April Catch-Up I — Ella: First Lady of Song and Bullets Over Broadway
ELLA: FIRST LADY OF SONG — Delaware Theatre Company, 200 Water Street, Wilmington, Del. Through Sunday, May 13 — Freda Payne does some lovely singing in “Ella: First Lady of … Continue reading
A Bard Birthday Present — Julius Caesar –Quintessence Theatre at Sedgwick
Alexander Burns is a scholarly lad, and with the right kind of audacity. Summoning his acquired knowledge of classic and contemporary literature, he enlisted 20th century poet John Masefield (He … Continue reading
2017 Philadelphia Theater Critics Awards — The Recipients
Long in the compiling, this list not only honors the variety, quality, and assurance in Philadelphia theater. It celebrates it. In the spirit of awards, one person may be the … Continue reading
Lydie Breeze: Aipotu — EgoPo, Christ Church Neighborhood House
LYDIE BREEZE: AIPOTU, EgoPo Classic Theater at Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 N. American Street, Philadelphia, through March 18 but returning in April as part of a Marathon — Mirror-read … Continue reading
Two More from ’18 — Next to Normal and Passing Strange
NEXT TO NORMAL, Media Theatre, through February 25 — Krissy Fraelich’s riveting central performance blends with the perfection of Geoffrey Goldberg’s direction to make this production not only powerful and … Continue reading
Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye — Arden Theatre
Curiosity gnawed from the minute the Arden announced its current season would include a dramatization of Toni Morrison hypnotic novel about race identity, “The Bluest Eye.” Since reading it decades … Continue reading
Small Mouth Sounds — Phila. Theatre Co. at Suzanne Roberts
Edward Chin-Lyn saved the day several times during “Small Mouth Sounds” at the Philadelphia Theatre’s Company’s Suzanne Roberts Theatre. And I’m not talking about the actor’s brief flirt with nudity. … Continue reading
A to M in ’18 — Cold Harbor to Mr. Burns
Here I go on one of my quixotic missions to talk briefly about a lot of shows. 2018 has been a mostly marvelous year so far. The first 11 shows … Continue reading
Blood Wedding — Wilma Theater
BLOOD WEDDING — Wilma Theater, Broad and Spruce Streets, in Philadelphia, through November 19 — Dance 10, Lorca 3. If even. Re: Lorca, poor lad. Csaba Horvath’s muscular production of … Continue reading
Hand to God, You For Me For You
Something I wrote in April and never published. God knows why. HAND TO GOD — Philadelphia Theatre Company at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre, Broad and Lombard Streets, Philadelphia, through … Continue reading
