Wilma Theater presents Nathan Alan Davis’s Eternal Life Part 1

The times we create

Eternal Life Part 1, in its world premiere at the Wilma, offers a vision of the near future that is as strange and wondrous as it is relatable. Kiran Pandey reviews.

Kiran Pandey

Apr 18, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Delaware Theatre Company presents Man of La Mancha

Music, morality, and multiplicity

Delaware Theatre Company closes its 43rd season with a thoughtful, inventive, and dazzling rendition of the classic musical with the triple-decker story, Man of La Mancha. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Apr 18, 2023 · Reviews · 4 minute read

Inis Nua Theatre Company presents Lolita Chakrabarti’s Hymn

Brotherly love

A pair of strangers learn to be brothers in Hymn, a tender two-hander from Inis Nua Theatre Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Apr 17, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

InterAct Theatre Company presents Francisca da Silveira’s pay no worship

At home in the Atlantic

InterAct presents the world premiere of pay no worship, a play about very different cousins on a small Cape Verde island who grapple with the effects of climate change, despite too often being left out of the global conversation. Krista Mar reviews.

Krista Mar

Apr 11, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

The Kimmel Cultural Campus presents the national tour of Into the Woods

Lost in the forest

The national tour of Into the Woods loses the thread of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s fairytale parable. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Apr 06, 2023 · Reviews · 4 minute read

Act II Playhouse presents Craig Wright’s Mistakes Were Made

The show must go on

Director and star Tony Braithwaite shines in Act II Playhouse’s Mistakes Were Made, a surprisingly emotional farce about the chaotic, horrible, hilarious reality of being a Broadway producer. C.M. Crockford reviews.

C.M. Crockford

Apr 03, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Arden Theatre Company presents August Wilson’s Radio Golf

An open letter to Mr. Wilson

This new production of August Wilson’s Radio Golf, the final work of an epic 10-play opus spanning 100 years, is perfectly positioned in the Philly season as we face the primary election for Philly’s 100th mayor. Jeannine Cook reviews.

Jeannine A. Cook

Apr 03, 2023 · Reviews · 6 minute read

Philly Theatre Week 2023: Jenna Kuerzi and Val Dunn’s Johnny Depp: A Retrospective on Late-Stage Capitalism

Anti-hero worship

After performances running from Philly to the UK and back, Jenna Kuerzi retires her irreverent and enlightening solo show Johnny Depp: A Retrospective on Late-Stage Capitalism. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Mar 31, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Bringing Verdi’s La traviata to life at Opera Delaware

The art of the illusionists

Opera Delaware and Opera Baltimore team up to bring La traviata to the stage in North Wilmington, using a bit of crafty magic. Dara McBride previews.

Dara McBride

Mar 29, 2023 · Previews · 3 minute read

Bristol Riverside Theatre presents John Kander and Fred Ebb’s Cabaret

Successful menace

Cabaret has deep roots and a long life beyond its 1966 Broadway premiere, and a new production at Bristol Riverside Theatre honors the original creators’ intentions. Stephen Silver reviews.

Stephen Silver

Mar 27, 2023 · Reviews · 4 minute read