Shapiro on Theater
A ‘Dream Girl,’ overwhelmed by her space with Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium
Her mind takes off into daydreams, but the play is earth-bound by echoing sound where it's performed.
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‘Hype Man’ and the kitchen sink at InterAct Theatre Company
Hip-hop performers argue over the purpose of a public forum.
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High-pitched fun: ‘A Comedy of Tenors’ at Walnut Street Theatre
At a huge event with four tenors at a stadium in Paris, what could go wrong? Everything.
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All it takes is ’74 Seconds … to Judgment’ at Arden Theatre Company
A homicide case, dissected in a jury deliberation room.
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Shaking it up with ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (Wilma Theater)
It's not your high-school teacher's Shakespeare.
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‘Oleanna,’ overtaken by real life (Walnut Street Theatre)
A student confronts her prof with allegations of sexual abuse. Was he simply patronizing, or was he pushing limits?
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Lantern Theater Company’s ‘Betrayal,’ carefully looking back
Harold Pinter's quiet depiction of a love triangle, in a production that highlights its strength.
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Dark and dreary? Light and peppy? ‘Oliver!’ at Quintessence Theatre Group
The script to the musical isn't so sterling, and the production tries to make it something it's not. So come for the show's well-written music.
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A fresh, new look at ‘A Christmas Carol’ (Lantern Theater Co.)
Anthony Lawton is the storyteller in this recreation of the tale of transformation.
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In Walnut Street Theatre’s ‘Matilda,’ being smart is not enough
The musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's fantasy brings the book's cartoonish — and nasty — characters alive.
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Two graduate students, into their work but aloof from themselves
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‘The Color Purple,’ going straight for your heart at Theatre Horizon
The musical, in a sterling production, does justice to Alice Walker's book.
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‘I Hate Hamlet’ in a not-so-funny way at Bucks County Playhouse
The ghost of John Barrymore is the liveliest part of the play, and surely of this production.
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An icon returns in ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ at Arden Theatre
Nora, who walks out the door at the end of Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece, is back.
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Two ancients explore the nature of their love in ‘Warplay’ from Azuka Theatre
The war hero Achilles and his friend, Petroclus, consider their love and interdependence.
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