479 stories by "Cameron Kelsall"
Theatre Horizon offers a whimsical, wistful, and refreshingly feminist take on the popular 'Peter and the Starcatcher.' Cameron Kelsall reviews.
'Sing the Body Electric' highlights playwright Michael Hollinger's knack for crafting naturalistic dialogue and sympathetic characters, but the whole often feels less than the sum of its par…
'Tell Me on a Sunday,' at Walnut Street Theatre's Independence Studio on 3, trades in gender stereotypes and clunky storytelling. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Quintessence Theatre Group premieres a compelling adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 'The Wild Duck'. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Irish Heritage Theatre collects five short plays about the Irish women of yesterday and today, and delivers mixed results. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
GoKash OnSTAGE's residency at the Arden presents 'V to X,' exploring the world of for-profit incarceration and the state of black lives behind bars. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
'Noises Off,' Michael Frayn's evergreen farce, proves its durability once more at the Walnut Street Theatre. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Regina Taylor's 'Crowns,' at Princeton's McCarter Theatre Center, gives voice to the special relationship between black women and their hats. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Bryony Lavery's 'Frozen,' from Isis Productions, fails to explore the fetishization of forgiveness. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Leonard Bernstein's 'A Quiet Place,' warts and all, gets a thoughtful treatment from Curtis Opera Theatre and Opera Philadelphia. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
'Aipotu,' the second installment of John Guare's 'Lydie Breeze' trilogy, at EgoPo Classic Theater, deconstructs the utopian myth. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Lydia R. Diamond's adaptation of 'The Bluest Eye' at Arden Theatre Company, fails to capture the wrenching power of Toni Morrison's landmark novel. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Despite a stylish production from Curio Theatre Company, David Adjmi's 'Marie Antoinette' offers little insight on the complicated monarch. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Broadway Philadelphia brings the national tour of 'Waitress' to Philadelphia. It serves up a pile of sugar, but needs a pinch of salt. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Opera Philadelphia's local premiere of 'Written on Skin' offers a fresh spin on a contemporary masterpiece. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Delaware Theatre Company's regional premiere of Simon Stephens's 'Heisenberg' disrupts our rom-com expectations of meeting cute. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
On their way to Carnegie Hall, pianist Daniil Trifonov and baritone Matthias Goerne make beautiful, intense music at Princeton's McCarter Theatre Center. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Quintessence Theatre Group's fresh, invigorating 'Waiting for Godot' foregrounds the humanity and heart of Samuel Beckett's tramps. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
EgoPo Classic Theater's premiere of John Guare's 'Lydie Breeze' trilogy gets off to an arresting and maddening start with 'Cold Harbor.' Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Bristol Riverside Theatre chronicles the war at home in Donald Margulies's 'Time Stands Still.' Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Walnut Street Theatre's production of Stephen Karam's 'The Humans' gets clogged up in kitchen sink realism. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
McCarter Theatre Center's 'Stones in His Pockets' has charm, but often reinforces the stereotypes it tries to subvert. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Michael Frayn's acclaimed 'Copenhagen' shows its age in Lantern Theater Company's 10th anniversary production. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Walnut Street Theatre's lively production occasionally lifts 'Baskerville,' Ken Ludwig's leaden Arthur Conan Doyle adaptation. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall didn't plan to write a 2017 Best-of theater list, but considering the proliferation of excellent new work by local playwrights, he couldn't help himself.
