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Sunday, January 15, 2017

Review: ‘And Then There Were None’ at Allens Lane Theater by Deb Miller

For Allens Lane Theater’s production of And Then There Were None, director Josh Hitchens not only presents the mystery, but also heightens the mood and highlights the message inherent in A…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:42PM
Saturday, January 14, 2017

Review: ‘Saloon’ at the Merriam Theater by Deb Miller

Montreal’s Cirque Éloize explodes on stage at the Merriam Theater with a two-day run of its touring production of Saloon, presented collaboratively by the Kimmel Center and the Shubert Or…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:43AM
Saturday, January 7, 2017

Review: ‘Holden’ at New Ohio Theatre by Deb Miller

The current remount of George & Co.’s critically-acclaimed Holden, first developed in New Ohio Theatre’s 2015 Ice Factory Festival, is as relevant and unnerving now as it was then, i…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:30PM
Thursday, January 5, 2017

Review: ‘Off the Top’ at The Huron Club at SoHo Playhouse by Deb Miller

Who would have thought that a fact-filled illustrated lecture on neuroscience could form the basis of a popular and critically-acclaimed Fringe show? Or that rap music could hold appeal for …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:26PM
Friday, December 16, 2016

Interview: Jennifer Childs and Monica Stephenson Bring Holiday Cheer to Philadelphia with ‘The Carols’ at 1812 Productions by Deb Miller

1812 Productions’ Producing Artistic Director and Co-Founder Jennifer Childs teamed up again with musician Monica Stephenson, a long-time friend and former colleague at the company, for th…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:07PM
Monday, December 12, 2016

Review: ‘La Cage aux Folles’ at City Theater Company by Deb Miller

Wilmington’s City Theater Company ushers in its 23rd season with lots of glitter for the holidays. But it’s not the usual tinsel on the tree, it’s the fabulous drag fest that is La Ca…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:13AM
Sunday, December 11, 2016

Review: ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’ at OperaLancaster by Deb Miller

Originally commissioned by NBC as the first opera for television, composer and librettist Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors has become an American Christmas tradition since…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:54PM
Friday, December 9, 2016

Review: ‘10 Synchronisms’ at A Change of Harp by Deb Miller

Conceived and directed by Elizabeth Huston, the current two-night presentation of 10 Synchronisms by Argentine-American composer Mario Davidovsky–created between 1963 and 2006, and pro…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:02AM
Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Review: ‘The Road: My Life with John Denver’ at People’s Light by Deb Miller

A musician, singer, and songwriter who toured for eight years with the titular folk star and lived near him in Aspen, Colorado, before his tragic death in a plane crash at the age of 53, Dan…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:10PM
Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Review: ‘Jib: or, The Child Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was’ at Christ Church Neighborhood House in Philadelphia, PA by Deb Miller

A multimedia synthesis of music, film, and drama, Jib: or, The Child Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was traces the rise and fall of a fictional rock star through arcane fragmented scenes…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:47AM
Sunday, December 4, 2016

Review: ‘A Year with Frog and Toad’ at Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia by Deb Miller

A smash hit for Arden Theatre Company in 2004 and 2009, A Year with Frog and Toad is back for its third run and it’s guaranteed to be as popular as it was the first two times around! Phila…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:18PM
Saturday, December 3, 2016

Review: ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’ at the Philadelphia Artists’ Collective by Deb Miller

Director Dan Hodge strikes a fine balance between comedy and drama in the Philadelphia Artists’ Collective’s presentation of All’s Well That Ends Well. In keeping with the sardonic ton…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:37PM
Sunday, November 27, 2016

Review: ‘Shades’ at Cherry Lane Theatre in NYC by Deb Miller

“I tell you, War is Hell.” So declared Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman in his 1879 address to the graduating class of the Michigan Military Academy. In Shades, a New York prem…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:41PM
Thursday, November 24, 2016

Review: ‘Sleeping Beauty: A Musical Panto’ at People’s Light by Deb Miller

The latest world-premiere offering at People’s Light, in its annual homage to the British holiday tradition of family-friendly musical-comedy entertainment, is a side-splitting reimagining…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:48PM
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Review: ‘An American in Paris’ at the Academy of Music by Deb Miller

If you “love a Gershwin tune” (and who doesn’t?), An American in Paris, presented by Broadway Philadelphia for a limited run this Thanksgiving week at the Academy of Music, is the show…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:43PM
Monday, October 31, 2016

A Preview of Inis Nua Theatre Company’s ‘Dublin by Lamplight’ with Director Tom Reing by Deb Miller

Hot off a Barrymore win for Best Ensemble in a Play for Inis Nua Theatre Company’s The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning and having received widespread acclaim for its current Barrymore-re…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:50PM
Thursday, October 27, 2016

Fringe Encore Series Review:‘The Radicalization of Rolfe’ at SoHo Playhouse in NYC by Deb Miller

A deserving winner of the FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award for a play, The Radicalization of Rolfe, produced by Glenn Krutoff, is a uniquely witty original take-off on The Sound of Music. …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:38PM
Sunday, October 23, 2016

Review: ‘Mystery in the House of Usher: A Poe Tale’ at Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion in Philadelphia by Deb Miller

An immersive site-specific mash-up of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe and the game of “Clue,” Edward G. Pettit’s Mystery in the House of Usher: A Poe Tale, staged at the historic Ebenez…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:49AM
Saturday, October 22, 2016

Review: ‘Radiant Vermin’ at Inis Nua Theatre Company in Philadelphia by Deb Miller

To what lengths would you be willing to go to get what you want? That’s the moralizing question posed by English playwright Philip Ridley, in Inis Nua Theatre Company’s Philadelphia prem…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:19PM
Thursday, October 20, 2016

Review: ‘The Legend of Georgia McBride’ at Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia by Deb Miller

It’s drag to the rescue in playwright Matthew Lopez’s camp comedy The Legend of Georgia McBride, now in production at Arden Theatre Company. Filled with caustic humor, glitz, and music, …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:17PM

An Interview with Martha Stuckey: A Debut Album Launch for Red 40 & the Last Groovement in Philadelphia by Deb Miller

Fresh out of the recording studio, Red 40 & the Last Groovement is getting ready for the release of their debut album, She’s Keen to Feed, with a launch party concert at FringeArts on …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AM
Monday, October 17, 2016

United Solo Review: ‘Listen . . . Can You Hear Me Now?’ at Theatre Row in NYC by Deb Miller

Growing up as a hearing child of deaf parents, Gloria Rosen faced many challenges, both in interpreting for and communicating with her family, and then struggling to find her own voice in th…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:46AM
Sunday, October 16, 2016

Fringe Encore Series Review: ‘Homo Sapiens Interruptus’ at The Huron Club at SoHo Playhouse in NYC by Deb Miller

Following the trajectory of his career from heavy-metal rocker to student, writer, and theater artist, Carlos Dengler not only recounts his own personal development, but considers it within …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:46AM
Thursday, October 13, 2016

Review: ‘Inner Voices’ at Premieres in NYC by Deb Miller

The human condition can be challenging, whatever your age, gender, background, or experience. Inner Voices explores, with insight and humor, some of those debilitating personal difficulties,…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30PM
Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Fringe Encore Series Review: ‘Piaf and Brel (The Impossible Concert)’ at SoHo Playhouse in NYC by Deb Miller

Though they never met or performed together, Édith Piaf (1915-63) and Jacques Brel (1929-78), nearly fifteen years apart in age, both became legends of the modern “chanson française&…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:07PM
Saturday, October 8, 2016

Fringe Encore Series Review: ‘Opera Mouse’ at SoHo Playhouse in NYC by Deb Miller

An engaging storyteller, a gifted soprano, and a natural with children, Melanie Gall brings her warmth, talent, and stage presence to the Fringe Encore Series in Opera Mouse, a delightful so…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:49PM
Thursday, October 6, 2016

Review: ‘This Is The Week That Is: The Election Special’ at 1812 Productions in Philadelphia by Deb Miller

An annual favorite at 1812 Productions is its irreverent take on the current news. This year’s show, This Is The Week That Is: The Election Special, has hit the motherlode of material with…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:54PM
Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Review: ‘The Masque of the Red Death: An Evening of Spirits & Consumption’ at Going Dark Theatre Company and the Mütter Museum in Philadelphi by Deb Miller

Guests arrived for the party in formal wear, as requested by the host. Inside the historic building, constructed in 1909, they donned masks in carnival colors and enjoyed hors d’oeuvres an…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:35PM
Saturday, October 1, 2016

Review: ‘Molly Sweeney’ at Irish Heritage Theatre by Deb Miller

Filled with poetic language, engaging characters, and penetrating insights into the human condition, Brian Friel’s Molly Sweeney represents the tradition of Irish storytelling at its very …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:19PM
Thursday, September 29, 2016

Fringe Encore Series Review: ‘Rent Control’ at The Huron Club at SoHo Playhouse in NYC by Deb Miller

  In his autobiographical one-man show Rent Control, which won the 2016 FringeNYC Award for Overall Excellence in Solo Performance, Evan Zes turns his comic eye and adult humor on two o…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:27PM
Monday, September 26, 2016

FringeNYC Encore Series Review: ‘ChipandGus’ at SoHo Playhouse in NYC by Deb Miller

Winner of the 2016 FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award for Ensemble, ChipandGus— written, directed, and performed by John Ahlin and Christopher Patrick Mullen, and produced by Fat Knigh…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:22PM

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