Monday, November 14, 2016
Philadelphia theater celebrates the holidays with an assortment of new and familiar live productions — and plenty of Dickens, of course.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:22PMTuesday, November 8, 2016
'The City of Conversation' examines political life in past decades through a family's personal conflicts. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:46AMMonday, November 7, 2016
Josh McIlvain's 'Slideshow' weaves a fascinating adventure from strangers' old slides. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:28PMTuesday, November 1, 2016
Theatre Exile's 'Guards at the Taj' takes us to a distant time and place to tell a bloody timely story. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:37PMTheresa Rebeck’s thriller 'Mauritius' explores greed, desperation, and philately in Act II Playhouse’s fine production. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:46PMNovember is the month to see Philly’s top student talent with some of the city’s best directors, plus some worthwhile short runs.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:03PMTuesday, October 25, 2016
An interactive map — okay, just Mark Cofta's fine coverage — of this year's Barrymore winners. Click the links to see our reviews of (sometimes more than one) and features on or by 2016'…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:57PMInis Nua's production of Philip Ridley's 'Radiant Vermin' is a dark fable for adults about the costs of greed. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:22AMMonday, October 24, 2016
Theatre Horizon's 'A New Brain' fictionalizes William Finn's struggle with imminent death, adds songs and laughs. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:00PMThe Wilma Theater's 'When the Rain Stops Falling' shows a future world crippled by climate change, and two families tragically colliding. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:31AMMonday, October 17, 2016
Ayad Akhtar's 'Disgraced' at McCarter explores current issues that are now overshadowed by the presidential campaign. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:07PMSunday, October 16, 2016
Curio Theatre's production of Conor McPherson's 'The Birds' is a spooky apocalyptic tale just in time for Halloween. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:20PMThe Abbey Theatre's tour of 'The Plough and the Stars' makes an Irish classic relevant for today's American audiences. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:10PMThursday, October 13, 2016
A feminist approach renews the old thriller 'Gaslight' at Hedgerow Theatre. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:15PMMonday, October 10, 2016
InterAct Theatre Company's production of George Brant's 'Grounded' delivers disturbing and unusual insights about modern war. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:28PMTuesday, October 4, 2016
'The Mountaintop' at People’s Light & Theatre Company takes us to exciting theatrical places, beyond an historical portrait. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:54PMThe Irish Heritage Theatre's 'Molly Sweeney' is the right play in the right space for this young company. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:08PMAzuka gets on great with a celebration of early rap and teenage rebellion, Idris Goodwin's 'How We Got On.' Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:10PMOctober theater gets busy, including a variety of adaptations and annual political traditions staring down a stranger-than-fiction election season.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:31AMMonday, October 3, 2016
Rock and roll with 'King John,' Revolution Shakespeare's post-apocalyptic adventure. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:50PMSaturday, October 1, 2016
Warren Adler's recycled novel and movie 'The War of the Roses' celebrates excess excessively. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:16PMSunday, September 25, 2016
In Lantern Theater's production, G. B. Shaw's 'Mrs. Warren's Profession' still works as social commentary and engaging drama. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:45PMSaturday, September 24, 2016
A small Baltimore company, The Oven, brings their powerful play about human sex trafficking, 'COMMODITIES.' Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:24PMFriday, September 23, 2016
Almanac Dance Circus Theatre's Exile 2588 crafts a magical myth through movement. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:33AMTuesday, September 20, 2016
'The Church Bells All Were Broken,' Dave Ebersole's new play about gay-hating protesters (modeled on the Westboro Baptist Church), earns laughs and more. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:49PMMonday, September 19, 2016
Nilo Cruz’s world premiere drama 'Bathing in Moonlight' overlooks a rich modern family situation for a tired melodramatic trope. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:51PMIron Age Theatre Company's 'A Runaway, a Soldier, and a Snowball Fight' suggests Revolutionary relevance, but doesn't deliver. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:54PMWednesday, September 14, 2016
Chris Davis's 'One-Man Apocalypse Now' celebrates the iconic film but achieves much more. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:10PMTuesday, September 13, 2016
Ensemble Atria and EagerRisk Theater’s 'Drowning Ophelia' explores the power of memory through Hamlet’s heroine. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:53PMA new play about the Salem witches goes dark, but not deep enough. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:06PMMonday, August 29, 2016
As the 2017-18 theater season bears down upon us, the season’s openings can get lost in the wash of Fringe Festival premieres, but there are some classics you shouldn’t miss.
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