Lantern Theater Company presents Neil Bartlett’s The Plague

Conscience and contagion

Lantern Theater Company’s chilling adaptation of Camus’s The Plague, a US premiere, holds an uncomfortable theatrical mirror to our own pandemic reality. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Oct 11, 2021 · Reviews · 4 minute read

Lightning Rod Special presents We Are Trying to Reach You

Listening in on IVF

Lightning Rod Special continues its audio series Sound Break with We Are Trying to Reach You, Katie Gould’s challenging path to pregnancy told through voicemails, song, and egg jokes. Kirsten Bowen reviews.

Kirsten Bowen

Oct 05, 2021 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Resident Ensemble Players present A Scandal in Bohemia

An earful from Sherlock Holmes

REP continues its popular radio drama series with a new adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Scandal in Bohemia, famous for its twists. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Oct 01, 2021 · Reviews · 4 minute read

Philly Fringe 2021: Arcadia Exhibitions presents Sun & Sea

The shores of great opera

A former Philly railroad plant becomes the perfect home for Lithuanian opera Sun & Sea, which shines at this year’s Fringe Festival. Merilyn Jackson reviews.

Merilyn Jackson

Oct 01, 2021 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Philly Fringe 2021: EgoPo Classic Theater presents Dane Eissler and Jenna Kuerzi’s Alice: not your child’s wonderland

When the surroundings steal the show

EgoPo Classic Theater launches its season with Alice: not your child’s wonderland, but this Lewis Carroll adaptation doesn’t go far enough down the rabbit hole. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Sep 30, 2021 · Reviews · 3 minute read

The Weekly Roundup, September 29-October 5

Mural Arts Month, Philadelphia Orchestra, WHITE, and the Virtual Latino Arts Festival

Celebrating and meditating on mural art, Our City, Your Orchestra returns, and James Ijames's WHITE is presented by Villanova Theatre. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

Kyle V. Hiller

Sep 29, 2021 · Previews · 3 minute read

Philly Fringe 2021: Philadelphia Artists’ Collective presents QvK

The monologue matchup

For its contribution to the 2021 Fringe Festival, Philadelphia Artists’ Collective presents a straightforward monologue battle . . . or is it? Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Sep 25, 2021 · Reviews · 2 minute read

Philly Fringe 2021: Brian Feldman Projects presents #txtshow (on the internet)

What is theater?

Brian Feldman’s 2021 Fringe entry gathers the audience in a digital space, like many other Covid-era productions, but leaves us with big questions about the nature of the art form. Alaina Johns reviews.

Alaina Johns

Sep 24, 2021 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Philly Fringe 2021: $7 Girl, Motel Montana, and Dr. Livingston Presents RUB HARDER

Let's dance about sex

Josh Herren reviews three movement-based works that explore sexual connection in this year's Fringe Festival.

Josh Herren

Sep 24, 2021 · Reviews · 4 minute read

Philly Fringe 2021: Irish Heritage Theatre presents Dermot Bolger’s The Holy Ground

Ordinary life, extraordinary play

In telling the story of a small life that nonetheless contains big emotions, Fringe Festival entry The Holy Ground captures what Irish Heritage Theatre does best. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Sep 23, 2021 · Reviews · 3 minute read