477 stories by "Cameron Kelsall"
Superbly produced by People's Light, Noah Haidle's Birthday Candles sensitively balances the sentimental and the profound as it follows one extraordinary, ordinary woman through her long lif…
A compact and charming new musical comes alive through the music of Cuba. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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The musical & Juliet flips the script on Shakespeare in the most delightful way, and it's easily one of the most enjoyable and important Broadway exports that Philly has seen in years. C…
In his debut recital with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, pianist Leif Ove Andsnes highlighted composers from his home country of Norway. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Inis Nua Theatre transports Greek tragedy to industrial Wales in Gary Owen's Iphigenia in Splott. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
The balance between humor and anguish feels off-kilter in Irish Heritage Theatre's The Beauty Queen of Leenane, now onstage at Plays & Players. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
An overly busy production of Our Town at New Light Theatre impedes the play's flawless structure. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Pianist Daniil Trifonov demonstrated his customary brilliance in a solo recital at Marian Anderson Hall, along with a few quirks. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Lorraine Hansberry's enduring classic A Raisin in the Sun returns to People's Light in an entertaining but uneven production starring longtime company member Melanye Finister. Cameron Kelsal…
Walnut Street Theatre's revival of Hay Fever lacks the brilliant displays of wit one expects from a Noël Coward comedy of manners. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
For more than 10 years, theater critic Cameron Kelsall heard from publicist Carrie Gorn each week, tirelessly pitching clients' work with her distinctive joy for the art form. Here at BSR, i…
EgoPo Classic Theater's Queer Revolutions season opens with a reworking of Mae West's The Drag that often feels condescending toward its source material. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Here There Are Blueberries, a touring production of Moisés Kaufman's Tectonic Theater Project now onstage at McCarter Theatre Center, grapples with how to present the history of the Holocau…
Peter Schmitz is a leading expert on the history of our theater scene, and his new book, Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia, takes us from the US premiere of Hamlet to the TLA and b…
Quintessence Theatre Group scores a hit with a new production of the Golden Age musical Kiss Me, Kate. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
The Comeuppance at the Wilma considers every weighty topic under the sun as a quintet of unhappy Millennials gather for their 20th high-school reunion, but too often the stakes feel frustrat…
Miriam Battye's play about dating after thirty falls on clichés and mismatched chemistry between its stars. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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The struggle to make art takes center stage in John Logan's Red, now revived by Theatre Exile. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Our cynical critic is unexpectedly charmed by this classic romcom. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Director Jamie Lloyd's take on Andrew Lloyd Webber throws Hollywood glitz and glamour aside. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Philadelphia Artists' Collective continues its history of inventive productions by staging August Strindberg's Dance of Death at the Franklin Inn Club, with a chance for the audience to ming…
James Ijames takes on the weighty topic of gentrification in Good Bones with this production at New York's Public Theater, but the play itself is still in need of renovation. Cameron Kelsall…
Inis Nua opens its season with an ambitious, revitalized adaptation of The Playboy of the Western World. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
A lack of laughs and reliance on stereotyping hampers the feminist farce POTUS, now onstage at the Arden. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Philadelphia-based soprano Amanda O'Toole makes a memorable impression in a rare performance of Arnold Schönberg's Erwartung, presented in the Fringe by Liberty City Arts. Cameron Kelsall r…
