351 stories by "Mark Cofta"
Broadway hit 'Something Rotten' visits the Academy of Music this week, sharing laughs about Shakespeare and musicals. Mark Cofta reviews.
'The Diary of Anne Frank' receives a superb and timely revival by People's Light & Theatre Company. Mark Cofta reviews.
Azuka Theatre Company's latest world premiere, David Jacobi's 'Ready Steady Yeti Go,' has serious fun showing teens dealing with real-life problems.
Okwui Okpokwasili's visits Bryn Mawr College with a powerful reflection about African women, 'Poor People's TV Room.' Mark Cofta reviews.
Keith Huff's cop drama 'A Steady Rain' drenches us in suspense at the Walnut Street Theatre's Independence Studio on 3. Mark Cofta reviews.
The U.S. premiere of Welshman Alan Harris's 'Love, Lies and Taxidermy' brings a welcome romantic comedy from Inis Nua Theatre Company. Mark Cofta reviews.
Lauren Gunderson's 'The Revolutionists' at Theatre Horizon blends 1793's rebels with modern women's struggles for equality. Mark Cofta reviews.
Cure the winter blahs with live theater, where the old is new again and the new is even newer. Also check out the riches offered by local colleges.
Media Theatre's production of Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey's 'Next to Normal' explores mental illness with raw honesty, and true to the subject, doesn't offer easy answers. Mark Cofta reviews.
Theatre Exile's production of Jackie Sibblies Drury's 'Really' mulls photography and art, but its affectations blur character and narrative. Mark Cofta reviews.
Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists premieres with Mike Lew's 'Tiger Style!' " a comedy that doesn't earn its exclamation point. Mark Cofta reviews.
InterAct Theatre Company's premiere of MJ Kaufman's 'Sensitive Guys' lacks theatrical sensitivity. Mark Cofta reviews.
'Dial M for Murder' receives a handsome revival by Wilmington, Delaware's Resident Ensemble Players, but sometimes less design is more. Mark Cofta reviews.
Josh Ravetch's 'Go Figure: The Randy Gardner Story,' at Delaware Theatre Company, celebrates figure skating with unskilled sincerity. Mark Cofta reviews.
The Arden Theatre Company's revival of Henrik Ibsen's 'A Doll's House' says much by staging the classic without reverence or commentary. Mark Cofta reviews.
Paul Osborn's 1938 hit 'Morning's at Seven' receives an instructive revival by People's Light & Theatre Company. Mark Cofta reviews.
Bright Metal Productions premieres at Plays & Players with their devised drama 'The Sabbatical,' a sharp and incisive view into a church congregation's secret lives. Mark Cofta reviews.
The cold doesn't stop Philly's exciting theater scene this month, including a mix of old favorites and timely premieres.
What we should see and what we should hear gets muddled in Resident Theatre Company's not-so-radio 'A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play.' Mark Cofta reviews.
Act II Playhouse's 'Bad Dates,' by Theresa Rebeck, showcases Karen Peakes, and it's about time someone did. Mark Cofta reviews.
Tiny Dynamite's A Play, a Pie, and A Pint series returns with Irish playwright Lynda Radley's lovely 'The Art of Swimming.' Mark Cofta reviews.
The Arden Theatre Company's gentle, sincere staging of Peter Pan ignores the story's troubling themes " as all productions do. Mark Cofta reviews.
Delaware Theatre Company's encore production of 'The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised]' is just as good as the first time. Mark Cofta reviews.
Philly's theater scene marches on despite the holiday madness. Forget the annual office party: Here are plenty of chances to get reacquainted with your favorite work in town.
The 12th annual 'This Is The Week That Is' finds 1812 Productions a year older and wiser, but just as funny. Mark Cofta reviews.
