
Performing Arts
A ‘Dream Girl,’ overwhelmed by her space with Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium
Her mind takes off into daydreams, but the play is earth-bound by echoing sound where it's performed.
6 years ago
Opera Philadelphia to open next season with a Russian tragedy
Opera Philadelphia has commissioned “Denis and Katya,” an opera based on the 2016 shooting deaths of two Russian teens in a self-inflicted explosion of violence.
6 years ago
‘Hype Man’ and the kitchen sink at InterAct Theatre Company
Hip-hop performers argue over the purpose of a public forum.
6 years ago
Chekhov comes in threes as Philly-area theaters present ‘Three Sisters’ three times
It’s an accidental triple-threat as three regional theater companies simultaneously produce variations of Chekhov’s classic ‘Three Sisters.’
6 years ago
Listen 4:41High-pitched fun: ‘A Comedy of Tenors’ at Walnut Street Theatre
At a huge event with four tenors at a stadium in Paris, what could go wrong? Everything.
6 years ago
All it takes is ’74 Seconds … to Judgment’ at Arden Theatre Company
A homicide case, dissected in a jury deliberation room.
6 years ago
Shaking it up with ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (Wilma Theater)
It's not your high-school teacher's Shakespeare.
6 years ago
‘Oleanna,’ overtaken by real life (Walnut Street Theatre)
A student confronts her prof with allegations of sexual abuse. Was he simply patronizing, or was he pushing limits?
6 years ago
Lantern Theater Company’s ‘Betrayal,’ carefully looking back
Harold Pinter's quiet depiction of a love triangle, in a production that highlights its strength.
6 years ago
Bidding farewell to ‘Hello, Dolly!’: Actress Carol Channing dies at 97
Channing's trademark platinum blond hair framed a face that always seemed to be smiling, her wide-eyed innocent style belied a very savvy mind, and her voice was unmistakable.
6 years ago
Enduring lessons from Arden’s ‘Charlotte’s Web’
After I read E. B. White’s children’s classic Charlotte’s Web when I was in third grade, I adamantly decided that I would be a vegetarian.
6 years ago
Sewing for strutting: Next generation helps Mummers step up their costume game
The Avalon String Band — a Mummers club on Two Street — recruited a design graduate to upgrade their costumes and save them money.
6 years ago
Dark and dreary? Light and peppy? ‘Oliver!’ at Quintessence Theatre Group
The script to the musical isn't so sterling, and the production tries to make it something it's not. So come for the show's well-written music.
6 years ago
A fresh, new look at ‘A Christmas Carol’ (Lantern Theater Co.)
Anthony Lawton is the storyteller in this recreation of the tale of transformation.
6 years ago
In Walnut Street Theatre’s ‘Matilda,’ being smart is not enough
The musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's fantasy brings the book's cartoonish — and nasty — characters alive.
7 years ago