Thursday, January 26, 2012
Jiri Zizka defected from Czechoslovakia, joined a small Philadelphia theater company, and, with his then-wife Blanka Zizka, transformed it into the Wilma Theater " one of the city's largest …
SOURCE: Philly.com at 08:30PM[SHARE]InterAct Theatre Company gives to wacky "Microcrisis" a once-over. Is this satire about the financial crisis as goofy as it seems? Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:18AM[SHARE]The cofounder of the modern Wilma has died, a banner across the site announces.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:15AM[SHARE]Monday, January 23, 2012
A deeply-felt "Time Stands Still," a success last season on Broadway, unfolds in a production at the Delaware Theatre Company in Wilmington. It's a co-production with Ambler's Act II Playhou…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:20PM[SHARE]Nicky Silver's Beautiful Child," a mish-mash of a play about a molester, is being done by Fever Dream Repertory at the Adrienne. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:32AM[SHARE]Friday, January 20, 2012
Mary Marello must cook -- and the cast must eat what she makes -- nightly during the Wilma's "Body Awareness." Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro joins her there for a cooking session.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:39PM[SHARE]Mary Marello must cook -- and the cast must eat what she makes -- nightly during the Wilma's "Body Awareness." Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro joins her there for a cooking session.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:39PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 18, 2012
The lively musical "Memphis" pulls into town, at the Academy of Music. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:14PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The once-celebrated Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope will open later this year under management spearheaded by a Broadway producer and others, according to an announcement late Tuesday.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:52PM[SHARE]Friday, January 13, 2012
Ed Swidey's new play in a Simpatico Theatre Project production is a complete surprise -- complex physical and experimental theater for audiences from about age three to the eldest among us. …
SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:59PM[SHARE]An original evening of five kids' tales, a family show from Off-Color Theatre Company at the Gershman Y, is nicely acted but not always with the rhythm and shtick it needs. Inquirer theater …
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 12, 2012
An original evening of five kids' tales, a family show from Off-Color Theatre Company at the Gershman Y, is nicely acted but not always with the rhythm and shtick it needs. Inquirer theater …
SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:55PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Sandra Bernhard is sultry-songed, pouty, potty-mouthed and a general stitch -- just what you expect (and hope for) -- at the Painted Bride. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:57AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The musical "Jersey Boys," soon to end its five-week run at the Forrest Theatre, hits the record books.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:48PM[SHARE]Monday, January 9, 2012
Philadelphia-bred playwright Victor Kaufold peoples his new play "Bridesburg" with stereotypes so unnuanced, even their single dimensions are threadbare.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:20PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 15, 2011
A new theater is coming to downtown Norristown next fall. The professional stage company Theatre Horizon plans to open a 120-seat house of its own, a $900,000 project being funded by private…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 08:51AM[SHARE]Getting down -- and going for the laughs -- in Lantern Theater's production of Noël Coward's classic in Center City. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:05AM[SHARE]Monday, December 12, 2011
A new national tour cast opens of "Jersey Boys" opens in Philadelphia for a five-week run. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews from the Forrest Theatre in Center City.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:27AM[SHARE]Friday, December 9, 2011
Momma Rose can be downright maniacal in Tovah Feldshuh's interpretation of the world's most famous stage mother, in the swell production of "Gypsy" at Bristol Riverside Theatre. Inquirer the…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:40PM[SHARE]Monday, December 5, 2011
A world-premiere Christmas show at Delaware Theatre Company -- a mix of music and nativity storytelling -- puts the plot in the present, tweets and all. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapir…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:31PM[SHARE]A new show from Flashpoint Theatre puts some raunch into the holidays. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews from teh Adrienne Theatre in Center City.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:50AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 1, 2011
The four-time Tony winner shines. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews from the Kimmel Center.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:41AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 29, 2011
"Very young and very talented" 11th Hour is a "hey let's put on a musical!" company grounded in fresh weirdness.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 04:16PM[SHARE]Monday, November 28, 2011
The sound of music comes through in this "Sound of Music," but the Media Theatre's holiday show is uneven in other aspects. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews from Media.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:16PM[SHARE]Monday, November 21, 2011
It's that time again -- "panto" time at People's Light and Theatre Company in Malvern. This year, they're doing an update of their first zany take on "Treasure Island." Inquirer theater crit…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:46AM[SHARE]Friday, November 18, 2011
A great national tour cast in one of the great musicals of the new century. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews from the Academy of Music.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:14PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Samuel Beckett's "Endgame," is rich is a precise delivery by Gate Theatre of Dublin. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews from Annenberg Center in University City.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 04:55PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 8, 2011
The city's newest stage officially opens Wednesday night in a Center City space with a high ceiling and 100 new seats. It doesn't even have a name yet. But already it has developed a pedigre…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:09AM[SHARE]Friday, November 4, 2011
It was a dark and stormy night. No, really. So dark and so stormy in the play The Whipping Man, or maybe just in Arden Theatre Company's production of it, that The Constant Metaphor blasts y…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 3, 2011
It's all by-and-large solid at the Arden, where this intruiging story is frequently absorbing. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:24AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Oh, to have been a fly on the wall during rehearsals for the frantic production of The Mystery of Irma Vep, which is unraveling, or detonating, or maybe mushrooming, on the stage of Ambler's…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:17AM[SHARE] 
