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Monday, September 3, 2018

Act II Playhouse presents Neil Simon’s ‘Biloxi Blues’ by Cameron Kelsall

Unfortunately (considering the timing), Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical ‘Biloxi Blues,’ at Act II Playhouse, hasn’t aged well. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:07AM
Sunday, August 26, 2018

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents ‘Blithe Spirit’ by Cameron Kelsall

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s ‘Blithe Spirit’ never settles for easy laughs. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:39PM
Friday, August 17, 2018

Williamstown Theatre Festival presents ‘Dangerous House’ by Cameron Kelsall

Jen Silverman’s ‘Dangerous House,’ at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts, chronicles the perilous lives of LGBTQ people in supposedly progressive contemporary South Afr…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:39PM
Friday, August 10, 2018

People’s Light presents ‘Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie’ by Cameron Kelsall

'Woody Sez,’ in a return performance at People’s Light, offers music for the moment. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:55AM
Monday, July 30, 2018

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents ‘Titus Andronicus’ by Cameron Kelsall

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey cranks up the carnage in ‘Titus Andronicus’ without shying away from the play’s problematic treatment of women and race. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:57PM

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents ‘All’s Well that Ends Well’ (second review) by Cameron Kelsall

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s Extreme Shakespeare series presents an original-practices production of ‘All’s Well That Ends Well,’ with confounding results. Cameron Kelsall rev…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:02AM
Saturday, July 28, 2018

Princeton Summer Theater presents Lillian Hellman’s ‘The Children’s Hour’ by Cameron Kelsall

Lillian Hellman’s ‘The Children’s Hour’ remains powerful and thought-provoking, despite an uneven production from Princeton Summer Theater. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:04AM
Sunday, July 22, 2018

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents ‘Richard II’ by Cameron Kelsall

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s ‘King Richard II’ dumbs down one of the Bard’s most complicated monarchs. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:16PM
Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Theater with a View presents Martin Zimmerman’s ‘On the Exhale’ (second review) by Cameron Kelsall

‘On the Exhale,’ a gun drama from Theater with a View, shoots blanks. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:54PM
Sunday, July 15, 2018

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Lee Hall’s ‘Shakespeare in Love’ by Cameron Kelsall

A stage adaptation of ‘Shakespeare in Love,’ at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, coasts on a healthy dose of charm. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:55PM
Sunday, July 1, 2018

Hedgerow Theatre presents Jared Reed and Damon Bonetti’s ‘His Girl Friday’ by Cameron Kelsall

Hedgerow Theatre Company’s new adaptation of ‘His Girl Friday’ screws up screwball comedy. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:33PM
Thursday, June 21, 2018

SoLow Fest 2018: Greenfield Collective’s ‘Potts’ with ‘Table on Table on Table’ by Cameron Kelsall

SoLow Fest entries ‘Potts’ and ‘Table on Table on Table’ offer new glosses on familiar stories. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:45PM
Saturday, June 16, 2018

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents ‘Ragtime’ by Cameron Kelsall

‘Ragtime,’ based on E.L. Doctorow's novel, remains strikingly relevant at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:42PM

Broadway Philadelphia presents ‘Aladdin’ by Cameron Kelsall

Disney’s ‘Aladdin,’ presented by the Kimmel Center's Broadway Philadelphia, fails to cast a magic spell. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:32PM
Sunday, June 10, 2018

Philadelphia Artists’ Collective presents ‘Maria Marten, or, The Murder in the Red Barn’ by Cameron Kelsall

Philadelphia Artists’ Collective resurrects the melodrama with ‘Maria Marten, or, The Murder in the Red Barn.’ Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:00PM

PIFA 2018: Taylor Mac’s ‘A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, Part II, 1896 to Present’ by Cameron Kelsall

Taylor Mac’s ’A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, Part II’ approaches perfect unity of music, text, and performance. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:54PM
Thursday, June 7, 2018

PIFA 2018: 600 Highwaymen’s ‘The Fever’ by Cameron Kelsall

600 Highwaymen’s ‘The Fever,’ presented locally by PIFA, tests the limits of audience interaction. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:08PM
Sunday, June 3, 2018

PIFA 2018: Taylor Mac’s ‘A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, Part I, 1776-1896’ by Cameron Kelsall

Magical and maddening, Taylor Mac’s ’24-Decade History of Popular Music, Part I’ comes to Philadelphia courtesy of PIFA. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:16PM
Saturday, June 2, 2018

Eagle Theatre presents Jason Robert Brown’s ‘The Last Five Years’ by Cameron Kelsall

‘The Last Five Years,’ at Hammonton, New Jersey’s Eagle Theatre, offers problematic scenes from a problematic marriage. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:42PM
Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Act II Playhouse presents Lerner and Loewe’s ‘Camelot’ by Cameron Kelsall

Act II Playhouse’s scaled down ‘Camelot’ reveals the flaws of this Golden Age musical. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:44PM
Thursday, May 24, 2018

Walnut Street Theatre presents ‘Mamma Mia!’ by Cameron Kelsall

‘Mamma Mia!’ at Walnut Street Theatre may have you dancing in the aisles — or bolting for the exit. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:06PM
Monday, May 14, 2018

McCarter Theater Center presents Christopher Durang’s ‘Turning Off the Morning News’ (first review) by Cameron Kelsall

‘Turning Off the Morning News,’ premiering at McCarter Theatre Center, returns playwright Christopher Durang to his angry, absurdist roots. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:53PM
Friday, May 4, 2018

Bristol Riverside Theater presents ‘The Triumph of Love’ by Cameron Kelsall

A musicalization of Marivaux’s ‘The Triumph of Love,’ at Bristol Riverside Theatre, fails to balance the source play’s humor and pathos. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:53PM

Theatre Horizon presents Rick Elice and Wayne Barker’s ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ by Cameron Kelsall

Theatre Horizon offers a whimsical, wistful, and refreshingly feminist take on the popular ‘Peter and the Starcatcher.’ Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:48AM
Thursday, April 26, 2018

Theatre Exile presents Michael Hollinger’s ‘Sing the Body Electric’ by Cameron Kelsall

'Sing the Body Electric' highlights playwright Michael Hollinger’s knack for crafting naturalistic dialogue and sympathetic characters, but the whole often feels less than the sum of its p…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:29PM
Friday, April 13, 2018

Walnut Street Theatre presents Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s ‘Tell Me on a Sunday’ by Cameron Kelsall

‘Tell Me on a Sunday,' at Walnut Street Theatre’s Independence Studio on 3, trades in gender stereotypes and clunky storytelling. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:07PM
Monday, April 9, 2018

Quintessence Theatre Group presents Henrik Ibsen’s ‘The Wild Duck’ by Cameron Kelsall

Quintessence Theatre Group premieres a compelling adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s ‘The Wild Duck’. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:00PM
Sunday, April 8, 2018

Irish Heritage Theatre presents ‘The Women of Ireland’ by Cameron Kelsall

Irish Heritage Theatre collects five short plays about the Irish women of yesterday and today, and delivers mixed results. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:58PM
Monday, April 2, 2018

Arden Theatre Company presents Kash Goins’s ‘V to X’ by Cameron Kelsall

GoKash OnSTAGE's residency at the Arden presents ‘V to X,’ exploring the world of for-profit incarceration and the state of black lives behind bars. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:09AM
Saturday, March 24, 2018

Walnut Street theatre presents Michael Frayn’s ‘Noises Off’ by Cameron Kelsall

‘Noises Off,’ Michael Frayn’s evergreen farce, proves its durability once more at the Walnut Street Theatre. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:12AM
Sunday, March 18, 2018

McCarter Theatre Center presents Regina Taylor’s ‘Crowns’ by Cameron Kelsall

Regina Taylor’s ‘Crowns,’ at Princeton’s McCarter Theatre Center, gives voice to the special relationship between black women and their hats. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:33PM

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