Howard Shapiro

“I’ll be dipped,” says Mertis, the owner of a strange B&B in Gettysburg. And so will we, many times, as we’re ...

As folk heroines go, Lizzie Borden is a highly questionable choice. It’s not just the 40 whacks (or is it 81?), a historically inac ...

The extraordinary range of productions on Philadelphia-area stages this spring is proof that theater here is vibrant – and that lo ...

The extraordinary range of productions on Philadelphia-area stages this spring is proof that theater here is vibrant – and that lo ...

You have your frogs, you have your toads. They have their differences. Frog looks at a pond of cold water and says it’s ref ...

I’ll now do something critics should do only on rare occasions: Review the audience. On a Sunday matinee produced by the Quintessen ...

A new musical called “The Carols,” set during World War II in a hicksville town with too few guys available to cast the annua ...

The unnamed poet in Lantern Theatre’s stunning production of the audacious “An Iliad” gives us, in awe and befuddlement ...

The tin man still needs a heart, the scarecrow lacks a brain and the lion cannot find courage – no matter how many times you see “ ...

Here’s an easy way to spot this season’s Grinches, Scrooges and assorted partypoopers: They’re the ones not smiling at ...

When you see a scrap of paper on the sidewalk, what do you do? Probably nothing, unless you’re cleaning the sidewalk. Then you swee ...

More than long lines or scarce parking, there’s one thing that will keep patrons from attending plays without fail: high ticket pri ...