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Death of Caesar, Japanese-style: Political marriages of convenience. (Photo: Mark Garvin.)

Lantern’s ‘Julius Caesar’ (2nd review)

The man who made ‘dictator’ a dirty word

Charles McMahon chose to set Julius Caesar in feudal Japan, a period contemporaneous with Shakespeare’s England, and, in McMahon’s view, similarly dominated by an aristocratic ethos of military prowess and honor. The analogy goes only so far, but the verse is as resonant as ever.

Robert Zaller

Mar 22, 2014 Articles 5 minute read

'All the Way’: LBJ on Broadway

Utterly charming, utterly ruthless

Robert Schenkkan’s stage adaptation of Lyndon Johnson’s first year in office is a hugely ambitious work about a hugely overwhelming politician. But it offers only brief interior glimpses of the man behind the Texas-sized swagger.

Carol Rocamora

Mar 22, 2014 Articles 5 minute read

Forrest McClendon as Julius Caesar and Joe Guzmán as Cassius in the Lantern's controversial production of "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar." (Mark Garvin photo)

The Lantern Theater’s Japanese-‘influenced’ staging of 'Julius Caesar'

At last, lend your ears to Charles McMahon

The Philadelphia theater community has been abuzz with reactions to the Lantern Theater's recent production of Julius Caesar, which is set in feudal Japan but features no Japanese actors. Director Charles McMahon has remained silent — until now.

Alaina Johns

Mar 21, 2014 Articles 6 minute read

New City Stage's 'Hinckley'

The mind of a would-be assassin

A theatrical tour-de-force, Hinckley is a classic example of how much can be done with nothing more than actors on a stage.

Mark Wolverton

Mar 20, 2014 Articles 3 minute read

Torsney-Weir (left) and McDaniel: two of Philadelphia’s acting treasures.

Azuka’s ‘Skin and Bone’

Four characters in search of a story

Azuka Theatre ventures outside the box with the world premiere of Jacqueline Goldfinger’s Skin and Bone, but the premiere might have been premature.

Gary L. Day

Mar 17, 2014 Articles 3 minute read

The digital age, taken to its logical extreme.

Caryl Churchill’s ‘Love and Information’ in NY

A case of emotional hit-and-run

Are Caryl Churchill and her inventive artistic team messing with our minds? You bet.

Carol Rocamora

Mar 17, 2014 Articles 5 minute read

'Circle Mirror Transformation' at Theatre Horizon (2nd review)

The power of self-expression

What’s going on in the acting class on stage is the highest form of acting — naturalistic, believable, and true.

Ilene Raymond Rush

Mar 12, 2014 Articles 3 minute read

Swidey (left), Perrier: Deep and inexplicable yearnings.

EgoPo does Ibsen’s ‘Lady From the Sea’

A woman in need of assertiveness training

In the rarely performed Lady From the Sea, the heroine is more poetic but also more perplexing than most of Ibsen’s women.

Steve Cohen

Mar 08, 2014 Articles 3 minute read

Approaching and retreating: Julianna Zinkel, Clare Mahoney, Jessica Bedford, and Becky Baumwoll (left to right) in “Pride and Prejudice” at People’s Light. Photo by Mark Garvin.

‘Pride and Prejudice’ at People’s Light

The delicate dance of courtship

Dance plays a large part in the dramatization of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice currently playing at People’s Light & Theatre Company.

Bill Murphy

Mar 06, 2014 Articles 2 minute read

Learning from (and about) each other. Photo by Matthew J Photography

'Circle Mirror Transformation' at Theatre Horizon

Getting to know you

Circle Mirror Transformation is an unusual play that demands close attention, as an instructor in a community-center adult acting class leads her students in intricate theater games.

Steve Cohen

Mar 06, 2014 Articles 2 minute read