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Two hundred years in the tick of a clock. On Bristol Riverside Theatre's stage, that's how Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice feels in the bicentennial anniversary of its publication.
Do you remember Alistair Cooke? Besides being a renowned journalist, he also was the first host of PBS's Masterpiece Theatre when it started in 1971.
This summer, out of the blue, playwright Glen Berger got a call from director Julie Taymor.
Drawing-room comedies are supposed to be classics from a post-Victorian era, in which amusing situations play themselves out in ways that don't leave lasting scars. Then comes Stick Fly, whi…
The Philly debut of the Tony-dominating show is a refreshing change from most contemporary musicals.
With old venue and new union deal, Hammonton's Eagle Theatre is soaring.
Once, by Enda Walsh, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, directed by John Tiffany, movement by Steven Hoggett, set and costumes by Bob Crowley. Featuring Dani DeWaal and Stuart Ward. Reviewed …
She Stoops to Conquer, by Oliver Goldsmith, produced by Quintessence Theatre Group, directed by Alexander Burns, featuring E. Ashley Izard, Sean Bradley, Sonja Field, Josh Carpenter. Reviewe…
The opera rehearsal could be mistaken for a meditation circle.
That's because the six women who make up the cast of Svadba (Wedding), standing quietly with arms crossed over their chests, n…
Angela Lansbury first arrived at the Bucks County Playhouse with a 6-month-old baby in tow. It was 1952, she was on layoff from her MGM contract, and she appeared onstage in the United State…
After 60 years as one of America's most beloved dance makers, 83-year-old Paul Taylor could rest on his laurels. But he won't.
THE MARRIAGE of actor Orlando Bloom and model Miranda Kerr has ended - even as Bloom tackles one of the most romantic roles in history, Romeo.
The dances Paul Taylor has created over the last half-century evoke everything from lyrical romance to savage satire, frank eroticism, and slapstick humor. All were on display Thursday night…
British actor Orlanda Bloom, 36, and Victoria's Secret Model Miranda Kerr, 30, have announced that their marriage is over.
Some jukebox musicals have plots, strong characterization, and compelling narrative arcs (The Buddy Holly Story, Mamma Mia). Others don't even bother to hide their show's conceit.
Cock, by Mike Bartlett, is occasionally, for both thematic and practical reasons, called The Cockfight Play. In a bisexual love triangle with one spectacularly indecisive young man at its ap…
Cock, by Mike Bartlett, produced by Theatre Exile, directed by Deborah Block, featuring Wes Haskell, John Jarboe, Mary Tuomanen, Benjamin Lovell. Reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield.
After 60 years as one of America's most beloved dance makers, 83-year-old Paul Taylor could rest on his laurels. But he won't.
The end of the year looks busy for Carrie Underwood, and she couldn't be happier.
Only one fault mars Hedgerow Theatre's chilling production of Shakespeare's Macbeth: that the audience, so close to the action in that intimate farmhouse space, nonetheless does not actually…
To say Ken Ludwig's 1986 farce Lend Me a Tenor is enjoying something of a resurgence is to ignore its ongoing popularity. It's one of the most-produced contemporary farces, and its 2010 Broa…
Lend Me a Tenor, by Ken Ludwig, produced by Delaware Theatre Company, directed by Bud Martin, featuring Tony Beaithwaite, Jonathan Silver, Eileen Cella, Tracie Higgins, Howie Brown, Marcia H…
If I hadn't seen Marcus: Or the Secret of Sweet before - McCarter's brilliant 2009 production - I would have very little idea from the new Plays & Players production what this play was about…
