302 stories by "Tim Dunleavy"
Marcus Garvey and Emma Goldman were known for their stirring, provocative speeches. But I doubt that, in any of her speeches, Goldman ever said anything as provocative as "Solidarity is sexy…
There's nothing extravagant about the two shows playing at the McCarter Theatre. Both are presented on a stage stripped to its bare essentials: we can see all the way back to the building…
In Constellations, what happens is just as important as what might have happened. Nick Payne's play concerns two young people who meet, fall in love, quarrel, break up, reunite, get engaged,…
Jillian, the main character of Deborah Zoe Laufer's play Informed Consent, is a genetic anthropologist " a scientist who has studied DNA for years and is still amazed at what she learns from…
By combining Isaac Asimov-style science fiction with Monty Python-style silliness, Douglas Adams created a whole new genre. It paid off very handsomely for Adams: His most famous work, The H…
Who doesn't love a good Christmas story? In fact, who doesn't love every good Christmas story? A quartet of rambunctious performers tries to cover all bases, and lovingly satirize all " well…
The Twelve Dancing Princesses, an original musical being presented by Camden Rep, teaches its young audience lessons about love, strength, forgiveness, and family ties. It also has a peppy s…
When I found out that the creators of the musical comedy Murder for Two were premiering a special Christmas-themed version at Bucks County Playhouse, I was intrigued. After all, the show has…
Since its introduction last season, the Arden Theatre's cabaret season has provided a dependable stream of the city's best performers providing old songs, new songs, and comedy. But the late…
Back when I was in high school, we didn't do musicals where the songs had titles like "Stick It to the Man." (I don't think our principal would have allowed it!) But now Cherry Hill High Sch…
The Players Club of Swarthmore's new production of Mary Poppins may surprise some devoted fans of the movie. This stage adaptation, which had a successful run on Broadway a decade ago, isn't…
In the opening moments of Seuls, Wajdi Mouawad takes to the stage wearing only black briefs and eyeglasses. The purpose of the show we're about to see, he informs the audience, is to examine…
They say people don't write letters anymore, but I don't think that's true. So says the leading character in the opening moments of Found, an offbeat comic musical that puts as much emphasis…
A Christmas Story: The Musical was a breath of fresh air when it debuted on Broadway four seasons ago. Based on the 1983 movie that's become a television perennial, it retained a great deal …
The founding of The Abbey Theatre in 1904 was one of the pivotal events in Irish history. The Abbey championed the perspective of Irish playwrights and actors, and its founding was the momen…
Say what you will about Barbra Streisand " whether you love her massive talent or ego, or not, you have to admit there's no one else like her. And few people can say that with as much author…
Working isn't a typical musical. There's no plot, no resolution, no love story. Yet the tale it tells is an absorbing one. By using words and music to examine the relationship of people to t…
Leslie Ayvazian's comedy Out of the City opens in the lobby of a Bed and Breakfast in the Poconos. Carol and her husband Matt are there for the weekend to celebrate Carol's sixtieth birthday…
Douglas Williams' Breathe Smoke, a world premiere being presented by the Orbiter 3 Collective, tells the story of four people whose public lives and private lives are markedly different. It'…
Promises, Promises opened on Broadway in 1968, and while the world it depicts seemed relevant back then, today that world has largely vanished. It's set in the Manhattan skyscraper home of C…
When you take your seat at Bucks County Playhouse and find a paper bag on your seat filled with props " including a baggie full of rice to throw at the stage during a wedding scene " you may…
Rosanne Cash admitted on Thursday night that she looks at the world through a "peculiar prism." In one of the songs she performed that night, "Modern Blue," she sang of visiting Barcelona an…
Janis Dardaris is a force to be reckoned with. As Mother Courage, standing firm with her hands on her hips and wearing a white, shapeless frock covered by a blue sweater, she is a tower of s…
When you think of The Birds, you probably think of Tippi Hedren running for her life through the streets of a California town " a town inexplicably under attack by every winged creature with…
The Other Place seems at first like a straightforward drama: Juliana, a brilliant and highly esteemed 59-year-old scientist, is beginning to suffer from memory loss. This brings her into con…
