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One Pandoran's elaborate headdress. (Photo by Youssef Shoufan; costume by Kym Barrett. © 2015 Cirque du Soleil)

Cirque du Soleil's 'Toruk' in Allentown

Spectacle, plus a story, from Cirque du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil chose Allentown for a tryout of their adaptation of the Avatar story in the most impressive Cirque production so far.

Steve Cohen

Dec 08, 2015 Articles 2 minute read

Tackling race, guns, and ‘Star Wars’: Jain, Close, Childs, Bechtel, Kelly, and Jadico. (Photo by John Flak)

1812 Productions' 'This Is the Week That Is,' 2015 edition

A satirical revue that hasn't lost its bite

Philadelphia's all-comedy theater, 1812 Productions, scores again by skewering today's news stories in the company-created This Is the Week That Is .

Mark Cofta

Dec 08, 2015 Articles 3 minute read

Pre-battle calisthenics: Jade Anouka (left) as Hotspur.

All-female 'Henry IV' directed by Phyllida Lloyd

Same-sex Shakespeare

An all-female Henry IV features stellar performances and agile ensemble work, but what insight does it provide into the play itself?

Carol Rocamora

Dec 07, 2015 Articles 4 minute read

Philadelphia Theatre Company’s ‘Baskerville’ (second review)

A tasty holiday trifle

Instead of the usual December fare (A Christmas Carol, The Nutcracker), Philadelphia Theatre Company presents a Sherlock Holmes spoof this month. It will put you in the holiday spirit.

Gary L. Day

Dec 05, 2015 Articles 2 minute read

A pair of pros with excellent diction: Dench, Branagh. (Photo by Joan Persson)

Kenneth Branagh in 'The Winter's Tale'

Is this some kind of Shakespearean prank?

Kenneth Branagh launches a new theater company with one of Shakespeare’s most flawed plays, in a production that will air on local movie screens in HD.

Steve Cohen

Dec 05, 2015 Articles 4 minute read

There’s nothing like a little musical mayhem to clear the mind.” (Photo: Mark Garvin)

Philadelphia Theatre Company’s ‘Baskerville’

Sherlock in Wonderland

In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, reason always triumphs over fakery. In this delightfully inventive production of Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville, stagecraft trumps everything.

Dan Rottenberg

Dec 03, 2015 Articles 3 minute read

A brilliant, joyous celebration: Ibeneche, Brown, and ensemble. (Photo by Matthew J. Photography)

Theatre Horizon's 'Black Nativity'

Celebrating the season

Theatre Horizon makes up for a dearth of black theater in the area with a rousing production of Langston Hughes's Black Nativity.

Mark Cofta

Dec 01, 2015 Articles 2 minute read

A Grande Dame and an entranced young prince. (Illustration for BSR by Mike Jackson of alrightmike.com)

'The Three Musketeers': People's Light's annual pantomime

All for one and one for all

People's Light has created an enduring tradition with its holiday pantos, as The Three Musketeers (The Later Years) ably shows.

Mark Coftaand Illustration by Mike Jackson

Nov 24, 2015 Articles 4 minute read

The child is father to the man: Mulhern and Van Horn. (Photo by Mark Garvin)

'A Christmas Story, the Musical' at Walnut Street Theatre

A happy family holiday with a BB gun

The classic movie A Christmas Story has been turned into a happy holiday musical about a boy and his desire for a BB gun. While the show is fun and cheerful, I kept wondering about the underlying message about what it means to grow up and become a man.

Naomi Orwin

Nov 24, 2015 Articles 3 minute read

Practicing “tikkun olam” through sex therapy: Jane Ridley as Dr. Ruth. (Photo by Mark Garvin)

'Becoming Dr. Ruth' at the Walnut Street Theatre

Healing the world with sex

Celebrities hold our hopes and our dreams, but we rarely peek behind the curtain and learn what makes them who they are. The woman we know as Dr. Ruth, who says outrageous things on television, has a history that surprises us with its challenges and her resilience.