Founded in 1981, the mission of the League of Professional Theatre Women, a non-profit advocacy organization headquartered in New York City, is to promote increased opportunities, greater vi…
Religion, gun control, and the impact of social media are the hot-button issues addressed by playwright Jason Odell Williams in Church & State, a political dramedy now making its New Yor…
It's not always easy to decide who you are and what you want to be when you grow up, especially if your father, ex-boyfriend, new date, and society at large, in both Canada and the US, are p…
In commemoration of Women's History Month, Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion's Victorian Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Tribulation Periwinkle: Civil War Nurse. Adapted and directed b…
Scheduled to coincide on the calendar with the days historically associated with the last week in the life of Christ, Bristol Riverside Theatre's spring production of the groundbreaking 1971…
The original cast and design team of 2011 return for The Assembly's powerhouse revival of its critically-acclaimed hit Home/Sick. Presented at Brooklyn's JACK, and directed by Jess Chayes (r…
Following a year of critical acclaim in Philadelphia, which culminated in nominations for both for the Barrymore Award for Best Ensemble, the talented young couple Anna Zaida Szapiro (nomina…
"Who are you?" That is the philosophical question and moral issue raised in playwright Jonathan Leaf's Deconstruction, a world-premiere three-hander (presented in conjunction with Christophe…
Expletives, insults, and accusations fly, when an unhappy wife, alcoholic daughter, and gay son gather in the hospital room of their dying husband and father for a farewell verbal slug-fest.…
An original prequel based on James Cameron's 2009 blockbuster film Avatar, Cirque du Soleil's touring production of Toruk " The First Flight, now in Philadelphia for a five-day stop at the W…
It's 2 a.m. His mind is racing, overwrought with memories of situations, conversations, and images of her. Music and film merge with poetry, rap, and movement to explore one half-hour inside…
Adapted for the stage by Christopher Sergel, Harper Lee's 1960 classic American novel To Kill a Mockingbird, set in the Deep South in the 1930s, still sounds a resonant call for integrity, c…
Just in advance of St. Patrick's Day, Manayunk Theatre Company brings its tradition of Irish pub entertainment to Roxborough's Tavern on Ridge with Irish-ish: A Trio of Irish Tales. Showcasi…
It's hard to accept the realization that your BFFs aren't really F, especially if you're the single, and more-than-somewhat-neurotic, Jordan Berman. Feeling increasingly alone and abandoned …
Making the transition from high-school graduation into adulthood can be a challenge, especially for teens who haven't quite yet found themselves. Ken Urban's Nibbler, a world-premiere produc…
When seventeen-year-old Luke returns home to small-town Kansas after being missing for a year, he must come to terms with what transpired and face the aftermath with his family, church, and …
An effervescent all-star ensemble of fourteen actors and two musicians under the ebullient direction of Abigail Adams bring to life the eccentric characters, madcap situations, and old-fashi…
The goal of Inis Nua Theatre Company is to "tell the story." In its American premiere of Irish playwright Lee Coffey's Leper + Chip we get not only the story, but the big picture. As with Sh…
Following her Barrymore Award for Best Actress as Martha in Theatre Exile's 2014 production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which was preceded by two Barrymore Nominations for Best Actre…
Following its development in 2015 at PlayPenn — the respected thirteen-year-old Philadelphia-based artist-driven organization dedicated to supporting and fostering new work — …
A company premiere and part of its Opera at the Academy series presented in the historic Academy of Music, Opera Philadelphia's production of Tancredi, from Opéra de Lausanne and Teatro Mun…
A colorful clearing outside a provincial French village is visited by the spirit of a murderer who enthralls Isabel, an innocent young schoolteacher obsessed with the enigma of death. Aided …
As an avid collector of art, antiques, and memorabilia, with a PhD in Art History, I have spent a lot of time around objects, studying, explaining, and appreciating them. And I've always kno…
Now in its American premiere after performing in London and Edinburgh, Love for Sale takes us to Paris, 1934, for a "cabaret-play" woven around the music of Kurt Weill and contemporary songw…
Well-known to audiences for his offbeat 1972 novelty song "Dead Skunk (in the Middle of the Road)" and his appearances as the singing guitar-playing Captain Calvin Spalding on the popular TV…