Tuesday, December 17, 2019
“In the realm of the unknown, kids and adults have pretty much the same needs: courage, resilience, protection.”
Linked From phindie.com at 10:59AMMonday, July 18, 2016
Mike Daisey's latest is more tragedy than comedy, yet it's so funny you want to cry
Linked From CurtainUp at 06:31AMMonday, April 11, 2016
Goodbye cruel world, he's off to join the circus. Read More
Linked From CurtainUp at 07:11AMSunday, January 17, 2016
O'Neill upstairs at Philadelphia's historic Walnut Street Theatre.
Linked From CurtainUp at 03:38PMTuesday, September 8, 2015
Deconstructed, reconstructed with American lingo and absurdist set
Linked From CurtainUp at 08:19AMMonday, May 25, 2015
conceived and created by Pig Iron Theatre Company for Philadelphia Live Arts
Linked From CurtainUp at 05:58PMThe seventh world premiere of a Michael Hollinger play at the Arden introduces a vintage world to their Arcadia stage
Linked From CurtainUp at 05:58PMurprise! Not scary or gory or a musical but an elongated comedy sketch, well-directed by Michael Alltop at Philadelphia's Underground Arts
Linked From CurtainUp at 05:58PMTuesday, April 21, 2015
En garde! A World Premiere adaptation at Quintessence theatre
Linked From CurtainUp at 08:45PMSunday, April 12, 2015
A bright comedy of light intrigue and romantic passion has heavy underpinnings
Linked From CurtainUp at 08:32AMThursday, April 9, 2015
The experience of watching this Wilma productiobn is like watching an ensemble performance in which virtually each actor performs alone. Like a necklace with the links removed, each jewel sh…
Linked From CurtainUp at 07:43AMThursday, March 12, 2015
Doug Williams' world premiere addresses dark mysteries of the psyche . . . Read More
Linked From CurtainUp at 02:45PMWednesday, November 12, 2014
The need for performance enhancing drugs swims across the surface of the play .
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Dawn King's ambiguous play features great production values
Linked From CurtainUp at 08:49PMMonday, October 6, 2014
Stoppard's tour de force gets a big, smart production at Lantern Theater Company .
Linked From CurtainUp at 07:50AMTuesday, June 3, 2014
A triumph of thought and feeling plays at the Wilma Theater
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Chekhov's classic hits the stage in a bright new translation.
Linked From CurtainUp at 06:51AMWednesday, March 12, 2014
- As a comedy of retro Southern Fried horror, Skin & Bone is amusingly outré . But these days this sort of thing is not as disturbing as it once was... Or is it?
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Friends, Nipponese, countrymen, lend me your ears. Here's one for the record books. . .
Linked From CurtainUp at 07:15AMMonday, February 3, 2014
Quiara Alegria Hudes'prize winning play comes home, with no Philly vibe.
Linked From CurtainUp at 03:03PMMonday, January 13, 2014
Medicine Show's useful program fills in the play's background and provides song lyrics in Spanish and English. It's good to see Medicing Show resurrect this valuable artifact from the Tennes…
Linked From CurtainUp at 09:21AMFriday, January 10, 2014
Our first Under the Radar Festivalreview: JDX - A Public Enemy
Linked From CurtainUp at 12:59PMWednesday, December 18, 2013
This new production of Bill Gates/Steve Jobs musical is drawing attention at Philadelphia Theatre Company [PTC], where it premiered in 2007.
Linked From CurtainUp at 11:30AMSaturday, December 14, 2013
Dylan Thomas's work really isn't a children's story, but a mature, droll, and warm trip down a Welsh memory lane. This production's exploratory, extemporaneous take is evidently more about e…
Linked From CurtainUp at 08:39AMMonday, September 30, 2013
In this memory play and almost love story, Alan Zweibel dramatizes and shares the story of his life & times with late comedienne Gilda Radner.
Linked From CurtainUp at 09:02AMTuesday, November 27, 2012
Playwright Mark St. Germain’s idea to posit this fictional encounter in a quiet study on the very day Chamberlain declared war on Germany, and King George VI delivered The King’s Speech …
Linked From CurtainUp at 10:51AMSunday, June 10, 2012
The Wilma Theater, unfettered by concerns of fidelity to previous productions, presents a re-thought and re-staged Angels in America, and introduces a crisp new aesthetic: white.
Linked From CurtainUp at 01:05PMSaturday, June 2, 2012
Despite noteworthy singing and acting this remains a high concept piece that’s slow on the ground. .
Linked From CurtainUp at 06:48AMSaturday, February 4, 2012
I'm sad to report that Jon Marans' new play at Bristol Riverside Theatre disappoints.
Linked From CurtainUp at 09:08AMMonday, September 5, 2011
Philadelphia is fringing....
Linked From CurtainUp at 08:54PMSaturday, June 4, 2011
an uneasy alliance of film images, a spoof, and a lite investigation into the Leni Riefenstahl conundrum.. . .
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