For the great South African playwright Athol Fugard, the personal is political. And nowhere is that more true than in Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act, a 1972 Fugard play,…
The program for GATZ claims that it is "A parody based on 'The Great Gatsby' Written by F. Scot. Fitzgerald." (Note that Fitzgerald's middle name is misspelled.) But a parody is, by definiti…
The cast of Hello Blackout! spends a lot of time in the dark. In the opening moments of the show, lights slowly fade up and we faintly see five people staggered across the stage. They're …
After seeing a group of onstage pirates repeatedly singing "Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum," I went out to the lobby of the Hedgerow Theatre in search of refreshment. Alas, there was no rum to…
If you're a fan of Tony Braithwaite and his one-person (or sometimes two-person) shows " often performed at Act II Playhouse, where he is the Artistic Director " you know what to expect from…
Editor's note: Our Steve Cohen continues his posts on the arts scene in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with a look at Santa Fe Opera's production of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. Lucia di Lammermo…
In the opening moments of Other Desert Cities, playwright Jon Robin Baitz introduces us to a wealthy Southern California family whose members love to play tennis " but their favorite sport i…
The nominations for the Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre for the 2016-17 season have been announced by Theatre Philadelphia. A total of 23 companies were recognized across…
When you enter the home of the Princeton Summer Theater to see The Crucible, you may wonder at first whether you've wandered into the right place. After all, Arthur Miller's legendary play t…
Coriolanus has a reputation for being one of Shakespeare's least accessible plays. Its title character, a Roman warrior turned reluctant politician, can be hard to get a bead on " and hard t…
Like all of Shakespeare’s plays, As You Like It is filled with rich, quotable language. (This is the one with the "All the world's a stage" speech.) But Pennsylvania Shakespeare Fes…
The Three Musketeers has been dramatized countless times over the past two centuries, and for a good reason " it’s a rousing tale filled with intrigue, swordplay, appealing characters,…
Spider's Web ends with the unmasking of a murderer, and it starts with… a taste test. In this play's opening moments, two veddy proper, blindfold-wearing English gentlemen drink glasses…
For the latest show in its 42nd and Main Concerts series, Theatre Horizon tackled Zanna, Don't!, an offbeat musical that ran Off-Broadway in 2003 and has had productions all over the world s…
Turning The Hound of the Baskervilles, one of Sherlock Holmes' most famous cases, from a mystery into a small-cast comedy is an idea that sure gets around. Hedgerow Theatre staged a four-act…
So many men seem destined To settle for something small, But I won't rest until I know I'll have it all… Stephen Schwartz's lyrics for "Corner of the Sky" sum up everything that the title …
Gritty and harsh, but with flashes of humor and hope, Project Dawn tackles a vital issue and doesn't shy away from showing its worst repercussions. Karen Hartman's play, inspired by a real-l…
The new play at Lantern Theater Company is smart, funny, fascinating and entertaining. At times, though, it's also rude, frustrating, predictable, and morally troubling. But then again, all …
There's something seriously wrong with this house. That’s what one character says early in Quintessence Theatre Group’s new production of Uncle Vanya, and boy, is she right. U…
Lynn Nottage wrote One More River to Cross: A Verbatim Fugue a decade ago, yet oddly enough, it has never been produced onstage before. As Nottage's fame has grown " she just earned a Pulitz…
What do you remember most about the movie Saturday Night Fever? Is it the dynamic direction, the earthy dialogue, or the gritty story about a working-class Brooklyn kid trying to escape a me…
Peter and the Starcatcher creates a backstory for one of literature's greatest heroes, Peter Pan. But much of the appeal of Rick Elice's play " and director Ted Wioncek III's production " li…
"It was as though God kissed my hands when I first pulled the fabric through the sewing machine and held up a finished garment." That's how the main character of Intimate Apparel describe…
Buzzer is a story about real estate, and how moving to a new home can mean more than just leaving a forwarding address. Tracey Scott Wilson's play addresses several compelling subjects: r…
Wanna play a game? Clue On Stage is a show that doesn't ask deep, profound questions of its audience. Instead, it simply asks, whodunit? Who killed Mr. Boddy? Was it Professor Plum in the co…