Monday, May 25, 2015

Witch Slapped by A.D. Amorosi

Glinda tells all.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Up to Scratch by Mark Cofta

Theatre Exile's Bug is a creepy-crawly must-see.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Winners' Tale

CP's theater critics place their bets on the Barrymores

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Flaming Creature by Sam Adams

Alan Cumming turns up the heat in Suffering Man's Charity.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Granger Among Us by Sam Adams

Talking with festival honoree Farley Granger.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Walking the Plank by David Anthony Fox

The Pirate, a shipwreck of a show currently onstage at the Prince, was a questionable project from the start.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

So Nice So Smart by Mark Cofta

Like the Malvern theater's illustrious record, Nathan the Wise - translated into modern vernacular by Edward Kemp - isn't showy or shocking, but smart and warmhearted.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Mud Men by David Anthony Fox

In fact, the whole of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a good-hearted spoof - but it needs a very strong production to keep it all afloat. It's in good hands at the Walnut, where it is helmed with…

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Grand Piano by Mark Cofta

The Piano Lesson portrays African-American life with bravado and honesty.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

The Impossible Dream by A.D. Amorosi

How an NYC theater luminary and a Center City holy man brought Quixote - and a cast of pro and homeless actors - to a Broad Street church.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Gee is for Grievous by David Anthony Fox

Here, the topical treatment is iconic and sweeping. There are too many obvious metaphors and too much one-dimensional character writing.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Congested Development by Mark Cofta

Brothers-in-Law is as frustrating as the real thing.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Fare for the Common Man by A.D. Amorosi

Wozzeck strikes a chord in our Great Recession.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Mamet is for Closers by David Anthony Fox

How wonderfully ironic that Theatre Exile is staging Glengarry Glen Ross in Christ Church Neighborhood House.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Down Market by David Anthony Fox

Jewish folklore has produced some superb art - and Marketplace is a shameless and lazy effort to capitalize on it.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Messing with the Bull by David Anthony Fox

Wishing the Arden's pleasant but unremarkable Ferdinand the Bull followed the original more closely.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Down the Garden Path by David Anthony Fox

Let me be clear from the start: I think Grey Gardens is one of a handful of genuinely great musicals in the modern era.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Immovable Types by David Anthony Fox

In Daniel Beaty's patriarch-focused Resurrection, five men and one boy fulfill, rather than negate, stereotypes.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Cut Strings by Steve Cohen

Art imitates strife in the Arden's new show.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Girls Town by David Anthony Fox

Diva lovers, rejoice! Dreamgirls is in town at the Prince Theater, and this fine production offers all the fizz and fun you could want.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Mind Made Up by A.D. Amorosi

Bruce Graham thrives on the conversations he has with himself.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Taking Issue by Mark Cofta

So-called "issue plays" earn that dismissive categorization because they don't rise above the creators' agenda to become "good plays." In its first moments, In the Continuum teeters on the b…

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Ego Boosters by Steve Cohen

A New Orleans theater troupe found an accidental home in Philly.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

How Not to Write a Play by A.D. Amorosi

Local playwright Bruce Graham shares nuggets of hard-earned wisdom.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

All Hands On Dex by Juliet Fletcher

Bruce Graham lets his scripts do the talking.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

The Cut Man by Rachel Frankford

Plumbing the Depp to make Edward Scissorhands dance.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

Glad All Over by David Anthony Fox

Bill Irwin's dazzling, joyful The Happiness Lecture grabbed me (and I'm known to be unrepentantly mime-averse and clown-o-phobic), and kept me spellbound for 80 minutes.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

When Worlds Collide by Mark Cofta

This is a marvelous evening of theater: intimate, sincere, magical. If it inspires theatergoers to read Chaim Potok and readers to attend plays, then it will be doubly successful.

SOURCE: City Paper (Philadelphia) at 05:58PM

All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards