78 stories by "Josh Herren"
The first mainstage production in over a decade for Theatre Ariel fronts an historic bill with contemporary perspective. Josh Herren reviews.
1812's popular political satire revue This Is the Week That Is returns to Plays & Players to take on the 2024 election in its 19th edition. But out-of-touch sketches offer mostly limp la…
Quintessence kicks off its 15th anniversary season with a bold adaptation of Cyrano, casting the charismatic yet insecure hero as a defiant poet fighting against mediocrity and bourgeois con…
Writer, director, and actor Jenn Adams takes an ambitious leap by portraying the complex and often problematic playwright August Strindberg in her new show for this year's Fringe. Josh Herre…
The Philly premiere of Anna Ziegler's The Wanderers at the Lantern is a compelling yet uneven exploration of marriage, identity, and religion, featuring two Williamsburg couples decades apar…
This year, two Philly Fringe shows offered two distinct explorations of performance art made in queer community: The Boy Bands Have Won from Hum'n'bards Theater Troupe, Thomas Choinacky's Fo…
Philly's EgoPo Classic Theater builds on a partnership begun in the 1990s with two Indonesian theater companies. They bring Ramayana, a dazzling cross-cultural epic, to the Navy Yard for a w…
Lovesong follows a British couple who comes to live to the US. In exploring memory, love, and the passage of time, the play's ultimate vagueness makes it hard to empathize with the character…
Power Street Theatre presents the world premiere of Erlina Ortiz and Robi Hager's Siluetas, which brings Tony-winning star KO to Philly. The show could benefit from some more development, bu…
The new version of Harvey Fierstein's classic comedy, revised from the original into a shorter two-act production, gets its regional premiere at 1812 in a show that aptly emphasizes the writ…
Deborah Zoe Laufer's The Last Yiddish Speaker, getting its world premiere at InterAct, offers a striking glimpse into the specificity of Jewish generational trauma, but it needs something mo…
Disney's Frozen makes its way to Philadelphia for the first time, landing at the Academy of Music and drawing passionate franchise fans into the magic of live theater. Josh Herren reviews.
McCarter Theatre Center's revival of Dreamgirls features an all-star cast, lots of glitz, and dynamic, dazzling hair and costumes. But can it overcome the show's core flaws? Josh Herren revi…
Girl from the North Country, a Bob Dylan jukebox musical set during the Depression by acclaimed Irish playwright Conor McPherson, defies expectations. It stops in Philly on its North America…
Actor and dancer Robert Montano, of Broadway's Cats and many other stage and screen roles, reveals his early years as a racing jockey in this one-man show. Josh Herren reviews.
Peripatetic reality star Frankie Grande takes center stage in this new revival of The Rocky Horror Show at Bucks County Playhouse. Josh Herren reviews.
Bucks County Playhouse presents a star-studded Bridges of Madison County that delivers all the thrill of awakening love. Josh Herren reviews.
American Fast follows a women's basketball player who struggles with representation, cultural traditions, legacy, and life in the public eye after announcing her Ramadan fast during the play…
South Camden Theatre Company partners with the Strides Collective to produce Diane Son's 1998 Stop Kiss for Pride month. But why do we need this story in 2023? Josh Herren reviews.
Act II Playhouse produces the brassy Hello, Dolly! with top-notch local talent, but does the big show suit a small venue? Josh Herren reviews.
Quintessence marks new ground with a world-premiere production in collaboration with Chicago's New Classics Collective, examining the life of Phillis Wheatley, an enslaved poet who gained wo…
The Grown-Ups, a thrilling new play developed in a Brooklyn backyard during the pandemic, gets its Pennsylvania premiere at Pottstown's Theatre with a View. Josh Herren reviews.
Theatre in the X brings its immersive, innovative take to the showbiz musical Dreamgirls at Malcolm X Park, celebrating Black artists and audiences. Josh Herren reviews.
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival's Fences has been waiting in the wings since 2020. Josh Herren reviews.
Quintessences's Reclamation Repertory continues with Pearl Cleage's Flyin' West, a deeply relevant play for our ongoing conversations about redlining, gentrification, and reparations. Josh H…
