Shapiro on Theater
Review: ‘The Train Driver’ and his derailment
It’s an all-too-common story around the world: a train comes down the tracks, a despondent person runs in its way.
It’
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10 years ago
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Review: A smoldering ‘Midsummer’ love
The endearing little show called “Midsummer,” in a smartly done production by Inis Nua Theatre Company, is told much like a s
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10 years ago
Sneak peek: New stuff, locally grown
Next season’s production lineups are floating in like spring breezes. The area’s 50-plus professional stage companies – the
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10 years ago
Sylvester Stallone’s fictional character Rocky is once again fighting in the ring, this time in a musical that’s settled onto
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Review: ‘The Rise and Fall of Little Voice,’ but mostly the fall
For perhaps 10 minutes, an actress named Ellie Mooney gets, and grabs, her place in the spotlight.
In a remarkable explosion of ve
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10 years ago
Where is Anton Chekhov when you need him?
The great 19th-century Russian playwright is probably tucked soundly into some celestial
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10 years ago
Review: Winning ‘The West’ with shtik and bravura
Here’s how the West was won: with toe-tapping music, old-fashioned bravura, a good deal of mime and plenty of movement.
And
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10 years ago
Review: Still at war, ‘Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq’
What do you leave out? That may be a question for Paula Vogel, the celebrated playwright whose new work opened in a world premiere at Wil
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10 years ago
Review: From Bucks County to Broadway, ‘Mothers and Sons’
“Mothers and Sons,” has gone the way of several plays that first came to life on the Bucks County Playhouse stage: Broadway.
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10 years ago
Review: ‘Laughter on the 23rd Floor’ at times
Bah-da-BOOM! That’s the nutshell description of Neil Simon’s “Laughter on the 23rd Floor,” the compendiu
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10 years ago
Review: When ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ is a potent mix
If the Walnut Street Theatre, which is 205 years old, doesn’t know how to gently roast an old chestnut to bring out its taste, then
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10 years ago
Review: The demons and delusions of ‘Hinckley’
When your role model is Lee Harvey Oswald, you know you’re in trouble.
Except that John W. Hinckley Jr. didn’t. He als
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10 years ago
Review: ‘Accomplice’ to a crazy mix-up
What happens when the actors and the characters they portray get all mixed up? You get Rupert Holmes’ clever and bizarre “Acc
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10 years ago
Review: Broadway’s ‘Rocky,’ but still Philly’s fighter
Can a bum from the neighborhood ever be anything more?
You sense the underlying sadness right away. It gave the original “Ro
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11 years ago
Review: A ‘Skin & Bone’ with plenty of meat
Down in the Florida panhandle, where the Old South still reigns, two sisters and their house rapidly decline. The ladies’ knees and
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11 years ago