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Shapiro on Theater

 Tom Helmer, chairman of the Actors' Equity local and stage manager at InterAct Theatre Company, at Monday night's celebration of the union's centennial. (Howard Shapiro/for NewsWorks).
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

In Philadelphia, Actors’ Equity celebrates a new century

The union meeting at the Wilma Theater in Center City wasn’t your typical one – but then, Actors’ Equity isn’t your t ...

10 years ago

 Scott Greer and  Carey Van Driest in Cape May Stage's
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Lending a tenor, down the shore

Attention all Philadelphians down the Shore and all Shore people down there, too: If you’ve never enjoyed the silly pleasures of ...

10 years ago

 Off-stage, at Bucks County Playhouse: producing director Jed Bernstein (left) and playwright Terrence McNally. Photo courtesy of Mandee Kuenzle.
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Bucks County Playhouse: Rebuilding a reputation

Bucks County Playhouse, known about 60 years ago as a theatrical playground where high-level talent could flex muscles by trying out new ...

10 years ago

 In front of the cast of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: You’re doin’ fine, ‘Oklahoma!’

There’s no skimping in the big-theater production of “Oklahoma!” that opens this season’s Pennsylvania Shakespear ...

10 years ago

 The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre's season included
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Podcast: Brush up your Shakespeare

Philadelphia’s most produced playwright this season is eloquent and groundbreaking and his themes are universal. He’s ...

10 years ago

 Tyne Daly and Manoel Felciano in Bucks County Playhouse's world premiere production of Terrence McNally's
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: The ‘Mothers and Sons’ reunion, in a Terrence McNally premiere

In Terrence McNally’s “Mothers and Sons,” a taut, terrific new play getting the world-premiere it deserves at Bucks Cou ...

10 years ago

 Eric Scotolati as Tom in Renegade Company's
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Glass: Shattered’ is jagged, indeed

Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” is a memory play, and the new “Glass: Shattered” — a shaky and self-consci ...

10 years ago

 Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce in a scene from the current Broadway production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

A Tony-winning show, coming to a theater near you

Philadelphia audiences will have a chance to see Sunday’s night’s Tony winner for best new play – “Vanya and Sonia an ...

10 years ago

 David Ingram, Bi Jean Ngo and Victoria Chau in InterAct Theatre Company's
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: Under the skin of ‘Some Other Kind of Person’

Sometimes, it’s just no good to be good. If there’s any lesson for the clueless jerk who thinks he’s a hero in the enjo ...

10 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: A tough all-nighter in ‘Barcelona’

The new play “Barcelona,” at People’s Light & Theatre Company in Malvern, is like Las Ramblas, that city’s fa ...

10 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: With ‘Totem,’ Cirque du Soleil soars

Here’s just some of what you’ll see under the Grand Chapiteau — the huge tent — set up at Camden’s waterf ...

10 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Venus in Fur’ nearly gets kinky

Is it hot in here, or is it just me? Hoo-boy! It’s not just me. It’s the entire Suzanne Roberts Theatre, where the Phi ...

10 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Spring Awakening’ awake yet groggy

Hormones are erupting all over the place at Theatre Horizon’s “Spring Awakening” in Norristown – I nearly slipped and ...

10 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: ‘Lend Me a Tenor’ but give me a romp

Someone asked me if I’ve seen the current local production of “Lend Me a Tenor,” and I burst out laughing. That pretty ...

10 years ago

Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Review: “Lysistrata,” still protesting

The women of ancient Athens are feeling repressed. They have equal rights, they even have the vote, but now the all-male Senate is trying ...

10 years ago

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