Witch Slapped by A.D. Amorosi

Glinda tells all.

Up to Scratch by Mark Cofta

Theatre Exile's Bug is a creepy-crawly must-see.

Winners' Tale

CP's theater critics place their bets on the Barrymores

Flaming Creature by Sam Adams

Alan Cumming turns up the heat in Suffering Man's Charity.

Granger Among Us by Sam Adams

Talking with festival honoree Farley Granger.

Walking the Plank by David Anthony Fox

The Pirate, a shipwreck of a show currently onstage at the Prince, was a questionable project from the start.

So Nice So Smart by Mark Cofta

Like the Malvern theater's illustrious record, Nathan the Wise - translated into modern vernacular by Edward Kemp - isn't showy or shocking, but smart and warmhearted.

Mud Men by David Anthony Fox

In fact, the whole of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a good-hearted spoof - but it needs a very strong production to keep it all afloat. It's in good hands at the Walnut, where it is helmed with…

Grand Piano by Mark Cofta

The Piano Lesson portrays African-American life with bravado and honesty.

The Impossible Dream by A.D. Amorosi

How an NYC theater luminary and a Center City holy man brought Quixote - and a cast of pro and homeless actors - to a Broad Street church.

Gee is for Grievous by David Anthony Fox

Here, the topical treatment is iconic and sweeping. There are too many obvious metaphors and too much one-dimensional character writing.

Congested Development by Mark Cofta

Brothers-in-Law is as frustrating as the real thing.

Fare for the Common Man by A.D. Amorosi

Wozzeck strikes a chord in our Great Recession.

Liquid Dreams
REVIEW: The Seafarer

Mamet is for Closers by David Anthony Fox

How wonderfully ironic that Theatre Exile is staging Glengarry Glen Ross in Christ Church Neighborhood House.

Down Market by David Anthony Fox

Jewish folklore has produced some superb art - and Marketplace is a shameless and lazy effort to capitalize on it.

Messing with the Bull by David Anthony Fox

Wishing the Arden's pleasant but unremarkable Ferdinand the Bull followed the original more closely.

Down the Garden Path by David Anthony Fox

Let me be clear from the start: I think Grey Gardens is one of a handful of genuinely great musicals in the modern era.

It's Raining Stereotypes by Mark Cofta

Judy Gold's 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother by Natalie Hope McDonald

Immovable Types by David Anthony Fox

In Daniel Beaty's patriarch-focused Resurrection, five men and one boy fulfill, rather than negate, stereotypes.

Cut Strings by Steve Cohen

Art imitates strife in the Arden's new show.

Girls Town by David Anthony Fox

Diva lovers, rejoice! Dreamgirls is in town at the Prince Theater, and this fine production offers all the fizz and fun you could want.

Mind Made Up by A.D. Amorosi

Bruce Graham thrives on the conversations he has with himself.

Taking Issue by Mark Cofta

So-called "issue plays" earn that dismissive categorization because they don't rise above the creators' agenda to become "good plays." In its first moments, In the Continuum teeters on the b…

Ego Boosters by Steve Cohen

A New Orleans theater troupe found an accidental home in Philly.

How Not to Write a Play by A.D. Amorosi

Local playwright Bruce Graham shares nuggets of hard-earned wisdom.

All Hands On Dex by Juliet Fletcher

Bruce Graham lets his scripts do the talking.

The Cut Man by Rachel Frankford

Plumbing the Depp to make Edward Scissorhands dance.

Glad All Over by David Anthony Fox

Bill Irwin's dazzling, joyful The Happiness Lecture grabbed me (and I'm known to be unrepentantly mime-averse and clown-o-phobic), and kept me spellbound for 80 minutes.

When Worlds Collide by Mark Cofta

This is a marvelous evening of theater: intimate, sincere, magical. If it inspires theatergoers to read Chaim Potok and readers to attend plays, then it will be doubly successful.