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Flashpoint Theatre Company is giving Jacqueline Goldfinger’s new play, Slip/Shot, a fine premiere. This beautifully crafted and intensely m…
Several modern plays touch on abuse and molestation but none I know of, including the much-produced Doubt, wield the sheer force of Paula Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive. Vogel, celebra…
David Rabe did theater a favor by adapting Anton Chekhov’s short story “The Black Monk” for the stage. And Simpatico Theatre Project’s production pays it forward. The…
The 2012 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists, with comments from judges:
Regina Taylor’s musical Crowns professes to be a celebration of African American “hattitude,” but it believes it’s about so much more. So, I guess, do Delaware Theatr…
The new play Peter and the Starcatcher is a trip in so many ways. It’s a literal trip, a loopy story about the pirate crews of two ships chasing each other for a misplaced treasure pos…
Naughty-but-nice musical "Matilda" is the front-runner for British theater's Olivier Awards with 10 nominations, including a joint best actress nod for the four children who share the title …
Paula Vogel's "How I Learned to Drive" gets an excellent ride at Theatre Horizon. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews from Norristown.
You may be shaken but certainly not stirred at the Bearded Ladies’ newest show, Beards Are for Shaving: A 007 Cabaret. This ... group? company? collective? team? of terrifically clever…
On the first day of her first year at summer camp back in 2005, Shayna Simon, then 5 years old, bravely said goodbye to her mom and began her adventure at the Betty and Milton Katz Jewish Co…
In the middle of Magic/Bird, the smooth and warm new play about a friendship that blooms from the deep roots of rivalry, playwright Eric Simonson writes a deft pivoting scene. Two young guys…
The service organization for the region's theaters, which has spearedheaded many projects including the Barrymore Awards, is dissolving. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reports.
The service organization for the region's theaters, which has spearedheaded many projects including the Barrymore Awards, is dissolving. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reports.
Jacqueline Pardue Goldfinger's new play Slip/Shot, which begins previews Tuesday night, tells the story of a black 17-year-old in Florida, Monroe, who leaves his girlfriend's house one night…
The king of the Broadway jungle You got Leo, the MGM lion (Ars Gratia Artis!). You got Bubbles, logo of the Detroit Lions. You got the Cowardly Lion of The Wizard of Oz. You got Kimba, and C…
A recent study showed that women not only make up the bulk of ticket purchasers for plays, but they also form the majority of attendees. At first glance, Jack Heifner's Vanities (1976) appea…
Don't Talk to the Actors marks the third time playwright Tom Dudzick visits Montgomery Theater's stage. This time, he's also in the wings, as the show's director. Following 2009's Over the T…
Nicole Kidman is in talks to play Grace Kelly in a biopic about the East Falls princess turned film star turned Monacan Princess
At last, we learn the source and significance of Anna Netrebko's hot-pink evening gown.
Anyone who follows opera no doubt has seen the Metropolitan Opera ads, posters, brochures of the famou…
I have two words for why the revival of Evita will probably stick around a while: Ricky Martin. There's not another compelling reason to go, and even Martin, a superstar of American-Latin po…
Declaring an early victory on the strategic plan that led it safely away from the brink of collapse, the Opera Company of Philadelphia is setting its sights on new and more ambitious artisti…
Special 50th anniversary airing Saturday on the USA network will be introduced by President Obama
