476 stories by "Cameron Kelsall"
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's 'Blithe Spirit' never settles for easy laughs. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Jen Silverman's 'Dangerous House,' at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts, chronicles the perilous lives of LGBTQ people in supposedly progressive contemporary South Africa. C…
'Woody Sez,' in a return performance at People's Light, offers music for the moment. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey cranks up the carnage in 'Titus Andronicus' without shying away from the play's problematic treatment of women and race. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's Extreme Shakespeare series presents an original-practices production of 'All's Well That Ends Well,' with confounding results. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Lillian Hellman's 'The Children's Hour' remains powerful and thought-provoking, despite an uneven production from Princeton Summer Theater. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's 'King Richard II' dumbs down one of the Bard's most complicated monarchs. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
'On the Exhale,' a gun drama from Theater with a View, shoots blanks. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
A stage adaptation of 'Shakespeare in Love,' at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, coasts on a healthy dose of charm. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Hedgerow Theatre Company's new adaptation of 'His Girl Friday' screws up screwball comedy. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SoLow Fest entries 'Potts' and 'Table on Table on Table' offer new glosses on familiar stories. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
'Ragtime,' based on E.L. Doctorow's novel, remains strikingly relevant at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Disney's 'Aladdin,' presented by the Kimmel Center's Broadway Philadelphia, fails to cast a magic spell. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Philadelphia Artists' Collective resurrects the melodrama with 'Maria Marten, or, The Murder in the Red Barn.' Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Taylor Mac's 'A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, Part II' approaches perfect unity of music, text, and performance. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
600 Highwaymen's 'The Fever,' presented locally by PIFA, tests the limits of audience interaction. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Magical and maddening, Taylor Mac's '24-Decade History of Popular Music, Part I' comes to Philadelphia courtesy of PIFA. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
'The Last Five Years,' at Hammonton, New Jersey's Eagle Theatre, offers problematic scenes from a problematic marriage. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Act II Playhouse's scaled down 'Camelot' reveals the flaws of this Golden Age musical. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
'Mamma Mia!' at Walnut Street Theatre may have you dancing in the aisles " or bolting for the exit. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
'Turning Off the Morning News,' premiering at McCarter Theatre Center, returns playwright Christopher Durang to his angry, absurdist roots. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
A musicalization of Marivaux's 'The Triumph of Love,' at Bristol Riverside Theatre, fails to balance the source play's humor and pathos. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Theatre Horizon offers a whimsical, wistful, and refreshingly feminist take on the popular 'Peter and the Starcatcher.' Cameron Kelsall reviews.
'Sing the Body Electric' highlights playwright Michael Hollinger's knack for crafting naturalistic dialogue and sympathetic characters, but the whole often feels less than the sum of its par…
'Tell Me on a Sunday,' at Walnut Street Theatre's Independence Studio on 3, trades in gender stereotypes and clunky storytelling. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
