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PLAYWRIGHT NEIL LaBute is not in the business of writing lovable characters who give you the warm fuzzies. You know you’re watching a LaBute work when instead of a flurry of redemption…
James Earl Jones, thunder-voiced actor of stage and screen, is the 2012 recipient of the Marian Anderson Award, Mayor Nutter announced today, citing Jones’ "culture-changing" theater r…
The new play "Automatic Fault Isolation" loses its way when it begins, then somehow finds it way late. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews the Hella Fresh Theater production in Ke…
With dance all over reality TV, in movies, and on music videos, one might think the interest would translate into theater as well. But concert dance still struggles. Jerome Robbins' 1958 pie…
A new pairing joine an established on in reflecstions on identity. There are highs and not-so-highs, says Merilyn Jackson.
The Arden gives Michael Ogborn's musical "Tulipomania" a better production than it merits, says critic Wendy Rosenfield.
Ego Po Classic Theater offers a solid version of Tony Kushner's stage adaptation of an iconic Jewish folkloric tale. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
A note to guys about guy talk: Be careful what you say about your significant other in casual conversations with the pals. It may come back to change your life.
There's a lot to know about singer/actress Kristin Chenoweth, including her rarely considered Philly stats.
"C'mon now, I would've loved it," Chenoweth says with a laugh when asked…
Michael Ogborn's new musical Tulipomania, commissioned by the Arden Theatre, has been through six years of development, several scripts, plus the addition and eventual subtraction of playwri…
Tony Kushner's Angels in America is a massive and magnificent play, and Wilma Theater ends its season with a massive and magnificent production of Part One: Millennium Approaches. This is th…
Epithets fly swiftly in Philadelphia Theatre Company's dynamic production of Neil LaBute's "reasons to be pretty." Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
A smorgasbord approach to theater: Luna Theater Company offers a festival of 10 10-minute plays all focused on the general theme of "Identity Crisis." Ten playwrights, nine actors, five dire…
The trailer for Tom Hooper's epic-looking "Les Miserables" is causing quite the stir on the internet today.
The Springsteen character can get away with it. "You ain’t a beauty but hey you’re alright," he tells Mary in "Thunder Road." Revelatory and appreciative cheers have erupted in b…
It’s such a pleasure to watch a production make something more of a play than seems possible. Two actors — Kash Goins and Roderick Slocum — are doing just that in Topdog/Un…
To create the set for the Broadway smash Newsies, Pottstown resident Tobin Ost served multiple masters: a choreographer who needed space for his performers to dance, a director who envisione…
On the fifth floor of Walnut Street Theatre, Kash Goins and Roderick Slocum offer a convincing version of Suzan Lori-Parks' Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapir…
The story of the man who died at age 22 but had already made an indelible mark on rock and roll is great fun -- and remarkable showmanship -- at the Walnut Street Theatre. Inquirer theater …
More entertainment, less art?
The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, grappling with a series of discrete financial pressures, is shifting away from being a distinct presenting entity, re…
BEBE NEUWIRTH doesn’t do the fluffy stuff. Neuwirth’s stance makes sense to anyone who only knows her as Lilith, the icy, monotone psychiatrist and eventual wife of Kelsey Gramme…
