Searing 'Glengarry' is on the money By Desmond Ryan

On your way out of Glengarry Glen Ross, you might feel an overwhelming urge to make sure that your money is still in your wallet. You might even want to check that the fillings are still in …

Showstoppers to Remember

Should lack of a showstopper sink the show? By David Patrick Stearns

Broadway and the boffo number

Broadway's flying-car ride is long, wandering By Desmond Ryan

In N.Y. revival of 'Streetcar,' there's nary a hint of desire By Desmond Ryan

John C. Reilly just doesn't have the raw sex appeal to carry the Stanley Kowalski role.

Cabaret piece not quite airborne<br> David Jackson can talk and dance, but his singing sags where it should swell. By Douglas J. Keating

Born and raised in Philadelphia, David Jackson made a career in show business, primarily as a member of the chorus of several Broadway musicals. Now in his mid-50s, he has returned to his ho…

Feeble competition makes this middling musical shine By Desmond Ryan

The Light in the Piazza is composed with considerable creativity and presented with real flair by director Bartlett Sher and his design team, but it is not the bright ray of hope at the end …

Pop musicals - 'popsicals' - hardly a treat By Desmond Ryan

Delving boldly into the legacy of child abuse By Desmond Ryan

After the potent fusion of the merry and the macabre that is the first act of The Pillowman, you wonder where Martin McDonagh can take his characters further.

Reviving 'luscious,' little-seen Broadway shows By Douglas J. Keating

Margery Klain has produced theater in New York, but when it came to realizing a long-held desire to present staged concert revivals of Broadway musicals, she looked no farther than Center Ci…

Theater of the absurd loss By Amy S. Rosenberg

The Philly fans attending "The Philly Fan," the one-man show about the city's sports futility, pretty much know the script by broken heart.

Withered 'Steel Magnolias' By Desmond Ryan

Flawed 'Caesar' rings true in these times By Desmond Ryan

A ghost tale that isn't very spirited By Douglas J. Keating

The snowbound bleakness of the Yukon winter is marvelously realized in the striking set, special effects and lighting for the premiere production of The Bells. If McCarter Theatre had a play…

Don't be cruel? Elvis is slighted By Desmond Ryan

All Shook Up should be interred in a quiet corner of Graceland.

A look at infidelity that's still fresh, funny By Douglas J. Keating

Cathartic arias honor and grieve loss By Howard Shapiro

Out There | In love again forever: Goodbye, Bobby Short By Jeff Weinstein

'Virginia Woolf' sets new standard

Every so often, someone walks onto a Broadway stage and gives a performance that marks a career for life. This season, two someones are doing just that - and in the same play. You need buy o…

A draggy, leaden 'Glass Menagerie'

The Glass Menagerie that opened last night at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre is a revival, but I doubt it. When you revive something, you have to breathe life into it.

Plays of a lifetime By Howard Shapiro

"The Glass Menagerie" and "Virginia Woolf" set the stage for one teen's love affair with art. Decades later, he revisits them in one glorious day of theater.

Braithwaite's 'First Impressions' at Hedgerow by Wendy Rosenfield

Before reviewing Hedgerow Theatre's production of First Impressions, the second public airing of actor Tony Braithwaite's Rich Little fetish, I gotta ask: Have you heard the one about Ronald…

'In the Next Room' shines light on isolation by Wendy Rosenfield

'Superior Donuts' at Arden Theatre: Worth a dunk by Toby Zinman

Dramatic persona by Howard Shapiro

What's a dramaturg? Good question. Let local theater folks who've done that demanding job explain.