Monday, March 7, 2022
Following protests by a cohort of Philadelphia artists taking aim at the Walnut’s leadership, the theater produces a shlocky, self-indulgent, and sometimes cringeworthy adaptation of Sherl…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:42PMMonday, February 28, 2022
Philadelphia Theatre Company closes out its 2021-22 season with Choir Boy, combining must-see artistry with characters and stories that need more space on our city’s stages. Jill Ivey revi…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:06PMMonday, December 13, 2021
In Two Outta Three, Jennifer Childs and Scott Greer become empty nesters and explore what's next with their signature humor and charm. Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:34AMTuesday, November 16, 2021
Taking from Nancy E. Davis’s meticulously researched book of the same name, Lloyd Suh’s The Chinese Lady introduces audiences to the first Chinese woman to arrive in America for a story …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:00AMMonday, November 1, 2021
In SOON, Nick Blaemire’s new musical, there’s a major climate event on the horizon…so it’s pretty tempting to just stay home and hide out with the 24-hour news cycle. Jill Ivey revie…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:52PMSaturday, September 25, 2021
For its contribution to the 2021 Fringe Festival, Philadelphia Artists’ Collective presents a straightforward monologue battle . . . or is it? Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:25AMFriday, September 24, 2021
A scavenger hunt of sorts, FOUND encourages you to wander down Philadelphia side streets—or navigate an interactive Google map from home—to discover a world of the fey. Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:34PMFriday, September 17, 2021
Performed for an audience of two, on opposite ends of the city, Nichole Canuso’s Being/With is less of a performance and more of an experience. Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:08PMTuesday, September 14, 2021
Staged in several South Philly parks, R. Eric Thomas’s The Ever Present is a family-friendly look at the magic of South Philadelphia and what gets lost as gentrification moves in. Jill Ive…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:04PMTuesday, May 11, 2021
After 14 months of social distancing, 1812 Productions injects life into Zoom ubiquity with ‘The Way I Walk.’ Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:58PMTuesday, May 4, 2021
EgoPo’s production of Adam Rapp’s 2001 ‘Nocturne’ defies the company’s “classic theater” mission, but feels nonetheless like a Greek tragedy, catharsis and all. Jill Ivey revie…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:52PMMonday, March 15, 2021
EgoPo’s production of ‘Rockaby,’ Beckett’s avant-garde classic, performed for an audience of one, is the perfect anniversary marker of the pandemic age. Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:41PMMonday, February 8, 2021
Though ambitious and full of potential, Almanac Dance Circus Theatre’s ‘The Fleecing’ is marred by an overcomplicated format and technological limitations. Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:31PMTuesday, October 13, 2020
The Phoenix Theatre in Chester Springs embraces Zoom with its presentation of ‘Henry VI, Part III,’ one of the Bard’s lesser-performed histories. Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:32PMSaturday, October 3, 2020
Mezzo-soprano Maren Montalbano has long shared steamy stories with her castmates, and now she’s bringing them to your living room in ‘The Bodice Ripper Project’ for this year’s Fring…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:28AMMonday, September 28, 2020
Despite its promising music and lyrics, the digital world premiere production ‘Crossover’ is failed by the virtual reality of 2020. Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:19PMTuesday, September 15, 2020
With 2020 making many of us acutely aware of our own mortality, a slow stroll with Death, as in Irina Varina's Fringe offering, 'An Encounter,' just makes sense. Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:32PMFamed choreographer-director David Gordon revisits his 1972 dance production ‘The Matter’ with Philadelphia dancers and archival footage in this curated Fringe presentation. Jill Ivey re…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:52PMMonday, September 14, 2020
Jewish performers Sarah Knittel and Betty Smithsonian are joined by funny friends—Jewish and not—to kvetch, commiserate, and talk shit in this Free Fringe livestream offering. Jill Ivey …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:17PMTuesday, April 21, 2020
EgoPo Classic Theater relocated successfully to Philadelphia after hurricane Katrina destroyed its former home in New Orleans. Artistic director Lane Savadove talks to Jill Ivey about surviv…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:59PMSunday, February 23, 2020
Set in a future in which climate change and advanced genetic testing have reshaped society, Jacqueline Goldfinger’s ‘Babel’ asks the price of a perfect society. Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:47PMFriday, February 7, 2020
‘Grey Rock,’ from a Palestinian writer/director and cast, reminds us that some things in life are worth pursuing not because they are easy, but because they are hard. Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:48PMTuesday, January 21, 2020
Authored by 10th-grader Angelina DeMonte, 'Candles' tells the story of every American teenager’s worst fear. Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:01PMMonday, November 18, 2019
The Lantern’s impressively staged production of Anna Ziegler’s 'The Last Match' is funny, heartbreaking, and surprisingly relatable for even the least athletic among us. Jill Ivey review…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:47PMTuesday, September 24, 2019
The Walnut’s production of Steve Martin’s darkly funny but too-neatly-resolved 'Meteor Shower' is good fun till the neck spasms kick in. Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:41PMTuesday, June 11, 2019
Quintessence Theatre Group stages Richard Bean’s madcap adaptation of a Commedia classic. If the execution is a bit uneven, the laughs more than make up for it. Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:00PMWednesday, May 15, 2019
Kate Tarker's world-premiere play tells the story of 'Oedipus Rex' in the style of Tom Stoppard's 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'… but much less successfully. Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:46PMTuesday, May 7, 2019
West Philly’s Curio Theatre Company puts its mark on one of Shakespeare’s most underwhelming works, which also happens to have one of theater’s most famous stage directions. Jill Ivey …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:45PMTuesday, April 9, 2019
Set now and in the not-too-distant future, Jacqueline Goldfinger’s darkly funny 'Click' is focused on the fallout of a sexual assault that was streamed online. Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:08PMWednesday, April 3, 2019
Quintessence uses a diverse cast and versatile set to interpret the Shakespearean classic while staying faithful to the Bard’s work. Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:15PMTuesday, March 26, 2019
With its annual spring Shakespeare production, the Lantern tackles ‘Measure for Measure,’ a notorious problem play still onstage in the #MeToo era. Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:40PM 
