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Ensemble Arts Philly and the Shubert Organization present The Sound of Music
Familiar music, timeless message
Back on tour in a lavish new production, The Sound of Music combines evergreen entertainment with a potent anti-fascist stance. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read
The BSR Podcast: Talking with Jelly's Last Jam director Tyrone L. Robinson
Darnelle dives into Bristol Riverside Theatre's new production of Jelly's Last Jam
Director Tyrone L. Robinson joins Darnelle Radford in the virtual studio to take you behind the scenes of the regional premiere of the Tony-winning musical Jelly's Last Jam.
Podcast
1 minute read
The Wilma presents James Ijames’s The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington
The first First Lady goes on trial
As the celebration of America’s Semiquincentennial draws near, the Wilma revives James Ijames’s polemical satire The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
The BSR Podcast: Hit the Philly theater scene with DemBruceGals
Keeping theater in the family
DemBruceGals are becoming a fixture of our local theater scene. These five Philly sisters have made it their mission to see as many shows as possible and share the journey with their followers. They join Darnelle in the virtual studio.
Podcast
1 minute read
Theatre Exile’s Philly GRIT presents Bastion Carboni’s A Vacation
A travel influencer takes his wildest trip yet
A Vacation, a Philly GRIT solo show from local performer and director Bastion Carboni, follows a travel influencer who is in over his head at his latest controversial destination: Purgatory. Alaina Johns reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
TheatreXP presents Donald Margulies’s Lunar Eclipse
An authentic look at aging together
TheatreXP crafts an intimate production of Lunar Eclipse by Pulitzer-winning playwright Donald Margulies, about an aging couple looking to the stars as they grapple with loving and letting go. SaraKay Smullens reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
Dominic Moore-Dunson taps into Philly’s energy for Miz Martha Washington
The language of movement
Dominic Moore-Dunson is new to Philly but is already making waves, including in the upcoming production of James Ijames’ The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington. Ellen Chenoweth profiles.
Profiles
3 minute read
Prescribing the Best Medicine with Philly’s own Ellen Boscov
From improv to Hollywood
Ellen Boscov talks her recurring role on the American medical comedy drama Best Medicine, what Philly improv taught her throughout her career, and how aspiring performers can get the role of their dreams. An Nichols profiles.
Profiles
5 minute read
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Irish Heritage Theatre presents Conor McPherson’s The Weir
A woman walks into a bar
Conor McPherson’s The Weir is a ghost story about the living, now onstage with Irish Heritage Theatre at Plays and Players. Walt Maguire reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
The Arden Theatre presents Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Sweetness and violence
A new Romeo and Juliet at the Arden, directed by Amina Robinson, finds its beating heart in the violent adult world’s intrusion on a childlike love. Josh Herren reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read