36 stories by "Megan Diehl"
A snowy Princeton afternoon may be the most festive of conditions in which to see the great McCarter Theatre holiday tradition of A Christmas Carol. Add to that a host of Dickensian characte…
"We are the slightest bit bizarre" may be quite an understatement when describing some of the delightfully strange tweens competing in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, now playing…
A scarlet curtain lines the stage of the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, London with a controversy lurking on either side. Outside, angry Londoners flood the streets protesting the 1833 Slav…
Inevitably, we will each encounter some kind of experience with death as we grow, and although it may be one of our greatest shared experiences, grieving is still a personal process. A mixtu…
Continuing the exciting season of Broadway Up Close concerts on Saturday at the Kimmel Center, Seth Rudetsky hosted Broadway and recording star Vanessa Williams for an evening of her career …
An aging rock star struggles to stay relevant, or perhaps struggles whether or not to care at all whether she is still relevant, in the Act II Playhouse remounting of 1812 Productions' one-w…
Beginning a new season of Broadway Up Close concerts on Saturday at the Kimmel Center, Seth Rudetsky hosted Broadway leading man and television's favorite choir teacher, Matthew Morrison, fo…
"Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building and Loan!" For so many, the holiday season just isn't complete without the images of Jimmy Stewart running through the streets of Bedford Falls b…
It's much ado about two small slips of paper in Act II Playhouse's astute production of Mauritius, Theresa Rebeck's thriller based on the intense world of stamp collecting. Despite the inher…
An adventurous new take on Sean O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars brings a fragile yet startling version of the Irish classic to the Annenberg Center stage courtesy of the Abbey Theatre in …
Danger and darkness lurk around every corner of Opera Philadelphia's stunning new production of Turandot, a co-production with Minnesota Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Utah Opera…
Bathing in Moonlight opens subtly with the hum of gentle organ music, a stained glass window looming high above, and Father Monroe (Raúl Méndez) warmly greeting his congregation as he ta…
The hunger for optimism is never in short supply these days. Walnut Street Theatre brings life to an American classic in their current production of South Pacific under the direction of Char…
Spooky moors, haunting noises in the night, one or two mysterious deaths, and a fabled homicidal hound make for a cozy evening of suspense in the The Hound of the Baskervilles. Adapted by Br…
Until now, The Summer Club has been a swinging, snappy treat enjoyed almost exclusively by Cape May and other Jersey Shore towns. After two summers of hot nights on the beach, The Summer Clu…
There's more to enjoy than simple comedy in Montgomery Theater's production of Neil Simon's Chapter Two. Directed by Artistic Director Tom Quinn, this heartfelt tale of a widower and a divor…
Closing out their Concert Series Season on Tuesday, the Kimmel Center welcomed Kelli O'Hara, one of Broadway's brightest stars, to the Merriam stage along with Seth Rudetsky for a conversati…
Perhaps one of the most popular and perennial favorites from a golden age of American musical theatre, Man of La Mancha (with book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion, and music by Mi…
Each year, the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts brings the highest quality of Broadway's offerings to Philadelphia for local audiences to enjoy. Their recently announced 2016-2017 Broad…
How does a plain pile of clay become a work of art? The courage of an artist to create something out of nothing infuses the recent regional premiere of A Single Shard, now playing at People'…
"It is terrifying." More often than not, the actor's relationship to their audience involves three parties; the audience, the actor, and their character. Guarded by learned lines and blockin…
Equipped with a catalog of familiar tunes and the indelible spirit of yesteryear, the eternal charm of Forever Plaid shines in a delightful new production at Montgomery Theater. Under the di…
Traditional ballet gets the "shaken, not stirred" treatment in Cocktail Hour: The Show, a unique piece produced and performed by New York company Ballets with a Twist, and presented by B…
The delicate danger of the Big Top mixes with a resonant sadness in Philadelphia Artists' Collective's circus-themed production of Leonid Andreyev's He Who Gets Slapped. In partnership with …
The queen of mystery, Agatha Christie, is alive and well in a new production of one of her most famous stories, The Mousetrap, now playing at McCarter Theatre Center. Directed by Adam Immerw…
