Howard Shapiro

The playwright Neil LaBute is confrontational in a raw way – his characters go full-force at each other, social filters removed. ...

Marching into hell for a heavenly cause has its problems – too many heavenly causes turn out to be not altogether divine. So it ...

Hold on to your hats.     The particulars TITLE: “Brainpeople” PLAYWRIGHT: Jose Rivera ...

In the spitfire production of “Glengarry Glen Ross” at the Eagle Theatre in Hammonton, N.J., the characters don’t simpl ...

You can slip into 1812 Productions’ annual satire called “This Is the Week That Is” as if it were a comfy, old – and ...

This is a Philadelphia season of sensational acting – performances so finely-tuned yet organic, you can be forgiven for confusing the c ...

How can a theater company have a national impact on the art as a whole? By finding a way to export its hometown talent. Live theat ...

Congratulations to Quintessence Theatre Group for producing Eugene O’Neill’s “Mourning Becomes Electra,” a bold u ...

It’s an all-too-common story around the world: a train comes down the tracks, a despondent person runs in its way. It’ ...

The endearing little show called “Midsummer,” in a smartly done production by Inis Nua Theatre Company, is told much like a s ...

Next season’s production lineups are floating in like spring breezes. The area’s 50-plus professional stage companies – the ...

Sylvester Stallone’s fictional character Rocky is once again fighting in the ring, this time in a musical that’s settled onto ...