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Messy, experimental, unabashedly queer: EgoPo’s ‘And Tell Sad Stories.’ (Image courtesy of EgoPo.)

Philly Fringe 2019: Tennessee Williams’s ‘And Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Queens' at EgoPo

Sad story, happy discovery

EgoPo Classic Theater once again proves its mastery of Tennessee Williams with a rare production of ‘And Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Queens.’ Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Sep 08, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

Can’t live with him, can’t live without him: Stacy Skinner and Julie Ann Marra in SCTC’s ‘The Breath of Life.’ (Photo courtesy of SCTC.)

South Camden Theatre Company presents David Hare’s ‘The Breath of Life’

Hot air

David Hare’s ‘The Breath of Life,’ at South Camden Theatre Company, tells a story of women through the male gaze. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Sep 07, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

Shh—what’s hiding in the basement? (Image courtesy of Gunnar Montana.)

Philly Fringe 2019: Gunnar Montana’s ‘Basement’

Come downstairs—if you dare

‘BASEMENT,’ Gunnar Montana’s latest Fringe offering, choreographs a nightmare scenario of torture and murder. Gary Day reviews.

Gary L. Day

Sep 06, 2019 Articles 2 minute read

Riffing on the ‘The Tempest’: the cast of PAC’s ‘The Sea Voyage.’ (Photo by Ashley Smith, Wide Eyed Studios.)

Philly Fringe 2019: PAC presents Fletcher and Massinger’s ‘The Sea Voyage’

Treading water

Despite an inventive staging, ‘The Sea Voyage,’ Philadelphia Artists’ Collective’s 2019 Fringe entry, offers a pale imitation of Shakespeare’s ‘Tempest.’ Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Sep 06, 2019 Articles 2 minute read

Philly is finally in the room where it happens. (Photo by Joan Marcus.)

Broadway Philadelphia presents Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton’

Philly gets its shot

After years of waiting, the most acclaimed musical in recent memory finally arrives in Philadelphia. Does ‘Hamilton’ live up to its hype? Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Aug 29, 2019 Articles 5 minute read

A transcendent retelling? The cast of ‘Our Town’ at People’s Light. (Photo by Mark Garvin.)

People’s Light presents Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town’

The universe at home

After the heft of the world-premiere ‘Mud Row,’ People’s Light tackles another small-town tale. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Aug 06, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

Stories about sisterhood: Nicole Stacie, Nancy Marie, and Ashley Davis in PWFT’s one-acts. (Photo by Kristin Curley.)

The Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival presents ‘An Evening of One Acts’

Sisterly love

The Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival lands in Old City for its fifth year, and opens with an evening of one-acts by women playwrights. Alaina Johns reviews.

Alaina Johns

Aug 02, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

Missing the menace? John Ahlin as Falstaff and Mairin Lee as Prince Hal in PSF’s ‘Henry IV part 1.’ (Photo by Lee A. Butz.)

The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents ‘Henry IV, Part 1’

All hail the Henriad

One of the region’s best-respected summer Shakespeare destinations continues its foray into the history plays, rehearsed and staged as the Bard would have seen. Hugh Hunter reviews.