Resident Ensemble Players presents John Ball’s In the Heat of the Night

A cracking good detective story

Resident Ensemble Players at the University of Delaware continues its season with In the Heat of the Night, a world-class whodunit that doesn’t shy away from its story’s disturbing roots in 1962 Alabama. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Nov 07, 2023 · Reviews · 5 minute read

Azuka Theatre presents Priyanka Shetty’s The Elephant in the Room

A story as unique as the immigrant experience

Priyanka Shetty’s The Elephant in the Room, a solo autobiographical show about an Indian software engineer turned theater artist,
is proving the creator’s performance chops in its Philly debut at Azuka Theatre. Krista Mar reviews.

Krista Mar

Nov 07, 2023 · Reviews · 2 minute read

Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Whitney White’s Macbeth in Stride

A fun but flawed feminist take on the Scottish play

Macbeth in Stride, a new adaptation of the Shakespeare classic now onstage at Philadelphia Theatre Company, rocks but doesn’t dig its daggers deep enough. C.M. Crockford reviews.

C.M. Crockford

Nov 06, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Theatre Exile presents Bess Wohl’s Camp Siegfried

Tomorrow belongs to them

Then and now, fascism feels like an easy fix for any psychic fissure. With Camp Seigfried, Theatre Exile takes us to a Nazi summer camp in 1938 New York. Wendy Rosenfield reviews.

Wendy Rosenfield

Nov 06, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Arden Theatre Company presents Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me

Breathing in the grip of the framers

Arden Theatre Company presents Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me, a play that is as alternately illuminating and frustrating as our founding document. Kiran Pandey reviews.

Kiran Pandey

Nov 06, 2023 · Reviews · 4 minute read

InterAct Theatre Company presents Sylvia Khoury’s Selling Kabul

The price of freedom

Selling Kabul, a Pulitzer Prize finalist at InterAct Theatre Company, wrestles with the human cost of occupation and war. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Nov 06, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Kimmel Cultural Campus and Shubert Organization present the national tour of Wicked

Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road

The national tour of Wicked returns to Philadelphia for the first time in six years. How’s it holding up? Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Nov 06, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

EgoPo Classic Theater and Abrahamse and Meyer Productions present Lorraine Hansberry’s Les Blancs

Still ahead of her time

EgoPo Classic Theater opens a season of international perspectives with Lorraine Hansberry’s Les Blancs, co-produced by South Africa’s Abrahamse and Meyer Productions. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Oct 30, 2023 · Reviews · 4 minute read

Quintessence Theatre Group presents Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit

An eternity of being known

Quintessence Theatre Group conjures a classic vision of hell with Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit in a new translation by Alex Burns. Kiran Pandey reviews.

Kiran Pandey

Oct 16, 2023 · Reviews · 4 minute read

Bucks County Playhouse presents Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show

Let’s do the Time Warp again

Peripatetic reality star Frankie Grande takes center stage in this new revival of The Rocky Horror Show at Bucks County Playhouse. Josh Herren reviews.

Josh Herren

Oct 16, 2023 · Reviews · 2 minute read