202 stories from theculturalcritic.com
In honor of the new production of Ragtime by Arden Theatre (with excellent cast, innovative staging and superb musical direction) we are reprinting this story about the making of Ragtime, fr…
Dot, written and directed by Colman Domingo. Through October 20, 2019 at People's Light, 39 Conestoga Road, Malvern, PA. Â A comedy about a person with Alzheimers may seem like an outrage…
And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens, by Tennessee Williams; directed by Lane Savadove, September 2019 at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Â The surprise hit of the 2019 Philadel…
An Iliad, performed by Jason Greenfield at Millésimé, 33 North 2nd Street, Philadelphia, as part of the 2019 Fringe Festival. Â This 2012 adaptation of Homer's story came back to Philad…
Our Town by Thornton Wilder. Peoples Light, Malvern Pa through August 25, 2019. Â The new production of Our Town by Peoples Light is unique. The company is using the talents of singer-act…
Amaluna by Cirque du Soleil, at Oaks, Pennsylvania, through August 25. Â This Cirque du Soleil production is one of the best ever. It premiered in 2012 but this is its first visit to the …
Mud Row by Dominique Morisseau at Peoples Light Theater, Malvern, PA, through August 4, 2019. Â Most critics have characterized this play's subject as family legacies. That is true. I'd l…
Rodgers & Hammerstein's first collaboration is more than 75 years old"and it's having a startling rebirth. A country-style production on Broadway just won a Tony as the best musical revi…
Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick & Joseph Stein. National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene in New York City. Â I regret that I waited so long before seeing this wonderful …
Indecent by Paula Vogel. Arden Theatre, Philadelphia, through June 23, 2019. Â Indecent is a wide-ranging play that speaks to multiple issues. It covers many decades, moves across contine…
A Number by Caryl Churchill, through June 9, 2019, at People's Light Theatre, Malvern, PA Â A Pennsylvania political figure this month disclosed that he recently learned that he has a num…
Legally Blonde the Musical, music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin; based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the M-G-M motion picture; through July 21, 2019 at the Walnut Stree…
The Temptations are one of the most popular music groups of all-time. They left a huge footprint on the industry, and now they've extended to Broadway. Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of…
One of the landmarks of Broadway is its constant innovation year after year, and the most innovative show of this season is Hadestown. This musical from composer Anaïs Mitchell started as…
"Master Harold"… and the Boys by Athol Fugard. Lane Savadove directs for EgoPo Classic Theater through April 7, 2019, at the Latvian Society Theater, 531 N. 7th Street, Philadelphia. Â …
The Few by Samuel D. Hunter, Matthew Decker directing through April 7, 2019, at Theatre Horizon, Norristown, PA Â The Few starts slowly, and gradually unfolds to reveal an interesting cha…
Miss Saigon by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, and Richard Maltby Jr. Directed by Laurence Connor. Broadway Philadelphia through March 31, 2019, at the Academy of Music, 240 S. B…
Rent has reached the status of a classic. The audience at the Merriam Theatre of the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia treated it that way as the national touring production opened for a five-da…
Fans of Dancing With The Stars were disappointed when we heard there would be no spring season in 2019, for the first time in the show's history. This left a long gap in between seasons when…
There are two strong reasons to welcome a revival of the musical Lolita, My Love, which is being staged at the York Theatre at Saint Peter's from February 23 through March 3 as part of its "…
Awake and Sing! by Clifford Odets. Quintessence Theare Group at the Sedgewick Theatre in Philadelphia through February 24, 2019. Max Shulman directs. Awake and Sing! dramatizes issues…
The Bridges of Madison County. Philadelphia Theatre Company through March 3, 2019.  For its second production " and first musical " since its reorganization, Philadelphia The…
Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw, a new version with additional scenes by Chelsea Marcantel. Bud Martin directs at Delaware Theater Company, Wilmington Delaware through February 24, 2019. &…
Three Sisters Two by Reza de Wet. Brenna Geffers directs for EgoPo Classic Theater, Philadelphia, February 2019. There's a connection between Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, Reza de We…
A Comedy of Tenors by Ken Ludwig. Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, through March 3, 2019. Ken Ludwig has a talent for writing farces that are extremely challenging for the actors.…
