Howard Shapiro
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Phoenix Best, straight to Broadway and now playing her home town
The actress, from Philadelphia's Mt. Airy, graduated from DeSales University and became a Broadway understudy only a month after arriving in New York.
7 years ago
Listen 4:38At home, strangely, with ‘The Brownings’ (Orbiter 3 stage company)
Competition, love, and the bizarre back-and-forth between Elizabeth Barrett Browning and husband Robert. How does she love him? Don't even think about counting the ways.
7 years ago
‘My Fair Lady’ dancing down the runway
Backed by two pianos, Quintessence Theatre Group produces an enchanting musical whose roots stretch back to ancient Greece and Rome.
7 years ago
Listen 3:23‘Crimes of the Heart,’ and maybe the play (Curio Theatre Company)
Three sisters have a very bad day, especially in this telling.
7 years ago
‘The Craftsman’ and another craftsman’s new play (Lantern Theater Company)
Bruce Graham's play, in its world premiere, is a riveting piece about an art dealer charged with treason.
7 years ago
Listen 2:14Skillfully capturing the essence of ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ (Arden Theatre Company)
The audience helps actor Scott Greer deliver this tale of a man with a mom who attempts suicide and his list that supplies reasons for living.
7 years ago
Was ‘The New World’ ever this flashy? (Bucks County Playhouse)
A world premiere musical offers the fun side of Pilgrims and Native Americans that we never saw. (Neither did they!)
7 years ago
Expanding the truth in ‘Broken Stones’ (InterAct Theatre Company)
A Marine sets out on a mission to recover antiquities in Iraq. A ghostwriter has her own ideas about the details.
7 years ago
Headlong into ‘The Gap’ (Azuka Theatre)
Aliens have invaded her, one sister tells another in a beguiling world-premiere play.
7 years ago
‘Lights Out’ turns the spotlight on the legacy of entertainer Nat King Cole
A new musical by Philadelphia native Colman Domingo is set in the ‘50s and examines issues of race through the iconic character of Nat King Cole.
7 years ago
Listen 4:16Living ‘By the Bog of Cats’ (Irish Heritage Theatre)
Family history repeats itself in a play by one of Ireland's current leading playwrights.
7 years ago
A different sort of bloodstream for ‘Blood Wedding’ (Wilma Theater)
An old play becomes an altogether new experience in this adaptation of Federico García Lorca's classic.
7 years ago