Bucks County Playhouse presents The Bridges of Madison County

The beginning of things

Bucks County Playhouse presents a star-studded Bridges of Madison County that delivers all the thrill of awakening love. Josh Herren reviews.

Josh Herren

Aug 14, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

People’s Light presents Sam Shepard’s True West

East meets West

A highly conceptualized production of True West at People’s Light offers striking visuals but scant drama. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Aug 14, 2023 · Reviews · 4 minute read

Shakespeare in Clark Park presents Two Gentlemen of Verona: The Musical

A summer stunner

Politically charged yet emotionally joyous, a 1971 musical adaptation of Two Gentlemen of Verona knocks it out of Clark Park. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Jul 27, 2023 · Reviews · 4 minute read

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility

Sisters take the stage

With this adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival breathes new life into a literary classic that even newcomers to Austen will love. Mina Reinckens reviews.

Mina Reinckens

Jul 25, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Delaware Shakespeare presents Macbeth

Welcoming the darkness

North Wilmington’s Rockwood Park, with its own alleged hauntings, makes an appropriately chilling setting for Delaware Shakespeare’s summer outing with the Scottish Play. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Jul 24, 2023 · Reviews · 5 minute read

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Shakespeare’s The Tempest

The formal tension of Shakespeare’s last storm

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival closes its 2023 season with bold comedic swings and infrequent wonder in an ultimately uneven Tempest. Kiran Pandey reviews.

Kiran Pandey

Jul 18, 2023 · Reviews · 4 minute read

Applied Mechanics presents Other Orbits

A universal convention

Applied Mechanics produces an interactive, choose-your-own-adventure work of theater in its latest Other Orbits installment, inviting audiences to a convention that is both surreal and oddly familiar. Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jul 18, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Bucks County Playhouse presents Jonathan Larson’s Tick, Tick… Boom!

A first-rate local production

Bucks County Playhouse’s Tick, Tick… Boom! tops the recent film version, with two facts hanging over any version of the show: Jonathan Larson will create the megahit Rent, and he’ll die suddenly right before it opens. Stephen Silver reviews.

Stephen Silver

Jun 27, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

People’s Light presents Boo Killebrew’s Lettie

An awkward homecoming

Onstage at People’s Light, Boo Killebrew’s Lettie charts one woman’s bumpy road to re-entry after incarceration. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Jun 22, 2023 · Reviews · 4 minute read

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights

A beautiful day in Little Dominican Republic

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes’s In the Heights relies on the life of a neighborhood for its drama, and a smooth, sparkling production from Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival delivers. An Nichols reviews.

An Nichols

Jun 19, 2023 · Reviews · 4 minute read