Friday, May 20, 2016
Tuck Everlasting. Music by Chris Miller, lyrics by Nathan Tysen, book by Claudia Shear and Tim Federle. Broadhurst Theatre, New York. If you could choose to live forever, would you? T…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 04:14PMKiss Me Kate by Cole Porter with Bella and Sam Spewack. Act II Playhouse, 2016. Strictly speaking, a house this small would not be ideal for a blockbuster from Broadway’s golden age…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 01:26PMFriday, May 13, 2016
See What I Wanna See. Words and music by Michael John LaChiusa. 11th Hour Theatre Company, 2016 Michael John LaChiusa could have been thinking of the 2016 presidential campaign when h…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 12:08PMTuesday, May 10, 2016
The Explorers Club, by Nell Benjamin. Delaware Theater Company, 2016. The Explorers Club provides zany fun. The idea was rooted in an examination of British colonialism and sexism in …
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 05:17AMSaturday, May 7, 2016
Sex With Strangers by Laura Eason. David Saint directed. George Street Playhouse and Philadelphia Theater Company, 2016. There are some provocative developments in Sex With Strangers…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 03:02PMFriday, May 6, 2016
Machinal, by Sophie Treadwell. Brenna Geffers directed for EgoPo Classic Theater, 2016 Once again, the EgoPo theater company has brought life to a neglected play. Machinal opened on B…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 05:48PMSunday, May 1, 2016
On Your Feet! Music by Gloria Estefan, book by Alexander Dinelaris. Marquis Theatre, New York Gloria Estefan became the most successful cross-over act when she brought Latin music, pa…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 08:50AMThursday, April 28, 2016
Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry. James J. Christy directed. Act II Playhouse, 2016. Driving Miss Daisy is based on the actual family history of the playwright, Alfred Uhry. This pro…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 05:19PMSaturday, March 26, 2016
A ticket-buyer might justifiably wonder why go to see someone imitate Carole King when you can sit at home and listen to King herself on CDs and see her on videos. Beautiful, however, offers…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 06:28PMSaturday, March 19, 2016
The Sound of Music. Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse. Jack O’Brien directs a new national tour. * The final collaboration…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 02:02PMTuesday, March 8, 2016
Disaster! A Musical. By Seth Rudetsky & Jack Plotnick. Nederlander Theater, New York. * Seth Rudetsky has become well-known as the Broadway channel host on Sirius XM and a Playbill colum…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 03:52PMSunday, March 6, 2016
The Women. By Clare Boothe Luce. Lane Savadove directed. EgoPo Classic Theater. Clare Boothe Luce’s groundbreaking 1936 all-female play called attention to the obstacles women faced…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 11:00AMSunday, February 28, 2016
Lobby Hero by Kenneth Lonergan. Directed by Matthew Decker. Through March 13, 2016 at Theatre Horizon, Norristown, PA This play poses a provocative dilemma: To what extent may you lie…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 12:26PMTuesday, February 9, 2016
Exit Strategy. By Ike Holter; Kip Fagan directed. Philadelphia Theatre Company production in association with Primary Stages of New York, 2016 * Exit Strategy tackles a difficult problem wit…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 11:27AMThursday, January 28, 2016
Funnyman. By Bruce Graham. Arden Theatre premiere production, directed by Matt Pfeiffer. Funnyman is a serious play about a comic, not a comical play. The experienced playwright (and …
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 12:28PM 
