Shapiro on Theater

The heavy-hitting playwright Tom Stoppard has a special way of thinking, and that’s what makes him a singular voice. He ties ...

Let’s take a moment to consider the mismanagement that defines American business leadership in the new century. On second thought, ...

What’s a poor believer to do? The abbey is falling apart. No one in the village seems able to contribute even a penny for prayer. ...

In Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical play “Chapter Two,” we’re asked to believe that two people in a whirlwind l ...

Allow me, please, to be the heretic in the sanctuary. The many fans of 11th Hour Theatre Company will see its “Altar Boyz” pr ...

“So all we could do was to Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! And we did not like it. Not one little bit.” Aw, too bad for a gloomy brother ...

One of the endearing qualities of the late Woody Guthrie, a man whose plain-talk songs are now well-woven into the fabric of our folk cul ...

The playwright Neil LaBute is confrontational in a raw way – his characters go full-force at each other, social filters removed. ...

Marching into hell for a heavenly cause has its problems – too many heavenly causes turn out to be not altogether divine. So it ...

Hold on to your hats.     The particulars TITLE: “Brainpeople” PLAYWRIGHT: Jose Rivera ...

In the spitfire production of “Glengarry Glen Ross” at the Eagle Theatre in Hammonton, N.J., the characters don’t simpl ...

You can slip into 1812 Productions’ annual satire called “This Is the Week That Is” as if it were a comfy, old – and ...

This is a Philadelphia season of sensational acting – performances so finely-tuned yet organic, you can be forgiven for confusing the c ...

How can a theater company have a national impact on the art as a whole? By finding a way to export its hometown talent. Live theat ...

Congratulations to Quintessence Theatre Group for producing Eugene O’Neill’s “Mourning Becomes Electra,” a bold u ...