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Chemistry, grace, and flexibility: Kyle Driggs and Andrea Murillo in ‘Eventide.’ (Photo by Johanna Austin.)

Hand to Hand Circus Festival presents 3AM Theatre’s ‘Eventide’ at FringeArts

A couple’s journey

In-person performance is back, and the Hand to Hand Circus Festival kicked off the reopening at FringeArts with 3AM Theatre’s ‘Eventide,’ a modern circus performance about a young couple discovering themselves. Blair Krassen reviews.

Blair Krassen

Jun 15, 2021 Reviews 2 minute read

Sharing a special language: Joilet Harris and Mary Martello in ‘Sisters!’. (Image courtesy of Arden Theatre Company.)

The Arden presents ‘Joilet Harris and Mary Martello: Sisters!’

Such devoted sisters

Stalwart Philadelphia performers chronicle their decades-long friendship in 'Sisters!,' a virtual cabaret
produced by Arden Theatre. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Jun 01, 2021 Reviews 4 minute read

A masterclass in emotional vulnerability: Laiona Michelle as Sugar in 'Tiny Beautiful Things.' (Image courtesy of George Street Playhouse.)

George Street Playhouse presents Nia Vardalos’s ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’

Discovering Dear Sugar

The power of truth-telling is on display in ‘Tiny Beautiful Things,’ the stage adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s best-selling book. Brad Rothbart reviews.

Brad Rothbart

May 18, 2021 Reviews 3 minute read

Bringing us into virologist Nathan Wolfe’s psyche: William DeMeritt in ‘The Catastrophist.’ (Image courtesy of People’s Light.)

People’s Light presents Lauren Gunderson’s ‘The Catastrophist’

A scientist’s psyche

America’s most-produced playwright, Lauren Gunderson, wrote a play about her famous virologist husband during the pandemic. Josh Herren reviews.

Josh Herren

May 17, 2021 Reviews 3 minute read

Oh no, not an ice-breaker: Tanaquil Márquez, Bi Jean Ngo, Jennifer Childs, and Melanie Cotton in ‘The Way I Walk.’ (Photo by Bob Levan.)

1812 Productions presents ‘The Way I Walk’

CPR for Zoom fatigue

After 14 months of social distancing, 1812 Productions injects life into Zoom ubiquity with ‘The Way I Walk.’ Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

May 11, 2021 Reviews 4 minute read

A scene from Fat Ham. A close-up on two Black men, one tenderly holding the other's head on his shoulder.

The Wilma presents James Ijames’s ‘Fat Ham’

A story all its own

The ‘Hamlet’-inspired ‘Fat Ham,’ James Ijames’s latest Wilma premiere, could have gone the route of tragedy porn, but it doesn’t end the way you expect. Hanae Mason reviews.

Hanae Mason

May 04, 2021 Reviews 3 minute read

All the hallmarks of Greek tragedy: Emilia Weiss and Walter DeShields in EgoPo’s ‘Nocturne.’ (Photo by Kevin Monko.)

EgoPo Classic Theater presents Adam Rapp’s ‘Nocturne’

The catharsis of watching together

EgoPo’s production of Adam Rapp’s 2001 ‘Nocturne’ defies the company’s “classic theater” mission, but feels nonetheless like a Greek tragedy, catharsis and all. Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

May 04, 2021 Reviews 4 minute read

One of Philly’s acting treasures: Taysha Marie Canales in the Arden’s ‘No Child…’. (Photo courtesy of Arden Theatre Company.)

Arden Theatre Company presents Nilaja Sun’s ‘No Child…’

Teach the children well

In a strong streaming production from Arden Theatre Company, Nilaja Sun’s ‘No Child…’ explores the power of art and compassion. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

May 03, 2021 Reviews 4 minute read

Prodigious talents: real-life partners Rajeer Alford and Elena Camp team up for 11th Hour’s ‘Home Fries at Home.’ (Photo by Wide Eyed Studios.)

Philly Theatre Week: 11th Hour presents ‘Home Fries at Home: Music for the Soul’

Potatoes and potential

Elena Camp and Rajeer Alford show off musical and epicurean talents in 11th Hour Theatre Company’s Philly Theatre Week streaming production, ‘Home Fries at Home: Music for the Soul.’ Brad Rothbart reviews.

Brad Rothbart

Apr 29, 2021 Reviews 3 minute read

Capturing Christie’s essence: playwright and director Michael Gotch (left) and Lee E. Ernst as Hercule Poirot. (Image courtesy of REP.)

Resident Ensemble Players present Agatha Christie’s ‘The Poirot Mysteries’

Little gray cells on the radio

Resident Ensemble Players closes its audio-streaming season with an Agatha Christie double-bill to delight Hercule Poirot devotees: ‘The King of Clubs’ and ‘The Cornish Mystery.’ Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Apr 26, 2021 Reviews 4 minute read