Remembering Mercutios and Tybalts
In recent days of home-captivity my mind has wandered to Romeo & Juliet performances, new and old. But I'm more interested in Mercutio and Tybalt than the star-crossed lovers.
In recent days of home-captivity my mind has wandered to Romeo & Juliet performances, new and old. But I'm more interested in Mercutio and Tybalt than the star-crossed lovers.
In episode 2 of Chosen by Committee, the podcast considering every play which won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, hosts Josh, John, and Christopher discuss Eugene O'Neill's 1920 tragedy. They mo…
Cooped up inside, with no theater in sight, I'm remembering Hamlets I've known.
The real life story of two East German families attempt to escape to West Germany via a homemade hot-air balloon.Â
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Our last post of videos of recent Philly theater productions proved popular, so we're sharing another. Here are five more recordings to get you through.
How do we balance the desire to support the nonprofits that are "essential" while making sure the "non-essential" are still here when we get through this pandemic?
Hella Fresh Theater's production of Osceola lives on in these theaterless times thanks to photographer Kyle Cassidy and videographer Brian Siano, who adapted it for the screen.
Perhaps you find yourself with some time on your hands and a yearning for those bygone days when there were theater shows in Philadelphia. To get you through these dark days, check out these…
If things went as planned BalletX would be in the middle of its Spring Season right now. But as you know, things haven't been going as planned, but you can still see the contemporary ballet …
They said the show must always go on, so what will happen when they no longer can? Broadway producer and entertainment attorney Richard Roth talks to us the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic …
It is an uncertain time, to say the least. For nonprofits, it makes an already delicate business model that much more unstable. I have spoken to a number of nonprofit leaders over the past w…
Above all dumb political concerns, this is a "humans being hunted" movie, and it's a pretty good one.Â
Another take on POPCORN FALLS
The performance on opening night proved that Pennsylvania Ballet is now one of the top ballet companies in the world.
The pandemic is here. It's time for the theaters to close
Matt Pfeiffer talks love of Shakespeare and SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
An unexpected friendship
"What I like most about POPCORN FALLS is that there is a real heart to it."
Popcorn Falls is not the town it used to be! The historic waterfall (with some fictional connection to George Washington) has been dammed up. Tourists aren't coming. The libraries and...
Smash hit LES MIS returns to Philly for a highly anticipated run, with two local actors joining the cast.
For those that were worried that Turn, a musical exploration of being a black woman in America through the lens of Shakespeare's Othello, might be too academic, M'Balia Singley is...
Sebastian Barry, author of The Steward of Christendom, is a major Irish playwright. I am a major fan of Irish drama. Irish Heritage Theatre, whose production of Steward just opened...
Theater in Philadelphia in March 2020.
We're not sure if there are any gamblers out there who don't actively want to beat the casino, after all that is pretty much the definition of casino gambling, isn't...