476 stories by "Cameron Kelsall"
Selling Kabul, a Pulitzer Prize finalist at InterAct Theatre Company, wrestles with the human cost of occupation and war. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
The national tour of Wicked returns to Philadelphia for the first time in six years. How's it holding up? Cameron Kelsall reviews.
EgoPo Classic Theater opens a season of international perspectives with Lorraine Hansberry's Les Blancs, co-produced by South Africa's Abrahamse and Meyer Productions. Cameron Kelsall review…
Lyric Fest celebrated the centennial of composer Ned Rorem with a rare complete performance of Evidence of Things Not Seen. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
The Arden Theatre Company considers Stephen Sondheim's Assassins through a chilling contemporary lens. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Directorial bells and whistles impede the socialist message of George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara at Quintessence Theatre Group. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
The fruit juice flies in Citrus Andronicus, Philadelphia Artists' Collective's creative retelling of the Shakespearean revenge tragedy in this year's Fringe Festival. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
One woman's quest to score a ticket to her favorite band's farewell show takes on moving dimensions in They've All Gone And We'll Go Too in this year's Fringe. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
A highly conceptualized production of True West at People's Light offers striking visuals but scant drama. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Politically charged yet emotionally joyous, a 1971 musical adaptation of Two Gentlemen of Verona knocks it out of Clark Park. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
There's little mirth to be found in Sandy Rustin's new comedy in the manner of an old style. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Philadelphia-based author James Whipple Miller offers a valuable portrait of the legendary composer and pedagogue Nadia Boulanger, told largely through letters to her longtime friend Ruth Ro…
A Jewish man walks into a meeting of white supremacists in Alex Edelman's funny and thoughtful one-man show. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Onstage at People's Light, Boo Killebrew's Lettie charts one woman's bumpy road to re-entry after incarceration. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Playwright Nilo Cruz revisits Two Sisters and a Piano, a tale of passion and oppression in early-nineties Havana, in a stagnant production at Two River Theater. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
At the Arden, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee lingers on cheap jokes at the expense of adolescent self-discovery. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Lantern Theater Company offers a delightfully comic and effortlessly romantic new production of Twelfth Night to close its season. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Rajiv Joseph dribbles a new play about the friendship between two straight men and their love of basketball. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Azuka Theatre presents the world premiere of Christine Evans's Galilee, which brings a personal dimension to the threat of climate change. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Curtis Opera Theatre closes its season with an ambitious but underwhelming Handel rarity. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Opera Philadelphia's new production of La Bohème reverses the order of the classic opera, beginning with tragedy and progressing toward love. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
In the case of David Auburn's new play, you end up with something far less than the sum of its considerable parts. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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A pair of strangers learn to be brothers in Hymn, a tender two-hander from Inis Nua Theatre Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
The national tour of Into the Woods loses the thread of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's fairy-tale parable. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
After performances running from Philly to the UK and back, Jenna Kuerzi retires her irreverent and enlightening solo show Johnny Depp: A Retrospective on Late-Stage Capitalism. Cameron Kelsa…
