Outrageous and farcical, this play is not just over the top – it’s left the top so far behind that they’ve forgotten where it left it. The applause at the end was wild. The post THE HY…
It's quite likely that you'll never see a finer performance of this Shakespearean warhorse. The post ROMEO AND JULIET (Arden): Bounty as boundless as the sea appeared first on phindie.
We are treated to a rare spectacle in a show that would surely please Shakespeare. The post RARE ACCIDENTS: HENRY IV parts I and II abridged (Quintessence): A quick visit to Eastcheap appear…
In opening scenes three Weird Sisters, witches, brew evil in a pot using scarce ingredients like eye of newt. They cherry pick the future for Macbeth with oracular accuracy, giving over t…
An existential and eccentric play , it's not light-hearted theater. The post A Summer Day (Wilma): Existential and eccentric appeared first on phindie.
Giovanni's Room, is currently on stage in Philadelphia in world premiere. The James Baldwin Estate granted Quintessence Theatre permission to produce this theatrical adaptation, the… The …
Jonathan Larson, who wrote the book, lyrics, and music in 1994, described Rent as a Rock Opera The post RENT (Arden): Revisiting a 90s La boheme appeared first on phindie.
Adapted by Patrick Barlow from the novel by John Buchan and the movie by Alfred Hitchcock The post THE 39 STEPS (Lantern): Hitchcock onstage appeared first on phindie.
Hard to imagine that the Bard who wrote this fun and foolish play also penned Hamlet, Othello, and Romeo and Juliet. The post A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Quintessence): The Bard's crazy side …
A script needs life breathed into it and that's what happens with an inspired director, designers, and talented versatile actors. The post MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Lantern): Still a joy appea…
Playwright Michael Hollinger's Holy Grail of Memphis is in world premiere at the Arden Theatre Company. This is the 13th Hollinger play that the Arden has produced. The post HOLY GRAIL OF ME…
RED, not to be confused with REDS, is a color, not a Commie. It refers to the impression given by one of ten huge canvases… The post RED (Theatre Exile): Coloring an artist's story appear…
French playwright Edmond Rostand's story about a brilliant man endowed with a large nose is a work of fiction. The post Cyrano De Bergerac (Quintessence): 60-second review appeared first on …
Warning: These seven marvelous actors in the all female cast, are not your nice Aunt Sara. Wild and untamed, they're women without borders. Stepping out… The post POTUS (Arden): Brash and…
Father Comes Home From The Wars by Suzan-Lori Parks is remarkable in many ways. There's no denying the appeal that took the audience to its… The post FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (Quni…
One of Shakespeare's greatest hits, his first comedy, The Comedy of Errors, is playing at the Lantern Theater Company until June 16. Twins, shipwreck, mistaken… The post THE COMEDY OF ERR…
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Cool it with a baboon's blood, then the charm is firm and good. Macbeth, the… The post MACBETH (Quintessence): Onstage magi…
A tale about cotton, Civil War, commodities, finance, and wealth told through the story of three brothers and the company they found. The post THE LEHMAN TRILOGY (Arden): A play in three act…
 Inis Nua has done its best with a story more told than shown, an aftermath. The post Once Upon a Bridge (Inis Nua): 60-second review appeared first on phindie.
The Lantern Theater's performance of Faith Healer, by Brian Friel is presented as four monologues that represent three points of view, those of Frank Hardy… The post FAITH HEALER (Lantern…
Lorraine Hansberry wrote Raisin in the Sun in 1959, a bold play for its time. It takes a dark view of the progress of integration,… The post A RAISIN IN THE SUN (Bristol Riverside): An ol…
Love happens, even in a setting dedicated to concentrated evil, as an American girl becomes a fierce Nazi uber-princess. The post CAMP SIEGFRIED (Theatre Exile): An unlikely love story a…
Quintessence Theater's founding artistic director Alex Burns, has written a new translation from the original French The post NO EXIT (Quintessence): A new translation of a hellishly absurd …
The wall of the F. Otto Haas Stage features pictures of targets and X's for murdered presidents. Starting with John Wilkes Booth's killing of Abraham… The post ASSASSINS (Arden): A celebr…
Before he became a celebrated playwright, Jean-Baptiste Poquelan was a poor thing in a touring shoestring theater company. Although he had wanted to be a… The post TARTUFFE (Lantern): Del…