To be? Brainstorming 'Hamlet' By Toby Zinman

The air is electric as the director and two actors do their "table work,' delving into the play.

Broken spirits healing in fair Philadelphia By Carrie Rickey

Albee, in Phila., revisits the zoo, and the story is a powerful one By Howard Shapiro

'Doubt' to 'Defiance': Shanley vs. Marines By A.D. Amorosi

Devon's curtain rising. By Howard Shapiro and Christopher Wink

Live, from the Northeast - it's theater

Talking with Edward Albee By Toby Zinman

The playwright on genesis of "At Home at the Zoo."

Culture clash in N.J. over budget By Edward Colimore

Enjoyable, but played for yuks instead of satire By Toby Zinman

Since '04, a real metamorphosis for Frog and Toad By Wendy Rosenfield

Phila. arts groups win $3.7 million in grants By Stephan Salisbury

A 'Twelfth Night' renewed, gorgeously saluting romance By Toby Zinman

'Iron Kisses' at Act II Playhouse By Wendy Rosenfield

Young troupe delivers in 'Wozzeck' By David Patrick Stearns

Dramatic dream come true By Howard Shapiro

Rock-driven musical diversity By Nicole Pensiero

Tour highlights the many aspects of Duncan Sheik.

Whole lotta Sheik'n: At the Keswick, Duncan Sheik blends pop and Broadway By JONATHAN TAKIFF

LuPone and Patinkin: Less fire, more flame By Wendy Rosenfield

Unhinged onstage By David Patrick Stearns

Stints as the Frankenstein monster and Jud Fry have prepared Shuler Hensley for the title role in the opera "Wozzeck."

A Year With Frog and Toad at the Arden By Toby Zinman

A Year With Frog and Toad is the amphibian Odd Couple.

Frank Ford, radio pioneer and DA's husband, dies By Sally A. Downey

Phila. fine-arts scene goes where youth are By Christopher Wink

YouTube, Facebook, Twitter are hot spots for tapping the online social-network crowd.

'The Philly Fan,' just as fresh as Oct. 29 By Howard Shapiro

An upbeat Sondheim, offering answers By David Patrick Stearns

Stephen Sondheim seems utterly puzzled by the observation that he's so relaxed and easygoing these days. "Well, why not?" he says.

This stagy 'Dying City' is terminally deliberate By Howard Shapiro

New theater rises in Camden By Howard Shapiro

On Feb. 6, the theater opened Davis' slightly revised Mass Appeal, which will run through Sunday.