4,217 stories from Broad Street Review
Tony Lawton and Alex Bechtel's new children's musical, 'The Light Princess,' floats the fun idea of a girl with no gravity. Mark Cofta reviews.
Scott Rodrigue's rendition of Wallace Shawn's 'The Fever' explains First World privilege but offers no relief. Mark Cofta reviews.
Robert Askins's 'Hand to God' at Philadelphia Theatre Company has a sock puppet say what the human wearing him dare not. Mark Cofta reviews.
Last year, Seth Rozin's InterAct Theatre Company moved a few blocks down from the Adrienne Theater to the Drake. Here's how he's transforming the space. Darnelle Radford interviews.
Young actors tell an old story with some new wrinkles in 'Particular Risk' at Bryn Mawr College. Mark Cofta reviews.
New Paradise Laboratories teams with the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Rosenbach Museum and Library's celebration of detectives with an interactive mystery. Mark Cofta reviews.
Bright bold jazz singer-musician-composer Nellie McKay tackles issues of gender identity and the secret life of performer Billy Tipton. AD Amorosi reviews.
Hedgerow Theatre's freewheeling adaptation of 'The Prisoner of Zenda' typifies a new genre of fast-paced comedy adventures based on old stories. Mark Cofta reviews.
The four purposely pretentious movement artists of Philly's Almanac Dance Circus Theatre join forces with Good Good Comedy. AD Amorosi reviews.
In Pilobolus's 'Shadowland,' a young girl exploring adulthood enters a dream world of shadows. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Athol Fugard's 'Playland' reintroduces C. Ryanne Domingues -- a director to watch -- to Philadelphia audiences. Mark Cofta reviews.
A Czechoslovakian refugee seeks freedom in Blanka Zizka's world premiere play 'Adapt!' at the Wilma Theater. Mark Cofta reviews.
Lauren Gunderson's acclaimed 'I and You' is a play for everyone, not just teens, in a fine regional premiere by People's Light & Theatre Company. Mark Cofta reviews.
John Ford's rarely seen 1633 drama 'The Broken Heart' receives a suitably bloody Philadelphia premiere by Quintessence Theatre Group. Mark Cofta reviews.
College theater programs end their seasons, while the busy Philadelphia season offers popular puppets (for grown-ups), a princess (for kids), and innovative improv.
EgoPo Classic Theater premieres a magical adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, putting the big novel onstage in a big way. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mia Chung's 'You for Me for You' at InterAct brings a fresh perspective to our current immigration debate in her drama about North Korean refugees. Mark Cofta reviews.
After 13 years at the helm of Philadelphia's premiere new play development organization, PlayPenn artistic director Paul Meshejian is about to see the conference's first Broadway opening. Da…
'Love's Labor's Lost' holds the delightful opening spot of Quintessence Theatre Group's Spring "Love & Longing" Repertory. Mark Cofta reviews.
Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' gets the big-stage treatment at the Walnut Street Theatre. Mark Cofta reviews.
Julianna Zinkel shines as a woman taking control of her life in Martyna Majok's gritty 'Ironbound,' superbly staged by Simpatico Theatre Project. Mark Cofta reviews.
Kristen M. Scatton's new drama 'Jimmy Gorski Is Dead,' from ReVamp Collective and Plays & Players Theatre, explores the impact of drug abuse on a small group of Pennsylvania friends and fami…
The McCarter Theatre Center's premiere of Ken Ludwig's adaptation of 'Murder on the Orient Express' puts Agatha Christie's famous novel onstage. Does it belong there? Mark Cofta reviews.
Lantern Theater Company takes a chance with William Shakespeare's 'Coriolanus,' and comes out fighting. Mark Cofta reviews.
Ben Dibble, one of Philadelphia's best-known actor/singers, takes center stage at the Arden Cabaret Series and puts his family in the spotlight. AD Amorosi reviews.
