'Vanity Fair' at the Pearl: Imaginative, smart, with feminist edge by Toby Zinman

'The Price' at Roundabout Theatre: Fierce Arthur Miller, turned to prose by a disappointing production by Toby Zinman

'Spamalot' at new West Chester theater: Solid, overlong crowd-pleaser by John Timpane

Theater: New and Noteworthy

New This Week Bleech and Postmen (Annoyance Theatre/PHIT Comedy). First two shows in the New York troupe's residency, Friday and Saturday respectively.

Bryan Cranston, M. Night Shyamalan spotted having dinner at Philly steakhouse by Nick Vadala

Bryan Cranston took some time away from shooting Untouchable in Aston to have dinner with local M. Night Shyamalan in Philly this week, a source tells us.

'Adapt!' at the Wilma: The courage of refugees, and of theater by John Timpane

We visited the Aston movie set of Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston's 'Untouchable' by Gary Thompson

Philly's PlayPenn workshop has national acclaim - and its first Broadway play by Molly Eichel

Theater Beat: New seasons; We the Detectives; Martha Graham Cracker sings!

It's season announcement season! As local theaters' 2017-18 lineups land in my in-box, these are some that have caught my eye. And that's just the froth on the wave. Riches to come.

'Jesus Christ Superstar' at Bristol Riverside: Judas and Christ for our time by John Timpane

'The Importance of Being Earnest' falls short at Walnut Street Theater

Theater: New and Noteworthy

New This Week Anna (EgoPo Classic Theatre). An adaptation of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, as done by a traveling show. Wednesday through April 16.

Rare Bruce Springsteen vinyl box-set to see 2017 Record Store Day release by Nick Vadala

Record Store Day is still about a month off from now, but fans of Bruce Springsteen should probably start planning how they're going to get their mitts on an extra-rare release from their fa…

WATCH: 'Hamilton' cast member sings with CAPA students by Jessica Parks

Shakespeare and company take over Philly theater by John Timpane

Musical of 'Mean Girls' by Tina Fey set to debut in DC

NEW YORK (AP) - Tina Fey's stage adaptation of "Mean Girls" will make its world premiere at The National Theatre in Washington, D.C.

'Theater Beat': Kimmel sales soar for 'Hamilton'; two refugee plays

The 'Hamilton' pop On Friday morning, the Inquirer, Daily News, and philly.com broke the news that Lin-Manuel Miranda's somewhat popular Broadway musical was coming to Philadelphia sometime …

Temple grads Tim and Eric to return to Philly for Merriam Theater performance by Nick Vadala

Temple University's weirdest comedic duo, Tim Heidecker and Eric Warenheim, are coming back to Philadelphia this summer as part of their upcoming "10 Year Anniversary Awesome Tour!" tour in …

Theater: New and Noteworthy

New This Week Adapt! (Wilma Theater). Blanka Zizka's play of a young woman in 1977 Czechoslovakia, seeking a way out. Wednesday through April 22.

'Hamilton' coming to Philly " here's how to be in the room where it happens by John Timpane

Tina Packer mesmerizes in Lantern Theater's dynamic, arresting 'Coriolanus'

There's a single-minded clarity about Shakespeare's later Roman tragedies, a purity of purpose and theme that marks Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, and Coriolanus (the last one is now p…

Get ready for 'Cabaret' at the Academy of Music by seeing these fabulous cabaret acts around Philly

Cabaret, the enduring Kander & Ebb musical celebration decadent pre-WWII Berlin, is coming to the Academy of Music next month. Study for the moody musical celebration of the decadent …

Steve Bannon was a huge Bruce Springsteen fan in college, former roommate says by Nick Vadala

Before White House chief strategist Steve Bannon was the reported "intellectual force" behind President Donald Trump's administration, he was a Bruce Springsteen-loving, "very liberal guy," …

Marty Watt: the return of Philadelphia's musical performance-poetry legend by Laurie Conrad

Original Zombies invade Keswick theater to 'Odessey and Oracle,' new material by Laurie Conrad