Monday, April 25, 2016
Think Alan Ayckbourn is the English Neil Simon? Think again. He's more like the English Anton Chekhov.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:02PMSeen together in repertory, Shakespeare’s romantic comedy Twelfth Night and the tragic Macbeth are greater than the sum of their parts.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:21PMMonday, May 25, 2015
A new wave of theater bucks the economic trend.
SOURCE: citypaper.net at 05:58PMHollinger's intimate, powerful work — given a superb Arden Theatre Co. production by director Jim Christy — uses supernatural mystery to explore creative inspiration.
SOURCE: citypaper.net at 05:58PMWhile effort to thoughtfully examine the text is matched by a respect for the play as ghost story and psychological thriller, neither constitutes a consistent or unifying vision, and the pla…
SOURCE: citypaper.net at 05:58PMPopulated with richly realized but unlikeable characters, Run, Mourner, Run packs inexplicable punch.
SOURCE: citypaper.net at 05:58PMThursday, October 31, 2013
Both prove eminently watchable, and the rotation provides extra benefits. If you see one, be sure to see the other; repertory celebrates actors' talents, showcasing them playing two disparat…
SOURCE: citypaper.net at 08:44AMThursday, October 17, 2013
Curio's "lesbian" Romeo and Juliet—in which a woman plays Romeo not as a pants role but as an actual female character—will disappoint those expecting an overt political statement.
SOURCE: citypaper.net at 09:16AMThursday, September 5, 2013
Fringe has been evolving steadily since its beginnings as a five-day theater, dance, music and visual-art festival in Old City. It’s grown in performances, days and locations, bursting out…
SOURCE: citypaper.net at 02:27PMThursday, June 6, 2013
EgoPo's controversial casting swap of black and white actors turns out a drab gray.
SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 06:11AMClassic wrestling — with its iconic costumed characters, frothing proclamations and cartoonish violence — seems a tired topic for satire. And, in fact, that’s not Adam Rapp’s intenti…
SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 06:08AMThursday, May 16, 2013
The first clue that this is farce? The six doors on Dirk Durossette’s colorful hotel suite set. The second is the breathless pace of director Bud Martin’s production of Ken Ludwig’s 19…
SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 04:14AMTo director Alexander Burns’ credit, both fit perfectly and are staged with all necessary dynamism. Their uneven performances, however, suggest a tentativeness with classic comedy. Both wo…
SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 04:13AMThursday, May 9, 2013
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Jared Michael Delaney’s first full-length play, presented by Inis Nua Theatre Company, barrages us with ridiculousness. Adam Altman, Harry Smith and Delaney himself are dim-witted Irish la…
SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:46AMThursday, April 11, 2013
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Houdini’s Wikipedia page provides more excitement about his showmanship than this play.
SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 06:05AMThursday, March 28, 2013
Writers talking about writing sounds deadly dull, but not in Theresa Rebeck’s capable hands. Her play Seminar reveals writing — here, fiction, at which she excels, as well as playwriting…
SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:40AMThe Walnut Street Theatre fits one serious contemporary play into each season of musicals and crowd-pleasers, and David Lindsay-Abaire’s 2011 Broadway hit Good People fills that role this …
SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:39AMThursday, March 21, 2013
The East Hull native’s drama about his city’s once-thriving fishing industry receives a stunning Wilma Theater North American premiere.
SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 04:31PMThursday, March 7, 2013
Hurlyburly is crude, rude and deep, despite its main characters’ shallowness, and packs a wallop.
SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:47AMThursday, February 28, 2013
This gripping play about love, class and art shows how all four characters contribute to Vincent’s seemingly impossible, yet inevitable, growth from callow youth to immortal artist.
SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:40AMThursday, February 21, 2013
David Holman’s surprisingly involving adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s 1835 story swept me away.
SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:47AMWednesday, February 13, 2013
David Schulner’s two-person play reveals a seemingly ordinary love story’s 50-year arc in 90 minutes, from awkward first date to final bedside goodbye. In Bi Jean Ngo and Griffin Stanton…
SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 06:33PMThursday, January 31, 2013
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A heartwarming story, an innovative experiment in puppetry, physical comedy and clowning.
SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:43AMFriday, November 30, 2012
Local theaters get into the spirit of the season with Scrooge, young Santa and elves on strike.
SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:46AM 
