Milk Like Sugar — Simpatico Theatre at Adrienne Skybox
Kirsten Greenidge’s “Milk Like Sugar” is so informed and so on target in its depiction of its characters, its setting, and the situations in which a questioning young black urban … Continue reading
Mickle Street — Walnut Independence Studio on 3
When he was a boy, Oscar Wilde’s mother read him verse from Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass,” a landmark collection that was published in 1855, the year after Wilde was born. … Continue reading
The Whale — Theatre Exile
Charlie has been systematically destroying himself for a decade. That’s how long it’s been since Charlie’s partner, Alan, died, also perhaps of self-neglect, or at least a stoic nod to … Continue reading
The Cherry Orchard — People’s Light & Theatre Company
The languid inertia of the Gayev family, all but one of whom lives as lavishly as he or she did in a luxurious past rather than coping with the austere … Continue reading
Stairs to the Roof — EgoPo Classic Theater at the Latvian Society
Some sleeping dogs might be better off being let to lie. Even when the sleeping dog is a seldom performed early play by Tennessee Williams that gives glimpses of America’s … Continue reading
Into the Woods — Theatre Horizon
The songs from “Into the Woods” are infectious. Several people I know didn’t like Stephen Sondheim’s score when they heard the first time in the current movie version. I can’t … Continue reading
Mothers and Sons — Philadelphia Theatre Co. at Suzanne Roberts Theatre
Time, times, and generations provide separate perspectives on a number of subjects in Terrence McNally’s play, “Mothers and Sons.” Katharine Gerard , nearing 70, if not there, and widowed, takes … Continue reading
Nora — Delaware Theatre Company
Intensity reigns constant as Kim Carson gives a breakthrough performance, and Ingmar Bergman’s compact adaptation of Ibsen’s classic, “A Doll’s House,” named “Nora” after its focal character, maintains a steady … Continue reading
Michael & Edie — Villanova Theatre at Vasey Hall
Rachel Bonds’s characters love and are gifted at prose. As both speakers and appreciators. The title figures of her play, “Michael & Edie,” work in a second-hand bookstore in a … Continue reading
The Metamorphosis — Quintessence Theatre
Exquisitely inventive choreography, and the right tone of storytelling, in a stylized expressionistic setting combine to make Rebecca Wright’s production of “The Metamorphosis” for Quintessence Theatre Group an evocative experience … Continue reading
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