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Major drama is unfolding at the Merriam Theater.
The University of the Arts, which owns this jewel on the Avenue of the Arts, is scrambling to keep it from going dark at the end of the month.
It's a splendid production, bursting with talent, of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.
Walk into Act II Playhouse in Ambler and you get a warning. NOTICE FROM THE PLAYWRIGHT, it says in bold, black letters on the inside cover of the playbill for the musical I Sent a Letter to My Love, whose book and lyrics are by Jeffrey Sweet, with music by singer-composer Melissa Manchester.
Tony winner Terrence McNally, who seemingly has adopted the Philadelphia Theatre Company, will world-premiere yet another play here.
I don't fault Mann, the McCarter's versatile artistic director, for attempting to display her character's full intellectual range, but I wish she would have reined the character in.
The audience came for Lansbury, and she delivered the goods. And although Deuce is entertaining, one might wish her celebrated return to Broadway had been in a stronger play.
Bundy's performance soars, a great big blonde joke that pays off over and over.
Huntingdon Valley's Jarrod Spector is channeling Frankie Valli, as he's just landed a primo role in the national tour of the Broadway hit Jersey Boys, the story of the Four Seasons.
A Theatre Ariel play opening tonight celebrates the drama and joy of a large Jewish community's transformation into a multiethnic community.
The biggest problem with The Pirate Queen - which has its moments - is that it begins on a high pitch and remains feverish throughout, never earning its climaxes.
