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The usual heady mix - world premieres, plays never before seen in Philadelphia, and established shows that bear restaging - make for a promising first half of the theater season in Philadelp…
This musical at Montgomery Theater, and then at Act II Playhouse, is about making a musical focused on the life of the inventor of the printing press -- and it's irresistibly ridiculous. Inq…
Public education, in a musical skewering. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
Three Poland-based women give North American premieres of their solos
Keila Cordova's approach erupts into a mythological world of mermaids and island romance.
A house fights back to stay with its foreclosed family -- a classy blend of storytelling, set design, art and ideas, in a Fringe show in germantown. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro re…
At the Live Arts/Philly Fringe festival, Headlong Dance Theater's THIS TOWN IS A MYSTERY builds instant communitites, for a night at a time. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
I now write in defense of beautifully staged, meticulously lighted, handsomely dressed, genuinely acted, and shrewdly contrived soppiness. I make no apologies.
A daring and funny revue of erotic poetry and monologues in a very relaxed atmosphere.
A new musical from the novel "Love Story"? Yes, it's mush, but really good mush. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews from the Walnut Street Theatre's main stage.
By Wendy Rosenfield. Charlotte Ford's Live Arts and Philly Fringe Festival show Bang appeals to Philadelphia men and women, but mostly to women.
At the Fringe's "Some Other Mettle" by Applied Mechanics: ... uh... Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
At the Fringe's "Some Other Mettle" by Applied Mechanics: ... uh... Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
In the new musical Chaplin, which is every bit as entertaining as Charlie Chaplin himself, Rob McClure portrays the film genius with an irresistible sweetness, like candy you can't - and don…
Fantasic physical performances are the major attraction of New Paradise Laboratories' "27" at the Live Arts/Philly Fringe. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
A Gentlemen's Club revue as performed by trained dancers.
In my imagination, Edgar Allan Poe as a person is much the same as he's portrayed in the striking and beautifully staged Red-Eye to Havre de Grace: dark in mood, deliberate in tempo, flashin…
There are all sorts of reasons for being late at a Fringe show, but they rarely get you locked out. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reports.
In Theatre Exile's "The Edge of Our Bodies," Nicole Erb captures the misery and malice of a privileged 16-year-old in trouble, and playwright Adam Rapp wants the audience to be complicit, sa…
Few plays in this year's Festival will plumb the depths of the human psyche more than Witold Gombrowicz's Ivona.
I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High By Tony Danza
