Tiny Dynamite opens its season with ‘The Audience Disturbs Marcel’s Bath Time and He Is Very Upset with You All’, but the play’s exploration of privacy culture does little to disturb…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:45PM‘Noura,’ at Playwrights Horizons in New York, uses Ibsen to explore the experiences of resettled Iraqi refugees in America. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:06PMA subtle, surprising production of Lucas Hnath’s ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ at George Street Playhouse warrants a look from Ibsen sequel skeptics. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:19PM11th Hour Theatre Company makes a strong case for the cult musical ‘Children of Eden.’ Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:41PM‘The Spitfire Grill,’ at Hammonton, New Jersey’s Eagle Theatre, offers a charming character study set to folksy music. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:49PMTheatre Horizon’s outstanding production of ‘The Color Purple’ breaks new ground with familiar material. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:58AMScott Greer shines in ‘Every Brilliant Thing,’ back at the Arden, but the play itself only skims the surface of a difficult topic. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:23PMQuintessence Theatre Group puts a high-concept gloss on ‘Oliver!’, but some of the musical’s more questionable themes remain unexamined. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:27PMCurtis Opera Theatre’s ‘Sweeney Todd’ highlights the perils of classical companies adopting the musical theater idiom. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:56PMIn ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2,’ now at the Arden, Lucas Hnath distills the important issues of Ibsen’s great play into facile sound bites. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:04AMDonald Margulies’s ‘Collected Stories,’ at Act II Playhouse, glibly explores the teacher/student relationship. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:42AM'Fireflies,’ a New York premiere by Philadelphia-born playwright Donja R. Love, explores the desires of a black queer woman in the Jim Crow south. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:41PMPhiladelphia Theatre Company returns after a season-long absence with Lynn Nottage’s ‘Sweat,’ but the first fruits of Paige Price’s leadership feel frustratingly familiar. Cameron Ke…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:33AMCurio Theatre Company’s poignant ‘All My Sons’ smooths some of the rough edges of Arthur Miller’s overly symbolic play. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:51PMDominique Morisseau’s ‘Detroit ’67,’ at McCarter Theatre Center, offers a portrait of the Motor City’s past, present, and future. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:35PMVocal powerhouse Heather Headley chose the Philly POPS to debut her new solo show ‘Broadway My Way.' Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:18PM‘Broken Biscuits,’ a U.K. import from 1812 Productions, feels like an overly earnest after-school special. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:37AM11th Hour Theatre Company’s concert staging of ‘Grey Gardens’ fails to capture the what makes its subjects so charming, maddening, and fascinating. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:00PMEgoPo Classic Theater imports a South African ‘Desire Under the Elms’, with mixed results. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:20PMShakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents an uneven staging of ‘Buried Child,’ Sam Shepard’s disturbing domestic drama. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:06AM'Once,’ at Arden Theatre Company, offers a wistful, musical look at fleeting romance. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:10PM‘Shelter,’ a Fringe Festival entry from Drip Symphony, offers an intriguing but ultimately wayward glimpse of artistic life. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:48PM‘Wolfcrush (a queer werewolf play)’ continues On the Rocks' boundary-pushing tradition with a new take on the teen wolf. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:46PM‘Pamela’s First Musical,’ a long-gestating collaboration between the late Wendy Wasserstein and Cy Coleman, should have stayed in mothballs. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:27AM‘Hapgood,’ at Lantern Theater Company, finds Tom Stoppard at his most self-consciously dense. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:18PMThe power of ‘Kill Move Paradise,’ James Ijames’s bracing new play at the Wilma Theater, lies in its sad ambiguity. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:24PMBloated and self-indulgent, Trey Lyford’s ‘The Accountant’ offers little insight on the banality of corporate culture. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:28PM‘Bon Iver Fights a Bear,’ the latest work from playwright Douglas Williams, explores the hipster folk musician’s origin story. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:46PMThe history of Jewish women takes center stage in ‘Behold Her,’ a Fringe Festival entry from Half Key Theatre Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:15AMThe history of Jewish women takes center stage in ‘Behold Her,’ a Fringe Festival entry from Half Key Theatre Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:15AM‘The Presented,’ the latest one-person show from Chris Davis, gives off an old-school Fringe Festival vibe. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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