Shapiro on Theater

The stunning production of “The Glass Menagerie” at Act II Playhouse in Ambler is all the more stunning because it never trie ...

Arden Theatre glides steadily through the broad sweep of Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations” – and when it comes to ...

The comedian and theater artist Adrienne Truscott immediately begins her one-woman “Asking For It” with a piece of shtik that ...

Is there such a thing as being close to the truth, or is that the definition of a lie? Well, it is not a matter of truth or fiction, but ...

Too bad that the national tour of Disney’s “Newsies” is running at the Academy of Music only through the weekend, becau ...

The news that the Prince Music Theater, on Chestnut Street in the shadow of City Hall, will be shutting its doors and that its producing ...

(NOTE: A full listing of Barrymore Award winners follows this article.) After a one-year hiatus while ...

Richard II became King of England when he was 10, and in William Shakespeare’s account of the last year of his reign in 1399 before ...

Shouting “fire!” in a crowded theater is forbidden, but what about setting a fire in a crowded theater? That’s ...

The three short one-acts that comprise “A Night with Lady G” offer a rarely seen glimpse into the roots of modern Irish theat ...

At sundown Thursday, a Jewish holy day, I went to see the opening of a play called “Bad Jews,” and I would’ve been way ...

Theory is great for illuminating ideas, but it can’t hold a candle to reality. The proof – threatrically, at least – is at the ...

In the intriguing and very cool “Ciphers,” which is getting its American premiere from Inis Nua Theatre Company in Center Cit ...

It’s difficult enough to produce a plausible “Macbeth” on a stage inside a theater, so hats off to Revolution Shakespea ...

You never hear anything about the terrible real event that led Scottish playwright David Greig to create “The Events,” which ...