1,495 stories by "Deb Miller"
The rise and fall of the largely forgotten 19th-century American artist John Banvard is the subject of Georama, an irresistible bio-musical by West Hyler (book) and Matt Schazt (book, music,…
Since 2011, the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival has presented one play a year in its "Extreme Shakespeare" series. The concept is to try to recreate in part the process believed to have be…
From its origins in L. Frank Baum's1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to its adaptation in MGM's blockbuster 1939 film The Wizard of Oz to its annual TV broadcast on CBS beginning in 1956…
Now in production at People's Light, Ken Ludwig's Moon over Buffalo, directed by Pete Pryor, contains all the expected elements of a farce: there's mistaken identity; insult humor; impassion…
From antiquity to the present, tragedy and drama to absurdism and comedy, masterpieces by classic playwrights to experimental ensemble-devised works by local artists, the 2017 Philadelphia F…
The first in Soulpepper Theatre Company's three-part musical celebration of the history of diversity in New York – The Melting Pot pays tribute to Lower Manhattan, from Battery Park to…
Ancient sea lore meets Sixties beach party in Night Tide, a new musical parody by Taylor Tash (book and lyrics) and Nathania Wibowo (music), based on Curtis Harrington's 1961 B-movie thrille…
Between 1978 and 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer committed the shocking murders of seventeen men, involving necrophilia, dismemberment, cannibalism, and the preservation of the victims' body parts. Aft…
Adapted from the verses of beloved children's book author and poet Dennis Lee – known to generations of fans as "Canada's Father Goose" " Soulpepper Theatre Company's ensemble-devised …
The avant-garde work and Zen convictions of 20th-century American composer John Cage are the inspiration for Soulpepper Theatre Company's ensemble-devised piece Cage, performed in this mo…
Deserving recipient of an Academy Award for Best Actor, or modern-day Faust who sold his soul to capture Hollywood's biggest honor? Emilie Landmann (book), Carrie Morgan (book and lyrics), a…
Back at Manayunk's Venice Island Performing Arts Center, The Summer Club celebrated its third anniversary on a very hot night with an even hotter performance. With yesterday's total breakdow…
The first-ever stage adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage, written by Vern Thiessen and directed by Albert Schultz for Canada's Soulpepper Theatre Company, is also the recipi…
Gun violence, socio-religious intolerance, same-sex marriage, and gay adoption are some of the current hot-button issues that tear apart a family, polarize a community, and create a media fr…
Feeling overwhelmed by the demands of work, everyday chores, and the incessant pings of your digital devices? Then don't just find the time, but make the time, for getting together, catching…
This year marks the centenary of the beginning of America's involvement in World War I in 1917, and The Sheen Center has recognized it with the stellar world premiere of Death Comes for the …
The world-premiere full-stage production of d4rkly your retrorockets fl4re, written by Steven Mark Tenney and co-directed with his sister Susan Tenney, is presented by The Constellation Proj…
In his banter with the audience during last night's musical homage to Swing, Big Bands, and 'The Rat Pack' at Manayunk's Venice Island Performing Arts Center, Jeff Coon, Executive Director a…
The life of Eva Perón is the stuff legends, and rock operas, are made of: a rags-to-riches story of a poor illegitimate child from provincial Argentina, whose ambitious determination, sed…
Economic self-interest, an 'inconvenient truth,' a ruthless politician, a whistleblower, 'fake news,' closed-door meetings, a bureaucratic cover-up, the refusal to work together for the comm…
Winner of five Tony Awards in 2015 – including the first-ever Best Musical honors given to a show written entirely by a team of women – Fun Home, with book and lyrics by Lisa Kro…
Though a generation apart in age, Norman Rockwell (1894 New York City-1978 Stockbridge) and Andy Warhol (1928 Pittsburgh-1987 New York City) captured the tenor of their respective eras of 20…
Founder and Artistic Director of Tribe of Fools, Terry Brennan is back on stage this month in the Philadelphia SoLow Fest, with his company's latest offering School Play. The original one-ma…
Since its debut in 1959, Gypsy, which closes out Arden Theatre Company's 2016-17 season, has retained its popularity as one of the greatest Broadway musicals of all time, filled with such cl…
"I've made bad choices. And I've made them . . . knowingly," says 27-year-old Tanya – a single mom and bar waitress in a South Jersey beach town – in the opening scene of Gina Gi…
