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André De Shields conjures Louis Armstrong back to vibrant and captivating life in Ambassador Satch, but the show has to struggle with the inescapable fact of what happened to the jazz icon'…
Because of poor ticket sales to The Tale of the Allergist's Wife attributed to last week's snowstorm, the Forrest Theatre has taken the unusual step of offering discounts of up to $25 on tic…
You have to be careful when you take on an August Wilson play.
On the surface - and the Academy of Music is known for its grandiose surfaces - the outlook is great. "I always wanted to get in there," said Cameron Mackintosh, producer of the megamusicals…
The problem I have is with musicals. The basic concept of actors' speaking to one another like normal human beings one minute, and then throwing out any allegiance to plot or character development the next as they burst into song, is downright goofy.
The Inky's rock critic thumbs his nose at musicals.
FYI: His email address is at the bottom of the article...
The Prince Music Theater's new Greenhouse performance series aims to cultivate "imaginative and daring work that does not fit neatly into any category," and Striking 12 certainly fits most o…
Caustic, politically incorrect comedian Jackie Mason isn't hurting for material these days. "There's plenty of things in the newspaper every morning for me to talk about," the grizzled social commentator said. "It's a wonderful time for me."
Peter Pan & Wendy, the musical the Prince Music Theater is premiering as its family holiday show, doesn't stack up very well against its memorable predecessor.
Well, I thought it was wonderful. So there!!
The Australian film director's pop-inspired Broadway staging of "La Boheme" blurs cultural lines and stirs ticket lines.
With Jennie Eisenhower and Aaron Paul.
After an absence of five years, the Prince Music Theater is resuming its cabaret series in grand style with Christine Andreas.
NEW YORK - Regina Taylor, the creator of Crowns, the exuberant show that celebrates and defines what hats mean to African American women, has something of a guilty secret in her closet.
Dr. Lee's professorial insight into art, theater, books and movies was a regular feature on WFLN-FM (95.7) and WCAU-TV, where he was a part of the John Facenda era at Channel 10.
The University of Pennsylvania English professor was the television station's cultural arts expert for eight years until he was replaced by entertainment critic Dennis Cunningham in 1973.
"The management told him he was too much like the New York Times when what they really wanted was the Daily News," said Dr. Lee's wife, Ruth Sarah Micali Lee.
He was also a good friend of Carol Channing.
The actor's ultimate nightmare came true during the Thursday night performance of Every Good Boy Deserves Favor at the Kimmel Center.
I was there, and this article is very accurate.
In creating music to go with Tom Stoppard's one-act stage dystopia, Andre Previn chose to imitate Shostakovich, with a little Prokofiev and Bernstein thrown in for good measure.
Both verbally and visually, Tom Stoppard's Every Good Boy Deserves Favor is crammed with geometric references, and the imagery fits a provocative and amusing piece that is weakened by its attempt to travel along parallel lines.
I saw EGBDF last night. Fascinating, but it didn't quite work for me. And seeing Richard Easton and Paul Hecht forget their lines repeatedly didn't help.
He portrays a number of characters in the play Stones in His Pockets, at the Annenberg Center.
The theater is about to start a campaign to build a second performance space next to the original.
The defining moment in the Prince Music Theater's production of Rodgers' and Hart's Pal Joey aptly places Christine Andreas before a mirror for a gorgeous treatment of "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" that's an act of revelation as well as restoration.
I'm going tonight.
How many times have you seen this familiar plot in the movies: The leading lady gets sick at the last minute, the understudy has to step into the role and she's a sensation?
Alice Ripley with the Philly Pops.
