Tuesday, March 12, 2024
McCarter Theatre Center's revival of Dreamgirls features an all-star cast, lots of glitz, and dynamic, dazzling hair and costumes. But can it overcome the show's core flaws? Josh Herren revi…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:29PM[SHARE]Monday, March 4, 2024
Girl from the North Country, a Bob Dylan jukebox musical set during the Depression by acclaimed Irish playwright Conor McPherson, defies expectations. It stops in Philly on its North America…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:42PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Actor and dancer Robert Montano, of Broadway's Cats and many other stage and screen roles, reveals his early years as a racing jockey in this one-man show. Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:07AM[SHARE]Monday, October 16, 2023
Peripatetic reality star Frankie Grande takes center stage in this new revival of The Rocky Horror Show at Bucks County Playhouse. Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:37PM[SHARE]Monday, August 14, 2023
Bucks County Playhouse presents a star-studded Bridges of Madison County that delivers all the thrill of awakening love. Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:48PM[SHARE]Monday, June 12, 2023
American Fast follows a women's basketball player who struggles with representation, cultural traditions, legacy, and life in the public eye after announcing her Ramadan fast during the play…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:52PM[SHARE]Monday, June 5, 2023
South Camden Theatre Company partners with the Strides Collective to produce Diane Son's 1998 Stop Kiss for Pride month. But why do we need this story in 2023? Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:48AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Act II Playhouse produces the brassy Hello, Dolly! with top-notch local talent, but does the big show suit a small venue? Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:32PM[SHARE]Monday, May 15, 2023
Quintessence marks new ground with a world-premiere production in collaboration with Chicago's New Classics Collective, examining the life of Phillis Wheatley, an enslaved poet who gained wo…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:28PM[SHARE]Monday, August 22, 2022
The Grown-Ups, a thrilling new play developed in a Brooklyn backyard during the pandemic, gets its Pennsylvania premiere at Pottstown's Theatre with a View. Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:51PM[SHARE]Friday, August 19, 2022
Theatre in the X brings its immersive, innovative take to the showbiz musical Dreamgirls at Malcolm X Park, celebrating Black artists and audiences. Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:12PM[SHARE]Monday, August 1, 2022
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's Fences has been waiting in the wings since 2020. Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:25PM[SHARE]Monday, June 13, 2022
Quintessences's Reclamation Repertory continues with Pearl Cleage's Flyin' West, a deeply relevant play for our ongoing conversations about redlining, gentrification, and reparations. Josh H…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:51PM[SHARE]Philly creator/performer Bi Jean Ngo's world-premiere In Search of the Kitchen Gods is an inviting, interdisciplinary exploration of her Vietnamese heritage. Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:13PM[SHARE]Monday, May 16, 2022
Delaware Theatre Company's production of Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs provides nostalgia and some light laughs. Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Lantern Theater Company's A Man for All Seasons, starring Frank X and Anthony Lawton, is an old-school historical drama that still proves its worth. Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:02AM[SHARE]Monday, February 14, 2022
Theatre Exile's Motherf**cker with the Hat moves the setting of the hit play from New York to Philadelphia, with mixed results. Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:29PM[SHARE]Monday, November 8, 2021
Bristol Riverside Theatre returns to live theater with this powerfully acted production of Dominique Mourisseu's workplace drama Skeleton Crew. Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Inis Nua's A Holy Show gives a surprising warm and fuzzy feeling despite its grim subject matter: the 1981 hijacking of Aer Lingus Flight 164. Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:48PM[SHARE]Friday, September 24, 2021
Josh Herren reviews three movement-based works that explore sexual connection in this year's Fringe Festival.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:35AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Quintessence Theatre Group presents 'The Seven Deadly Sins,' a rare cycle of Thornton Wilder one-acts, in a radio drama production. Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:28PM[SHARE]Monday, May 17, 2021
America's most-produced playwright, Lauren Gunderson, wrote a play about her famous virologist husband during the pandemic. Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:44PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 18, 2021
Inis Nua's virtual presentation of 'How to be Brave' reminds us of the power of a small story well told. Joshua Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:54AM[SHARE]Monday, February 15, 2021
The Wilma kicks off its 2021 offerings with a new series of streaming shorts from its HotHouse Company, 'Code Black Planet' and 'Clay.' Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:49PM[SHARE]Monday, December 14, 2020
We're not going to make it through the rest of 2020 if we can't process what's happened through laughs, and 1812's 'This Is The Week That Is' delivers. Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:59PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 1, 2020
In 'Sleep Deprivation Chamber,' part of the virtual Adrienne Kennedy festival from McCarter and Round House Theatre, a decades-old play gets new life in the painfully perfect moment. Josh He…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:21PM[SHARE]Monday, November 16, 2020
An audio production of 'Are You Now or Have You Ever Been,' from the University of Delaware's Resident Ensemble Players, sheds light on the moment poet Langston Hughes faced the senate inqui…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:07PM[SHARE]Monday, November 9, 2020
Quintessence Theatre finished up its Shout into the Void Virtual Play Reading Festival and celebrated Election Day with Georg Büchner's political masterpiece 'Danton's Death.' Josh Herren r…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:44PM[SHARE]Monday, October 12, 2020
In 'Zoo Motel,' the latest theatrical presentation for the pandemic age, Thaddeus Phillips brings his magic to the Zoom screen. Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:13PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 29, 2020
For this year's Free Fringe, Greg T. Nanni offers a one-man show about the weight we carry. Josh Herren reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:07PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 15, 2020
For this year's Fringe, Case de Duende presents an international video showcase exploring the legacy of gay porn icon Tom of Finland. Josh Herren reviews.
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