Shapiro on Theater
Reviews: “The Misanthrope” and “Othello” — thoroughly modern, thoroughly not
Who says you have to be old-fashioned to be classic? Heck, who says you need to be classic to be … classic?
Moliere wrote
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10 years ago
Review: ‘North of the Boulevard’ yet south of something real
“North of the Boulevard,” the new drama by prolific Philadelphia-based playwright Bruce Graham, is gritty – but is it true
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10 years ago
Review: ‘It’s My Party,’ women, and the deeper meaning of laughter
The new and innovative play “It’s My Party: The Women and Comedy Project” reaches into three different theatrical world
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10 years ago
A Critic’s Notebook: Philly’s slice in Broadway’s big pie
Every year for the past few years, Philadelphia has made at least one major appearance on Broadway. This season, it’s in a compelli
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10 years ago
Review: In Broadway’s ‘Orphans,’ brothers and the City of Brotherly Love
“Orphans,” a gripping play that opened Thursday night on Broadway, is about brothers — and it’s full of the City
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10 years ago
Review: ‘A Raisin in the Sun,’ and still fresh
If mama ain’t happy in Walter Dallas’ tight, convincing production of “A Raisin in the Sun,” then nobody is.
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10 years ago
Reviews: Keeping time with PIFA
Time is the theme of this year’s Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts. The festival, with more than 50 shows and events
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10 years ago
Review: ‘Timon of Athens’ has his rare day
If you’re looking for a play about a man of high standing who falls from grace and spends his latter days crazed and in the forest,
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10 years ago
Review: Lantern Theater’s ‘Henry V’
William Shakespeare is his own best apologist. His “Henry V,” essentially a battle play with time off for knaves and love, ca
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10 years ago
Review: Betting on the evolution of Bristol’s ‘Pirates of Penzance’
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that over the last nights, Bristol Riverside Theatre’s large-scale production (two doze
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11 years ago
Review: One ‘Seminar’ you’ll remember
“Seminar” is a bulls-eye comedy about the power of words and the fragility of the writers who use them — and as an adde
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11 years ago
Review: ‘Good People’ trapped in their enclave
The Boston neighborhood called Southie is a hardscrabble part of town, and it merits a play with the same sensibility — the smart, funn
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11 years ago
Review: A heartfelt ‘Trip to Bountiful’
I would tell you that the best reason to go see the late Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful” is the extraordinary pe
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11 years ago
Review: ‘Under the Whaleback’ — Steering a wobbly script
Is life really a journey and not a destination? “Under the Whaleback” — a caustic play being given a terrific production by
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11 years ago
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