There are few plays in the Shakespearean canon as beloved as Twelfth Night. It's a comedy that uses mistaken identities, trickery, and a healthy dose of romance to captivate its audience. An…
When you go to see Macbeth, you probably take a few things for granted. You might expect to be impressed by the splendor and beauty of Shakespeare's language, and you might expect to …
Jennifer Haley's The Nether is set partly in the near future and partly in the distant past. And in Haley's riveting but frequently disturbing play, each of these eras can be equally dangero…
If there's a show that fits the definition of a "cult musical," it's probably The Secret Garden. The show was a hit with families on Broadway in the early nineties, winning three Tony …
Among the many traditions at Hedgerow Theatre is a fondness for cozy English mysteries, especially Agatha Christie's. The Mysterious Affair at Styles is their newest production, and it has e…
How much will you identify with Heathers: The Musical? Well, that may depend on whether you recognize the type of high school students you meet in the opening number. They're the kind of kid…
Tony Kushner's Angels in America is one of the most important American plays of recent decades. It's also one of the most difficult to get right. Consisting of two three-hour parts, it's a f…
It's 1969, and we're in a diner in Pittsburgh. The sweet sounds of soul are on the jukebox, and the harsh sounds of revolution are in the air. It's a time of change in the city's Hill Distri…
David Rush's play Nureyev's Eyes takes us to the 1970s, when two of America's greatest artists " Rudolf Nureyev, the Russian-born dancer, and Jamie Wyeth, the Wilmington-born painter " forge…
Ever since Rob Becker started performing a one-man comedy show called Defending the Caveman back in the 1980s, its popularity has grown steadily. And in the time since the show played a two-…
For more than a decade, Theatre Exile has made pushing the envelope their specialty. They've made themselves the city's go-to company for sexy " and occasionally sexually explicit " theatre.…
There are few artists who have honored the legacy of Nat King Cole into the modern era the way singer/guitarist John Pizzarelli has. Early in his career he recorded two Cole tribute albums, …
When we meet Amy in the opening moments of Clara Brennan's Spine, she's homeless, bewildered, and defensive. She's a London teenager with a violent temper and a surly attitude. Over the cour…
The new touring production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, now playing at the Academy of Music, doesn't offer many surprises. But for the show's devoted fans " and judging from the throng …
When's the last time you saw a musical about the competitive world of barbershop quartet singing? I'm not positive, but I think A Wonderful Noise may be the first show of its kind. (Truth to…
It's not every day you see a musical with an all-female cast and a female-led creative team, but Bucks County Playhouse has given us one with their latest offering. A Taste of Things to Come…
Clara Bow was nobody's fool. In 1962, three decades after her reign as the biggest female star in movies, Bow wrote in a letter about the recent death of one of her successors, Marilyn Monro…
For its latest production, the Media Theatre has turned to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, a classic story known by millions of readers. The stage adaptation by Christopher Sergel tells …
In 1970, Gil Scott-Heron told us that the revolution will not be televised. Now, in 2016, Playwright Kristoffer Diaz tells us that the revolution will be webcast. And maybe live tweeted. But…
Oscar Wilde: From the Depths, Charles McMahon's new play about the darkest period in Wilde's life, is a play that's brimming with intelligence and insight, and it's beautifully performed and…
August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson is, on its surface, just a story about a brother and sister who argue over whether to sell a family heirloom. What makes the play so special is that th…
There's no moon in the newest version of A Moon for the Misbegotten. The set, designed by Andrew Thompson, looks great, but because the ceiling of the Independence Studio on the Walnut Stree…
The Three Maries – A Philadelphia Phable is a Philadelphia musical that wears its civic pride on its sleeve. It's a celebration of some of the things that make this city like no oth…
Jeff Coon, a familiar and dependable face on Philadelphia stages for two decades, returned this weekend to the Arden Theatre, a company where he's played everyone from John Wilkes Booth (in …
For Pig Iron Theatre Company's 20th Anniversary, the troupe is returning to a show it first presented in 1998 and which they have gone on to perform around the world. It's Gentlemen Volun…