195 stories by "Wendy Rosenfield"
Philadelphia Theatre Company's production of this great Kander and Ebb musical benefits from its theater's intimate size, says critic Wendy Rosenthal.
Kenneth Lin's "Fallow" at People's Light founders in a swamp of metaphor, says critic Wendy Rosenfield.
An unconventional household faces trauma from outside and inside, but muddles through with warmth and humor, says critic Wendy Rosenfield.
Somehow, Hair just keeps growing. After sweeping every Broadway award-giving outlet's Best Musical Revival category in 2009, its national tour doesn't smell the least bit like mothballs, occ…
Eric Kimmel's children's book Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins is a story that, aside from being engaging, is also gently subversive and proudly ethnic.
Wendy Rosenfield reviews Un Viaje: (Walking Fish), a bilingual kids' holiday show with attention deficit disorderliness of Sabado Gigante, but less coherent.
Children's theater often relies on an awful lot of bells and whistles. What a treasure then, says critic Wendy Rosenfield, when a classic story meets wonderful performances and creates that …
Oy vey ist mir! laments Wendy Rosenfield: Where to begin with the troubles that plague Montgomery Theater's "Jacob and Jack"?
There's something about the Walnut Street Theatre's production of The King and I that feels as comfortable and inviting as, well, the 2010 holiday show, Irving Berlin's White Christmas. Mayb…
A fine cast, glittering costumes, rich sets, and superior direction and choreography make the Walnut's holiday show this year a Siamese treat, says Wendy Rosenfield.
Written over five years, between 1941 and 1945, while Beckett--as a result of his involvement in the French Resistance--hid from the Gestapo in Rousillon, Watt was rejected by publishers unt…
So here's a real surprise: On the third floor of Plays and Players Theatre, there's a world premiere by an under-the-radar local playwright -- Joy Cutler -- filled with amateur actors, direc…
Iron Age Theatre presents Ray Saraceni's newest play, an account of the 1925 NFL champion Pottsville Maroons. The show is a win, even in overtime. Review by Wendy Rosenfield
Delaware Theatre Company takes Arthur Miller's capitalist corruption drama and gives it a production both classic and utterly of the moment. Review by Wendy Rosenfield
South Camden Theatre Company celebrates Tennessee Williams' 100th birthday with a knockout production of Suddenly, Last Summer. Review by Wendy Rosenfield
With young talent such as Barrymore-winning actor Jennie Eisenhower as director, and Jenn Rose (The Great American Trailer Park Musical) as choreographer, you'd think excitement wouldn't be …
Lincoln Center's reboot of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific has at least one thing in common with Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's version: its Emile de Becque. William Michals und…
A friend, upon hearing that The Belle of Amherst was in production at Rose Valley's Hedgerow Theatre, commented, "That thing is going to play until there's nothing left on Earth but Cher doi…
Two Into One is the 10th Ray Cooney farce produced by Hedgerow Theatre. It's also the 10th with longtime company members Zoran Kovcic and Susan Wefel. And it's the second Cooney work featuri…
A confession: When I was assigned to review Act II Playhouse's production of Art, Yasmina Reza's 1995 three-way dysfunctional bromance, I didn't want to. During a Chicago theater blitz a few…
