Review: THE LIGHT at Theatre Exile
by G K Schatzman - February 10, 2023
Directed by J. Paul Nicholas and starring Abdul Sesay and Angela Bey, The Light centers on the hot-and-cold engagement night of two youngish Chicagoans as they wind up reliving their romantic pinnacles alongside their separate, secreted traumas around sexual assault.
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Photos: Go Inside FORWARD MOTION at Perelman Theater
by Scott Serio - February 05, 2023
The New Works series for the Philadelphia Ballet brings Forward Motion to the stage with three new conceptualizations by highly respected choreographers. Check out our exclusive photos from the production here!...
Photos: First Look at THE NUTCRACKER at The Academy of Music
by Scott Serio - December 10, 2022
Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker is an annual tradition for many and a rite of passage for countless others. The Philadelphia Ballet, under the artistic direction of Angel Corella, brings the mesmerizing George Balanchine choreography to life again this holiday season on the big stage at the Academy of ...
Photos: Philadelphia Ballet's CINDERELLA at The Academy Of Music
by Scott Serio - October 14, 2022
The Philadelphia Ballet opened its 2022-23 season with their staging of Cinderella Thursday night at the Academy of Music in Center City. The Ben Stevenson version of Sergei Profokiev's score will grace the stage for the next two weeks. See our exclusive look at the final dress rehearsal from this p...
Review: TRAVESTIES at Lantern Theater
by G K Schatzman - October 05, 2022
Tom Stoppard's 'Earnest'-inspired smartypants play 'Travesties' finishes its run on October 9th at the Lantern Theater....
Review: Reimagined EVITA 'High Flying, Adored' at Bucks County Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 26, 2022
Bucks County Playhouse's reimagined Evita, directed by Will Pomerantz, is one of the most creatively staged productions of the Andrew Lloyd Webber hit to come along in years. Evita, which chronicles the rise and fall of Eva Perón, shines a spotlight on the controversial icon whose life and death lit...
REVIEW: DEAR EVAN HANSEN Hits Philly Right in the Feels
by G K Schatzman - August 21, 2022
Dear Evan Hansen will pour your heart fit to overflow and then spend an hour eyedroppering it over the brim. The Tony-hoarding show has juggernaut bones and design. Despite less-than-lustrous vocal performance from greenhorn show star Anthony Norman, the touring cast does it earnest justice with sta...
Review: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at Academy Of Music
by Tony Oriente - July 14, 2022
The Kimmel Cultural Campus has a masterful work currently playing at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, before heading out on the rest of its first national tour. Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s to Kill a Mockingbird, directed by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher, is a powerhouse of a pro...
BWW Review: INTO THE WOODS at Arden Theatre
by Tony Oriente - June 10, 2022
What did our critic think of INTO THE WOODS at Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia? A fresh and innovative take on the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine classical musical. The acting and vocal delivery from the ensemble cast let the James Lapine book shine through while giving the audience a lavis...