Thursday, October 10, 2019
The Height of the Storm by Florian Zeller. Manhattan Theatre Club production at the Samuel Friedman Theatre, 261 W. 47th Street, New York. The essence of this play is ambiguity and uncert…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 05:20PMTuesday, October 8, 2019
In honor of the new production of Ragtime by Arden Theatre (with excellent cast, innovative staging and superb musical direction) we are reprinting this story about the making of Ragtime, fr…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 03:18PMSunday, October 6, 2019
Dot, written and directed by Colman Domingo. Through October 20, 2019 at People’s Light, 39 Conestoga Road, Malvern, PA. A comedy about a person with Alzheimers may seem like an outrage…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 05:39PMMonday, September 9, 2019
And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens, by Tennessee Williams; directed by Lane Savadove, September 2019 at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. The surprise hit of the 2019 Philadelph…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 05:59PMSunday, September 8, 2019
An Iliad, performed by Jason Greenfield at Millésimé, 33 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia, as part of the 2019 Fringe Festival. This 2012 adaptation of Homer’s story came back to Philad…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 12:32PMTuesday, August 6, 2019
Our Town by Thornton Wilder. Peoples Light, Malvern Pa through August 25, 2019. The new production of Our Town by Peoples Light is unique. The company is using the talents of singer-actor…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 07:25PMThursday, July 25, 2019
Amaluna by Cirque du Soleil, at Oaks, Pennsylvania, through August 25. This Cirque du Soleil production is one of the best ever. It premiered in 2012 but this is its first visit to the Ph…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 04:41PMTuesday, July 23, 2019
Mud Row by Dominique Morisseau at Peoples Light Theater, Malvern, PA, through August 4, 2019. Most critics have characterized this play’s subject as family legacies. That is true. I’d…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 01:15PMFriday, July 5, 2019
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s first collaboration is more than 75 years old—and it’s having a startling rebirth. A country-style production on Broadway just won a Tony as the best musica…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 05:20PMMonday, July 1, 2019
Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick & Joseph Stein. National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene in New York City. I regret that I waited so long before seeing this wonderful st…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 05:51PMFriday, May 31, 2019
Indecent by Paula Vogel. Arden Theatre, Philadelphia, through June 23, 2019. Indecent is a wide-ranging play that speaks to multiple issues. It covers many decades, moves across continent…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 01:05PMSunday, May 26, 2019
A Number by Caryl Churchill, through June 9, 2019, at People’s Light Theatre, Malvern, PA A Pennsylvania political figure this month disclosed that he recently learned that he has a num…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 01:36PMSaturday, May 25, 2019
Legally Blonde the Musical, music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin; based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the M-G-M motion picture; through July 21, 2019 at the Walnut Str…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 08:29PMWednesday, May 8, 2019
The Temptations are one of the most popular music groups of all-time. They left a huge footprint on the industry, and now they’ve extended to Broadway. Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Time…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 07:44PMOne of the landmarks of Broadway is its constant innovation year after year, and the most innovative show of this season is Hadestown. This musical from composer Anaïs Mitchell started as a…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 07:09PMThursday, April 4, 2019
“Master Harold”… and the Boys by Athol Fugard. Lane Savadove directs for EgoPo Classic Theater through April 7, 2019, at the Latvian Society Theater, 531 N. 7th Street, Philadelphia. …
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 03:25PMSaturday, March 23, 2019
The Few by Samuel D. Hunter, Matthew Decker directing through April 7, 2019, at Theatre Horizon, Norristown, PA The Few starts slowly, and gradually unfolds to reveal an interesting chara…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 06:22PMFriday, March 22, 2019
Miss Saigon by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, and Richard Maltby Jr. Directed by Laurence Connor. Broadway Philadelphia through March 31, 2019, at the Academy of Music, 240 S. Bro…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 09:10PMThursday, March 7, 2019
Rent has reached the status of a classic. The audience at the Merriam Theatre of the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia treated it that way as the national touring production opened for a five-da…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 09:02PMFriday, March 1, 2019
Fans of Dancing With The Stars were disappointed when we heard there would be no spring season in 2019, for the first time in the show’s history. This left a long gap in between seasons wh…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 01:52PMWednesday, February 20, 2019
There are two strong reasons to welcome a revival of the musical Lolita, My Love, which is being staged at the York Theatre at Saint Peter’s from February 23 through March 3 as part of its…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 10:20PMSunday, February 17, 2019
Awake and Sing! by Clifford Odets. Quintessence Theare Group at the Sedgewick Theatre in Philadelphia through February 24, 2019. Max Shulman directs. Awake and Sing! dramatizes issues…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 06:47PMWednesday, February 13, 2019
The Bridges of Madison County. Philadelphia Theatre Company through March 3, 2019. For its second production — and first musical — since its reorganization, Philadelphia Theatre C…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 06:55PMSaint Joan by George Bernard Shaw, a new version with additional scenes by Chelsea Marcantel. Bud Martin directs at Delaware Theater Company, Wilmington Delaware through February 24, 2019. &…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 06:07PMTuesday, February 5, 2019
Three Sisters Two by Reza de Wet. Brenna Geffers directs for EgoPo Classic Theater, Philadelphia, February 2019. There’s a connection between Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters, Reza d…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 03:08PMSaturday, January 26, 2019
A Comedy of Tenors by Ken Ludwig. Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, through March 3, 2019. Ken Ludwig has a talent for writing farces that are extremely challenging for the actors.…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 06:24PMFriday, January 25, 2019
Becoming Dr. Ruth by Mark St. Germain. Through February 17, 2019 at Act II Playhouse, Ambler, PA. I remember a Sunday night in the 1980s. I was driving through North Jersey, listening…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 09:29AMThursday, December 20, 2018
Completeness is an ironic title since the characters are notably incomplete. This 2011 play by the talented Itamar Moses is newly revised and is directed by Matt Pfeiffer for Theatre Exile i…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 10:18AMThursday, November 15, 2018
She Loves Me. Music & lyrics by Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick. Directed by Matthew Decker for Villanova University Theater through November 18, 2018. She Loves Me is a unique…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 11:38AMTuesday, November 13, 2018
The Manor. On-site production at Greystone Hall, West Chester, PA through November 18, 2018. This is a return of a production we recommended one year ago when it had its East Coast pr…
Linked From theculturalcritic.com at 12:37PMSaturday, November 10, 2018
One of America’s favorite Thanksgiving traditions is coming back to Oaks, Pennsylvania. The National Dog Show will be returning yet again to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oak…
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