2019-2020 Helen and Morris Zoren World Theater Awards — The Nominees
Ready for some confusion? While reviewing diaries and rankings for the 2021-2022 Helen and Morris Zoren World Theater Awards, it dawned on me the pandemic intervened, imposed a long … Continue reading
2018 Philadelphia Theater Critic’s Awards — The Nominees
2018 was chocked with good productions and fine performances. Choosing nominees, let alone recipients, required a battery of combinations and permutations until the lists were set. Here, in each of … Continue reading
Equivocation — Arden Theatre
Besides being thoughtful and thought-provoking, Bill Cain is a clever playwright who can take a lot of plot strands and weave them into an engrossing, satisfying quilt of entertainment. Cain’s … Continue reading
Passion — Arden Theatre
Stephen Sondheim’s musical, “Passion,” comes to a pivotal point at which a young soldier, driven to a range of emotions, most of them negative, by the unwanted, unencouraged love he’s … Continue reading
Under the Skin — Arden Theatre
Lou Ziegler needs a kidney transplant. He’s on dialysis but the more threatening problem is the shunt, or portal, in his chest, by which Lou is cleansed, gets continually infected … Continue reading
Three Sisters — Arden Theatre
Initial signs of the Arden production of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” are ominous. You enter the theater, and the first thing you see is a replica of a rehearsal hall, a … Continue reading
Parade — Arden Theatre
The Leo Frank case serves as such a total and blatant example of prejudice, lack of justice, political posturing, and mob rule that it resonates powerfully today, a full century … Continue reading
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