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After going missing in action from major stages for decades, 'South Pacific' is back, heroically. Steve Cohen reviews.
The Irish Heritage Theatre's 'Molly Sweeney' is the right play in the right space for this young company. Mark Cofta reviews.
Watching Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, prepare for 'The Musical World of Don Quixote' gives an up-front view of the challenges and rewards of performing 400-year-old music. (Part three of a…
Azuka gets on great with a celebration of early rap and teenage rebellion, Idris Goodwin's 'How We Got On.' Mark Cofta reviews.
October theater gets busy, including a variety of adaptations and annual political traditions staring down a stranger-than-fiction election season.
Rock and roll with 'King John,' Revolution Shakespeare's post-apocalyptic adventure. Mark Cofta reviews.
Warren Adler's recycled novel and movie 'The War of the Roses' celebrates excess excessively. Mark Cofta reviews.
Philadelphia Theatre Company's reprise of Theatre Exile's 'Rizzo,' by Bruce Graham, presents both sides of the man and his myth. Toby Zinman reviews.
In Lantern Theater's production, G. B. Shaw's 'Mrs. Warren's Profession' still works as social commentary and engaging drama. Mark Cofta reviews.
A small Baltimore company, The Oven, brings their powerful play about human sex trafficking, 'COMMODITIES.' Mark Cofta reviews.
Arden Theatre Company co-founder Aaron Posner returns with his celebrated Chekhov reboot, 'Stupid F**cking Bird.' Toby Zinman thinks it's pretty smart.
Almanac Dance Circus Theatre's Exile 2588 crafts a magical myth through movement. Mark Cofta reviews.
Ann Hamilton's 'habitus' takes two forms: a large-scale Philly Fringe installation and a Fabric Workshop and Museum show. Pam Forsythe reviews both.
'The Church Bells All Were Broken,' Dave Ebersole's new play about gay-hating protesters (modeled on the Westboro Baptist Church), earns laughs and more. Mark Cofta reviews.
Theatre Philadelphia's Diversity Town Hall Meeting at New Freedom Theatre was going great.... Until the cops showed up.
Nilo Cruz's world premiere drama 'Bathing in Moonlight' overlooks a rich modern family situation for a tired melodramatic trope. Mark Cofta reviews.
Iron Age Theatre Company's 'A Runaway, a Soldier, and a Snowball Fight' suggests Revolutionary relevance, but doesn't deliver. Mark Cofta reviews.
It's 'Don Quixote' fiesta time in Philadelphia! Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, celebrates 'The Musical World of Don Quixote' with a big show, a symposium and museum and libraries joining in …
A tiny, overlooked Strindberg drama with just one speaking character gets a reworking from Wild Plum Productions. Toby Zinman reviews.
Chris Davis's 'One-Man Apocalypse Now' celebrates the iconic film but achieves much more. Mark Cofta reviews.
Ensemble Atria and EagerRisk Theater's 'Drowning Ophelia' explores the power of memory through Hamlet's heroine. Mark Cofta reviews.
A new play about the Salem witches goes dark, but not deep enough. Mark Cofta reviews.
Lisa D'Amour's 'Detroit,' a drama about life in the suburbs, is presented at a private home in the suburbs.
After 35 years at its helm, Sara Garonzik plans to step away from the Philadelphia Theater Company. Critic Gary Day recalls the impact she had on him and his career.
As the 2017-18 theater season bears down upon us, the season's openings can get lost in the wash of Fringe Festival premieres, but there are some classics you shouldn't miss.
