Bullets Over Broadway — National Tour — Academy of Music
Much in the touring production of Woody Allen’s “Bullets Over Broadway” is directly from the musical’s unwarrantedly short 2014 Broadway run. Susan Stroman’s gravity-defying dances, re-created for the road by … Continue reading
The Handmaid’s Tale — Curio Theatre
Margaret Atwood conceived a grim world as she chronicled a young woman’s life of sexual slavery in a feudal totalitarian society in her 1985 novel, “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Atwood’s Medieval … Continue reading
Playing the Assassin — Delaware Theatre Company
Nothing is permitted to be cut-and-dried today. Including accidents. They happen, but current custom insists someone be at fault or take blame. Remorse has become a requirement, apology a stipulation. … Continue reading
The Mandrake — Quintessence Theatre Group at Sedgwick Theatre
Niccolo Machiavelli goes way past the already questionable conundrum about ends justifying means. In the Machiavellian universe, ends are everything. The means don’t have to be justified. They only have … Continue reading
A Comedy of Tenors — McCarter Theatre Company at the Matthews Theatre
Ken Ludwig cannot keep his hands off of tenors. Thank goodness! While his marvelous new farce, “A Comedy of Tenors,” does not refer significantly to his lasting 1989 favorite, “Lend Me … Continue reading
Disgraced — Philadelphia Theatre Company at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre
Ayad Akhtar pierces through the polite, and often meant, niceties by which we hide our true sentiments in this well-behaved politically correct world. “Disgraced’s” Amir Kapoor, née Amir Abdullah, was … Continue reading
Auctioning the Ainsleys — People’s Light & Theatre Company
Laura Schellhardt’s quirky comedy, about a quirky, insular family of five taking stock of their individual histories, talents, and character traits before moving, per force, to the next phase of … Continue reading
Juno and the Paycock — Irish Heritage Theatre at Plays & Players
Sean O’Casey cleverly weaves three themes in this play that can emphasize any one of them or blend them together. Peggy Mecham’s pleasing and entertaining production of “Juno and the … Continue reading
Quickies on the Current — Ainsleys, Children’s Hour, Comedy of Tenors, Disgraced
To keep up with the glut, here is a listing of plays running currently in the Philadelphia region and some quick comments about them. ANTIGONE — Wilma Theater, Broad and … Continue reading
Antigone — Wilma Theater
Call me Philistine. The pity of Theodoros Terzopoulos’s production of “Antigone” for Wilma Theater is so much effort, exactitude, and fine execution have gone into this handsome, ritualistic staging only … Continue reading
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