Howard Shapiro

The fuzzy-brained comedy “Hands Across Veronica,” at Walking Fish Theatre in Kensington, is supposed to make us think in some ...

There’s not much difference between real life and acting — that’s what playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury ultimately sugg ...

A production of a musical about mental illness, a theater artist with a broad interest in performance, and a spunky stage company devoted ...

Shouldn’t “The Woman in Black” send chills through you? I thought that’s what this theatrical ghost story was all ...

Ahhhh, the kiss. The kiss seals the deal for Jon Jory’s adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” at Bristol Riverside Theatr ...

Could I be the only person who viscerally dislikes “Once?” Its many fans talk about the Broadway musical, whose national tour ...

Hooray for hyperbole!!!!! When it works, it’s the wind beneath the wings, to quote a song that works with plenty of it. (When it do ...

Reports that the small and feisty Curio Theatre Company in West Philadelphia has been getting hate mail — even a death threat — aimed ...

John is having the quandary of his young-adult life. He’s fallen in love unexpectedly with a divorced woman who also loves him and ...

When we first see blues singer Bessie Smith descend the stairs of an after-hours joint in the show “The Devil’s Music,” ...

Every now and then, a grandma will tell you how great it is to have grandkids – they come, they share the love, and after a while their ...

  If a play called “Blink” were a short story, I might even read it twice — it ...