76 stories by "Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey"
South Camden Theatre Company puts the "amp" in "camp" and the "art" in heart in its production of Matthew López's The Legend of Georgia McBride. Jill Ivey reviews.
InterAct Theatre Company's 35th
anniversary season continues with a world premiere about a distinctly Jewish emigrant experience set not in the Ukraine of 2023, but the post-Soviet Ukraine o…
Philadelphia Theatre Company launches its 2022"2023 season with new artistic directors and a world premiere musical that shines bright despite a disappointing performance from its celebrity …
More a work of theater than a play, Tall Order's Those with 2 Clocks, now onstage at the Wilma, is funny, provocative, and beautifully designed. Jill Ivey reviews.
The Living Gallery, an immersive, walk-through art installation, hosts Fringe performances of Unorthodox Methods of Cosmic Flight, a charmingly maximalist experience following a pair of wann…
Four historical figures, two time-travelers, and one figure whose story is yet to be told dance their way across the centuries Bill & Ted-style in a dance-theater piece about life, art, …
Die-Cast's Baal & Dix is everything a Fringe show is supposed to be: immersive, imaginative, a little inscrutable…and short. Jill Ivey reviews.
Recording a Fringe performance means you can air it again in future festivals. But as "Bon Appétit!" By Julia Child and Lee Hoiby (During a Pandemic!) shows, that's not always a good thing.…
For its 16th production, Shakespeare in Clark Park presents one of Shakespeare's most problematic plays…and a refreshing antidote. Jill Ivey reviews.
Lynn Nottage's modern classic is a funny, fourth-wall-breaking work of art under the direction of Amina Robinson for Lantern Theater Company. Jill Ivey reviews.
The new work by Philly's own Pulitzer Prize winner, James Ijames, explores what gets left behind when a person dies without having authentically lived. Jill Ivey reviews.
Theatre Exile's production of Succession writer Susan Soon He Stanton's charming play shows just how possible it is to feel alone, even when you spend your life talking to other people. Jill…
The Wilma gives Chekhov's classic a chaotic, colorful modern update"complete with a sentient train station departure sign. Jill Ivey reviews.
Drawing parallels between Covid closures and a 1608 outbreak of the plague, Quintessence continues its 2022 return to the stage with two plays that reopened London theaters in 1610. Jill Ive…
Val Dunn's world-premiere play reckons with changes to Carroll County, Maryland, amidst the opioid epidemic and the suburbanization of once-outlying small towns. Jill Ivey reviews.
Following protests by a cohort of Philadelphia artists taking aim at the Walnut's leadership, the theater produces a shlocky, self-indulgent, and sometimes cringeworthy adaptation of Sherloc…
Philadelphia Theatre Company closes out its 2021-22 season with Choir Boy, combining must-see artistry with characters and stories that need more space on our city's stages. Jill Ivey review…
In Two Outta Three, Jennifer Childs and Scott Greer become empty nesters and explore what's next with their signature humor and charm. Jill Ivey reviews.
Taking from Nancy E. Davis's meticulously researched book of the same name, Lloyd Suh's The Chinese Lady introduces audiences to the first Chinese woman to arrive in America for a story that…
In SOON, Nick Blaemire's new musical, there's a major climate event on the horizon…so it's pretty tempting to just stay home and hide out with the 24-hour news cycle. Jill Ivey reviews.
For its contribution to the 2021 Fringe Festival, Philadelphia Artists' Collective presents a straightforward monologue battle . . . or is it? Jill Ivey reviews.
A scavenger hunt of sorts, FOUND encourages you to wander down Philadelphia side streets"or navigate an interactive Google map from home"to discover a world of the fey. Jill Ivey reviews.
Performed for an audience of two, on opposite ends of the city, Nichole Canuso's Being/With is less of a performance and more of an experience. Jill Ivey reviews.
Staged in several South Philly parks, R. Eric Thomas's The Ever Present is a family-friendly look at the magic of South Philadelphia and what gets lost as gentrification moves in. Jill Ivey …
After 14 months of social distancing, 1812 Productions injects life into Zoom ubiquity with 'The Way I Walk.' Jill Ivey reviews.
