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Tanya Barfield's Blue Door - in the Arden Theatre Co.'s smart, engaging production - postulates that our past (and, particularly, the denial of it) influences who we are today.
InterAct and Mural Arts join forces to bring prisoners' stories to the forefront.
Devoted to gay themes, the two one-man shows produced by Mauckingbird Theatre Co. are an inspired pairing.
How refreshing to hear a play - for that's what we're really doing, however stunning the visuals - that purrs, perks and pops like Gina Gionfriddo's Becky Shaw.
Tweaked and polished, Pig Iron's Obie-winner comes home to roost.
Jump on the Peter Sinn Nachtrieb bandwagon with Theatre Exile and Flashpoint Theatre Co., who serendipitously present two of the young San Francisco playwright's works in the same building a…
"The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity."
"Rabbit Hole."
Displaced by Hurricane Katrina, EgoPo lets Beckett be their guide to Philly greatness.
Miller's birds take their time arriving in Coming Home, but when they do, 77-year-old Fugard's dramatic powers - last witnessed at the Wilma in 2007's My Children! My Africa! - prove undiminished.
INTERVIEW: Frank X and Terry Nolen of The History Boys
Curtain Call: Humor Abuse
In fact, the whole of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a good-hearted spoof - but it needs a very strong production to keep it all afloat. It's in good hands at the Walnut, where it is helmed with…
Like the Malvern theater's illustrious record, Nathan the Wise - translated into modern vernacular by Edward Kemp - isn't showy or shocking, but smart and warmhearted.
Quick-witted, adorable ad-libbers, they long ago aced the never-a-dull-moment pacing that makes this crowd-pleasing celebration of marriage feel effortless.
Director Robert Lepage finds fact behind the fancy of Hans Christian Andersen.
Let me be clear from the start: I think Grey Gardens is one of a handful of genuinely great musicals in the modern era.
How an NYC theater luminary and a Center City holy man brought Quixote - and a cast of pro and homeless actors - to a Broad Street church.
Something Intangible
REVIEW: Theatre Exile's American Buffalo
Lantern Theater Co.'s Hamlet
Local playwright Bruce Graham shares nuggets of hard-earned wisdom.
Bruce Graham thrives on the conversations he has with himself.
