Theater
Theatre Exile Wins Big at 2015 Barrymore Awards
It was a big night for Theatre Exile as the company’s production The Whale took home a ton of Barrymore Awards, making them the most-winning theater of the year at […]
REVIEW: Equivocation at Arden Theatre Company
The deeply satirical, deeply dark, and deeply humorous Equivocation opened this Wednesday evening at the Arden’s Arcadia Stage, and the Bill Cain play is so good […]
REVIEW: Bullets Over Broadway at Academy of Music
Olive, a stripper who wants to be a serious actress, says this of her previous stage experience in the musical Bullets Over Broadway: “I call it interpretive […]
Luna Theater Homeless After Two Years at The Parish House
Luna Theater sent out an email to its supporters this morning notifying them that the company is essentially homeless after being housed for two years in […]
REVIEW: Theatre Exile’s Rizzo
A special theatrical alchemy happens when a great actor plays a bigger-than-life, flawed but charismatic personality. Think of Orson Welles’s Charles Foster Kane, Burt Lancaster’s […]
REVIEW: Wilma Theater’s Antigone
When I was a theater student, I was fascinated by stories of the Greek tragedies in their earliest performances — multi-day outdoor festivals, attended by […]
Inis Nua Theatre Company “Hooks” Fergie’s Pub for Season Opener
It makes a lot of sense that a theater company whose mission is to stage provocative theater from Ireland, Scotland and Wales might get a little […]
Late Mayor Frank Rizzo Comes to Life in New Stage Play
Play readings don’t normally culminate in shouting matches or near-fistfights, but leave it to this world premiere about our controversial late mayor to change that. […]
Arden Theatre Company’s Latest to Be Set in a 2,600-Gallon Pool
If you know the work of Mary Zimmerman, the theatre artist whose play Metamorphoses opens the season of Philly’s Arden Theatre Company this year, you know […]
9 Must-See Independent Shows at the Fringe Festival
As usual, there’s way too much to see at this year’s 19th iteration of the Fringe Festival, with 143 different events split between the “curated” […]
10 Must-See Curated Shows at the 2015 Fringe Festival
As usual, there’s way too much to see at this year’s 19th iteration of the Fringe Festival, with 143 different events split between the “curated” […]
2015 Barrymore Nominees Announced, Suburban Companies Lead the Pack
It’s a story of outsiders … outside of Philly, that is. The 2015 Barrymore Award nominees for Philadelphia Theatre Excellence were announced this afternoon. Norristown-based Theatre Horizon‘s […]
Gender Transition to Unfold on Stage in Local Theater Series
The [redacted] Theater Company will present the first in a series documenting one person’s gender transformation at the FringeArts Festival from August 28th to the 30th. This Damned Body Is Carved […]
Arden Delays 2015-2016 Season Due to Pope Visit
The Arden Theatre Company announced today that it’s pushing back its 2015-2016 season due to Pope Francis’s visit at the end of September. But only by a little. […]