351 stories by "Mark Cofta"
The Lantern's Red Velvet shares the story of black actor Ira Aldridge, played by Forrest McClendon, in a timely production. Mark Cofta reviews.
Dragon's Eye Theatre leads children on a library adventure in 'Follow Me Through the Gates.' Mark Cofta reviews.
The Beserker Residents team with University of the Arts for their Fringe show 'These Terrible Things,' a spoof of actor training. Mark Cofta reviews.
The stars align for twins Artemis and Apollo, who decide a movie star is their mother in the Greenfield Collective's 'Tilda Swinton Adopt Me Please.' Mark Cofta reviews.
Chris Davis and Mary Tuomanen dramatize their decades-long friendship in a spirited onstage memoir. Mark Cofta reviews.
Elephant Room's first production shares insights about suicide in nine short interdisciplinary works, gallery style. Mark Cofta reviews.
Sex, violence, rock, drugs, drinking, death, and teen angst: the completion of On the Rocks' Haygen-Brice Walker's Dead Teenager Trilogy makes an intoxicating cocktail. Mark Cofta reviews.
GoKash OnSTAGE debuts at the Arden with a timely legal drama 'Seventy IV Seconds . . . to Judgement.' Mark Cofta reviews.
Tribe of Fools' 'Fishtown: A Hipster Noir' offers much more than a noir homage. Mark Cofta reviews.
Die-Cast premieres with a low-tech, sensuous, seldom-seen Shakespeare, 'Pericles,' directed by Brenna Geffers. Mark Cofta reviews.
Don't touch that dial " at least not until after Found Theater Company's dark spoof of television, 'Game Show Show.' Mark Cofta reviews.
While the Fringe dominates September, many area theaters offer intriguing musical alternatives.
From 'Iphigenia at Aulis' on a ship to Trump's echoes of Brecht, and improvised Tennessee Williams to doomsday 'Hamlet' and much more, classics-inspired Fringe shows are just as feisty a…
Run Boy Run Productions debuts with Allen Clark's powerful anthology of subway-inspired stories. Mark Cofta reviews.
Jon Robin Baitz's 2011 hit 'Other Desert Cities' shows its age in Bucks County Playhouse's revival. Mark Cofta reviews.
Theatre Horizon's 'Hero School' offers a fun adventure for kids of all ages. Mark Cofta reviews.
August is Philadelphia's quietest theater month, a lull before the Fringe Festival storm and the fall season, but from an NFL memoir to a women's march on Washington, there's plenty to …
The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's As You Like It shows Shakespeare, PSF, and Philadelphia director Matt Pfeiffer at their best. Mark Cofta reviews.
The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's annual "Extreme Shakespeare" reveals modern themes in 'Troilus and Cressida.' Mark Cofta reviews.
Where you sit will dramatically enhance the experience of Shakespeare in Clark Park's 'Coriolanus.' Mark Cofta reviews.
Theater with a View's outdoor 'Rabbit Hole' reveals that great drama doesn't require walls or a floor. Mark Cofta reviews.
Ken Ludwig's backstage farce 'Moon Over Buffalo' provides summer laughs at People's Light & Theatre Company. Mark Cofta reviews.
Delaware Shakespeare strikes a blow for gender equality and a fine production with Emilie Krause playing the title character in 'Henry V.' Mark Cofta reviews.
Tiny Dynamite's 'Perfect Blue' imagines a near-future battle for environmental control and a family's survival. Mark Cofta reviews.
The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's 'The Three Musketeers' features great fights but a muddled script. Mark Cofta reviews.
