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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.
At the end of August, Philly theater's traditional dead time, comes a must-see revival of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Pirates of Penzance.'
GayFest! presents Chad Beguelin's 'Harbor,' which tackles serious life issues with humor and insight.
The Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company's revival of James Goldman's 'The Lion in Winter' sacrifices the play's deeper themes for easy laughs.
A Colorado production of the opera 'The Ballad of Baby Doe,' and a production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' in a church got Wendy Rosenfield thinking about history, legacies, and access to the ar…
A one performer, one audience member choose-your-own-adventure tale, 'Who Told You You Were Naked?' is a fine warm-up for the theatrical innovations of the Fringe Festival.
Azuka Theatre's 2016-17 pay-what-you-decide season will depend entirely on the kindness of strangers (and friends). Alix Rosenfeld examines the pros and cons of this approach.
This special pay-what-you-wish event, running for two nights only, is the region's first look at some work by top American playwrights.
Toby Zinman reviews selections from the Philadelphia Women's Theatre Festival, which provided four days of new work by and about women.
Theatre Exile scores with sportswriter Ray Didinger's world premiere play 'Tommy and Me,' about his friendship with Eagles Hall of Fame receiver Tommy McDonald.
Mark Cofta reviews a mainstream production of 'The Taming of the Shrew' after a Philadelphia company's version showed him the comedy's darker side.
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival produces 'Love's Labour's Lost' as scholars think was the practice in Shakespeare's time.
It's summer Shakespeare season, and Anndee Hochman asks why we keep turning to the bard. She also thinks she knows the answer.
Shakespeare in Clark Park's 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona' combined the wonders of nature with the magic of theater.
This general election is going to be a rich season for political comedy " isn't it?
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's 25th season continues with a new production of Noel Coward's ghostly comedy 'Blithe Spirit.'
Controversial performer and monologuist Mike Daisey takes on another controversial performer and monologuist: Donald Trump.
Daisey's past monologues dissect topics including the cult of Steve Jobs. He now riffs on political performer Donald Trump.
Controversial performer and monologuist Mike Daisey takes on another controversial performer and monologuist: Donald Trump.
Contemporary American Theater Festival's "Thinktheater" repertory of five plays offers a rich variety of new plays by American playwrights. Our critic Mark Cofta saw them all.
As part of JillineFest, in Caroline Dooner's 'Possible Memoir Titles (& Songs)' the solo performer looks at herself and sees her mother.
BalletX's Summer Series brings technology into dance. But in the contest between human and machine, which one prevails?
Who needs a script doctor when you can rent a dramaturg? Martha Steketee looks at one of the new play development conference's newest developments.
This acrobatic and musical outdoor performance of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is coming to Columbus Square Park for three nights only.
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