289 stories from City Paper (Philadelphia)
William Finn on "Elegies."
For someone whose lyrics contained not a syllable of vulgarity, Debbie Gibson's new Playboy spread incites plenty of curse words.
Like "Jesus [explicit word] Christ, she's [same explicit word] hot," uttered by more than one male exiting Tower Records last Friday where the '80s pop icon was on hand signing autographs.
Andrea Marcovicci.
Two local theater pros let loose with 50 years of Philly sports disappointments.
Playwright Bruce Graham and actor Tom McCarthy.
Interview by A.D. Amorosi
Casino Paradise, by the classy team of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom and lyricist Arnold Weinstein, beguiles and perplexes.
Review by Steve Cohen
As sweet, light and fizzy as a chocolate egg cream, The Great Ostrovsky captures the spirit of the American Yiddish theater in the 1920s.
With a career that's the stuff of legend, award-winning composer Cy Coleman returns to Philly with a world premiere.
Director and playwright Stephen Stahl returns with the unconventionality that made him notorious.
How the show with the unlikely title put the tinkle back in Broadway musicals.
Mark Hollman on "Urinetown" and "The Man in the White Suit."
Eddie Izzard is a man of many moments.
Karen Akers’ worldly approach and intimate delivery make her a cabaret star for a new era.
Art imitates life in Thomas Gibbons' new play at InterAct Theatre.
Tolstoy, spells and cigar rolling: Nilo Cruz's recipe for the Pulitzer, opening this week in Princeton.
An interview with the playwright.
Theatre Exile presents a world premiere that’s a real family affair.
Lynne Taylor-Corbett directs her sisters.
Review by David Anthony Fox
Thirty-six hours later, I’m still puzzling over Green Violin.
Me too. I almost gave up after Act One. Yet, like this critic, in the end I'm glad I saw it - it all fits together in Act Two, and "Green Violin" ends up being very compelling. And Raúl Esparza fans will be astonished yet again by his incredibly moving performance.
Elaine Stritch (still) isn’t afraid to speak her mind. by A.D. Amorosi
"That fucking Tony," she says of the award she won for At Liberty last year. "I don't even know where the fucking Tony is. They sent it to the Carlyle. I told the manager if they find it, put it in the fucking lobby with a plaque [that says] 'Elaine Stritch slept here.'"
There are several reasons to look forward to the world premiere of Green Violin at the Prince this weekend, and one is the chance to see and hear Raúl Esparza co-star in the play.
Includes an interview with Raúl.
The latest issue of the City Paper also has an interview with Jason Robert Brown, in connection with the upcoming Philadelphia production of "The Last Five Years." The interview does not seem to be on their website.
"I want to ride a skateboard across LOVE Park and get arrested," says Bacon, who, though he is 92 and has only one eye, exudes the rakish aura of a Little Rascal. I imagine the news ticker: "92-year-old father of Kevin Bacon arrested in Philly for skateboarding."
Critics get sniffy about revues. In the case of It’s Better with a Band, there’s nothing to be sniffy about. This is an entirely captivating evening, elegantly compiled and directed, brilliantly performed. You won’t spend 90 more delightful minutes in a theater this season.
An off-Broadway hit about the restaurant biz comes to Philadelphia -- and hits close to home.
A Fringe hoax causes a stir at this year's festival.
