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 12:18AMThe cofounder of the modern Wilma has died, a banner across the site announces.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:15AMA 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 03:20PMNicky 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 10:32AMMary 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 05:39PMMary 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 05:39PMThe lively musical "Memphis" pulls into town, at the Academy of Music. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:14PMThe 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 11:52PMEd 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 10:59PMAn 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 12:00AMAn 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 10:55PMSandra 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 12:57AMThe musical "Jersey Boys," soon to end its five-week run at the Forrest Theatre, hits the record books.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:48PMPhiladelphia-bred playwright Victor Kaufold peoples his new play "Bridesburg" with stereotypes so unnuanced, even their single dimensions are threadbare.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:20PMA 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 08:51AMGetting 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 12:05AMA 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 11:27AMMomma 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 05:40PMA 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 03:31PMA 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 11:50AMThe four-time Tony winner shines. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews from the Kimmel Center.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:41AM"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 04:16PMThe 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 12:16PMIt'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 11:46AMA 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 12:14PMSamuel 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 04:55PMThe 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 06:09AMIt 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 06:12AMIt'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 01:24AMOh, 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 06:17AMDito Van Reigersberg and Luigi Sottile give it all they've got, then come up with some more, in this super-whacko version of "The Mysetery of Irma Vep" at Act II Playhouse. Inquirer theater …
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