High Society — Walnut Street Theatre
The Walnut Street Theatre production of “High Society” is a curiosity in two distinct and separate ways, one having to do with its performances, the other regarding Arthur Kopit’s unnecessary … Continue reading
Baby Doll — McCarter Theatre Company, Berlind Theatre
In Tennessee Williams’s script for “27 Wagons Full of Cotton” and the 1956 screenplay that derives from it, “Baby Doll,” everybody puts Baby in a corner. Or foments her retreating … Continue reading
Eurydice — Villanova Theatre at Vasey Hall
Eurydice leads a charmed death. Holding her breath while submerged in the River Styx during her crossing from life to the Underworld, and jauntily sporting a tentlike umbrella as she … Continue reading
All My Sons — People’s Light & Theatre Company
Seeing a naturalistic play by one of the masters of the form, Arthur Miller, with a cast and set that are as realistic and as authentically moving as the text, … Continue reading
Karen Mason — Breath and Song Restored
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In an earlier era, Karen Mason would be an international star. Her voice is one of the best and most versatile, and her song stylings range…
Scandinavian Excursions with a Dutch Accent — Fringe Arts
In his still, intellectual scripts and screenplays, Ingmar Bergman creates intensity by having characters articulately express, even when silent, what living is for them Life and death is a constant … Continue reading
The Captive — Philadelphia Artists’ Collective at The Physick House
Édouard Bourdet’s “La Prisonnière,” which translates in English to “The Captive,” was bold for 1926 as it centered on a taboo subject, Lesbianism, and caused a stir in Paris, New … Continue reading
Exit the King — Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium at Walnut 3
Mortality motivates me. The way death affects life interests me so much, I attend, when possible, a monthly group discussion called The Death Café in Center City Philadelphia. It’s not … Continue reading
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