199 stories from Philadelphia Weekly
After years of searching for a new home, the Philadelphia Theatre Company builds a venue on the Avenue of the Arts.
These productions and actors stood out in an average theater season.
Tony Award-winner Cy Coleman's latest effort is weak on story but strong on song.
I saw The Great Ostrovsky last night, and this review sums up my feelings pretty well.
As Biloxi Blues opens at the Walnut Street Theatre, director Frank Ferrante discusses the risks of presenting a dramatic trilogy.
InterAct Theater Company, producer of bold political work, is financially troubled. But that doesn't stop it from stirring controversy.
Russell Simmons takes poetry and turns it into politics.
As Picasso (Jeffrey Coon) and his best friend Casegamus (Ben Dibble) sing about the "power of love" and the "power of art" in La Vie en Bleu--a French musical having its U.S. premiere at the Walnut Street Theatre--the show, like the two young men, seems full of passion and promise. Unfortunately, Casegamus quickly dies and so too does the production.
Legendary urban planner and skateboarder extraordinaire Ed Bacon urges Philly toward a brighter future. By STEVE VOLK
At 93 years old, he's working on his memoirs, but Kevin Bacon's dad took some time to speak with us about Philadelphia's future.
The GLBT community finally gets representation in Philly's new Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival.
If Philadelphia's most intrepid regional theater ever gave up its search for new musical forms and subjects, we wouldn't have Green Violin, a bold new musical from lyricist/librettist Elise …
The critic is definitely right about the year's "Worst Production."
The Wilma Theater and Philadelphia Orchestra are working together on a rare staging of Tom Stoppard and André Previn's collaborative work Every Good Boy Deserves Favor, a black comedy about…
Director Rick Sordelet freshens up Shakespeare's most famous play.
Pulitzer-winning musical at the Arden looks at art and the isolation of genius.
Drama at Suzanne Roberts Theatre benefits from good casting and straightforward production values.
The actor talks politics in the U.S. premiere of Leaving.
At InterAct Theatre, George W. Bush's political legacy is explored as he awaits trial in the Netherlands.
All of playwright Conor McPherson's considerable storytelling talents are on display in Theatre Exile's involving production of McPherson's drama Shining City.
In its 35-year history, it's hard to imagine People's Light & Theatre Company has presented any play worse than Susan Bernfield's baffling Stretch: A Fantasia.
The Walnut Street Theatre welcomes spring with an engaging production of Noel Coward's comedy Fallen Angels.
El Guindi's show has a rocky start, but eventually explores America's racial divide.
The Arden Theatre Company continues their season with director Matt Pfeiffer's exhilarating production of Romeo and Juliet.
