly busy production of Our Town at New Light Theatre impedes the play’s flawless structure. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:08PMPianist Daniil Trifonov demonstrated his customary brilliance in a solo recital at Marian Anderson Hall, along with a few quirks. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:26PMLorraine Hansberry’s enduring classic A Raisin in the Sun returns to People’s Light in an entertaining but uneven production starring longtime company member Melanye Finister. Cameron Ke…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:57PMWalnut Street Theatre’s revival of Hay Fever lacks the brilliant displays of wit one expects from a Noël Coward comedy of manners. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:58PMFor more than 10 years, theater critic Cameron Kelsall heard from publicist Carrie Gorn each week, tirelessly pitching clients’ work with her distinctive joy for the art form. Here at BSR,…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:01PMEgoPo Classic Theater’s Queer Revolutions season opens with a reworking of Mae West’s The Drag that often feels condescending toward its source material. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:33PMHere There Are Blueberries, a touring production of Moisés Kaufman’s Tectonic Theater Project now onstage at McCarter Theatre Center, grapples with how to present the history of the Holoc…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:03PMPeter 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…
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