Shapiro on Theater
Review: The flash (and not) of ‘Flashdance’
This just in, from the stage of “Flashdance: The Musical” at the Academy of Music: The three majestic rivers that define the
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11 years ago
Review: Two times around with ‘I Am My Own Wife’
Among several neat things about Charlie DelMarcelle’s current run at Theatre Horizon, as the singularly eccentric German transvesti
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11 years ago
Review: ‘Elf’ dropped to Earth, as a holiday stage musical
The movie “Elf” is a sweet little holiday heart-tug. So is the musical taken from the movie and now on the Walnut Street Thea
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Review: Class and race in a fiery ‘Stick Fly’
The glib fast-talk in “Stick Fly” – and there’s a ton of it in the richly plotted play now at the Arden Theatre – m
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Cutting the ribbon on Arden Theatre’s second building
At the 25-year-old Arden Theatre Company on Second Street, things were getting really tight inside its building with common areas and two
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Review: Weighing in on ‘Hands Across Veronica’
The fuzzy-brained comedy “Hands Across Veronica,” at Walking Fish Theatre in Kensington, is supposed to make us think in some
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Review: ‘We Are Proud to Present’ with misgivings
There’s not much difference between real life and acting — that’s what playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury ultimately sugg
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Philadelphia theater celebrates with cash awards and a posthumous honor
A production of a musical about mental illness, a theater artist with a broad interest in performance, and a spunky stage company devoted
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Review: ‘The Woman in Black’ — are you scared yet?
Shouldn’t “The Woman in Black” send chills through you? I thought that’s what this theatrical ghost story was all
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Review: ‘Pride & Prejudice’ sealed with a kiss
Ahhhh, the kiss. The kiss seals the deal for Jon Jory’s adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” at Bristol Riverside Theatr
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Could I be the only person who viscerally dislikes “Once?” Its many fans talk about the Broadway musical, whose national tour
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Review: ‘She Stoops to Conquer’ by extremes
Hooray for hyperbole!!!!! When it works, it’s the wind beneath the wings, to quote a song that works with plenty of it. (When it do
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11 years ago
Critic’s Notebook: Gender-swapped Romeo provocative, but is it effective theater?
Reports that the small and feisty Curio Theatre Company in West Philadelphia has been getting hate mail — even a death threat — aimed
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Review: The ‘Cock’ of two different walks
John is having the quandary of his young-adult life. He’s fallen in love unexpectedly with a divorced woman who also loves him and
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Review: ‘The Devil’s Music’ is in the details
When we first see blues singer Bessie Smith descend the stairs of an after-hours joint in the show “The Devil’s Music,”
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