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On Walnut Street Theatre's main stage, a funny, fluidly staged production of Yasmina Reza's study of acrimony.
Thankfully, Gov. Corbett has called for arts funding to stay level in his proposed budget for next year. Regrettably, however, the Republican-controlled legislature seeks to cut funding for …
There's enough meat in Tom Stoppard's 1974 play Travesties for several feasts, and enough allusions to literature and history to keep you happily poking around in library shelves for days.
At Princeton's McCarter Theatre, concrete evidence of Tom Stoppard's sprawling intelligence. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
How many songs with the same plaintive, repeating chords and the same melancholy lyrics about your same lovelorn self can you string together to make a Broadway musical?
Finally, Fela! is coming to Philadelphia.
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, the larger-than-life Nigerian musician and political firebrand who died in 1997, performed in Philadelphia twice with his band …
Willy Loman, as a character, has achieved a status something like Hamlet's - if you can play the patriarch of what is now a great American classic, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, then …
Michael Holinger's sterling new translation and Aaron Posner's kinetic staging illuminate the great tale of a man with a bulbous nose who lived larger than life. Inquirer theater critic Howa…
A play about duality of a girl from China.
WILLIAM SHATNER doesn't turn down roles. Not on TV or films. Not self-mocking commercials, a long-running game-show square or oft-maligned (though I do love some) musical recording sessions.
Handel's "Messiah" is magnificent no matter what one's leanings, but the 2 1/4-hour-long ballet, set to the complete oratorio, may seem a bit of a haul for others, says Ellen Dunkel.
Julie and Jason are a couple contemplating "cheating."
OK, they aren't really a couple. They're New York neighbors, best friends since college. So the cheating isn't what you thin…
BALLET MAY seem an unlikely medium for a portrayal of a horror writer's life, but Ballet Fleming does just that this weekend in "The Myth and the Madness of Edgar Allan Poe." The p…
JENNIFER WESTFELDT became an indie film darling 11 years ago when she co-wrote and co-starred in "Kissing Jessica Stein."
The power of Sam Shepard's language and imagery in "Fool for Love" makes up for a lot of rough road, says critic Wendy Rosenfield, and Iron Age Theatre's team meets it at least halfway.
This classic tragedy, in Anouilh's wartime translation, is enhanced by a fine cast, says critic Wendy Rosenfield, especially the dynamic Lavit Shaurice as Antigone.
Leah Stein has been creating site-specific and stage dance since 1987. Ten years ago, she formed her own company, and this weekend Philadelphia Dance Projects celebrates its 10th anniversar…
Two Philadelphia dance leaders -- Kate Watson-Wallace and Jaamil Kosoko -- and their companies have joined forces as a new "sustainable" collaborative. Jim Rutter talks with them.
Some small gems exist in 1812's "Let's Pretend We're Famous" comedy cabaret, says critic Wendy Rosenfield, but with such stale material, Jennifer Childs and Tony Braithwaite will have to kee…
Actress/singer Idina Menzel will be live in studio on WHYY-TV at 8 tonight as the public broadcasting station airs "Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony" concert.
