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Unsettlingly familiar: Nathan Darrow and John Dossett in ‘A Number.’ (Photo by Paola Nogueras.)

People’s Light presents Caryl Churchill’s ‘A Number’

All my sons

Caryl Churchill’s polemical drama ‘A Number’ receives a stunning, thought-provoking production from People’s Light. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

May 20, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

Timelines splinter: Bi Jean Ngo, Cathy Simpson, and James Kern in ‘Among the Dead.’ (Photo courtesy of Theatre Exile.)

Theatre Exile presents Hansol Jung’s ‘Among the Dead’

Proclaim their names

Theatre Exile’s earnest production of Hansol Jung’s dark comedy 'Among the Dead' provides a striking glimpse into World War II Korea and its aftermath. Plus, Jesus is there. Alix Rosenfeld reviews.

Alix Rosenfeld

May 14, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

Natural contemporary parallels: Katherine Perry as Mother Courage. (Photo courtesy of Subscension Theatre.)

Subscension Theatre presents Bertolt Brecht’s ‘Mother Courage and Her Children’

The newly formed Subscension Theatre offers a scrappy yet ambitious production of Brecht’s antiwar drama ‘Mother Courage and Her Children,’ performed al fresco in Headhouse Square. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

May 14, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

Seduction and sophistry: Greg Wood and Mahira Kakkar in McCarter’s ‘Skylight.’ (Photo by T. Charles Erickson.)

McCarter Theatre Center presents David Hare’s ‘Skylight’

Cooking without heat

The actors in David Hare’s ‘Skylight’ prepare a pasta dish live on stage. It smells delicious, but we leave the stodgy drama feeling emotionally and intellectually starved. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

May 14, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

Trying to master ‘Medea’: Homer Robinson and Sophia Barrett in ‘PURE MEDEA.’ (Photo by Ceilidh Madigan.)

Automatic Arts presents Josh McIlvain’s ‘PURE MEDEA’

Missing the modern stakes

With ‘PURE MEDEA,’ Automatic Arts tackles the Euripides classic, but from the behind-the-scenes perspective of actors at a rehearsal. Catherine Smith reviews.

Catherine Smith

May 13, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

A benign violation? Mel Krodman and Jess Conda in ‘A Hard Time.’ (Photo by Daniel Kontz.)

FringeArts presents Jess Conda, Jenn Kidwell, and Mel Krodman’s ‘A Hard Time’

Theories of comedy

“What’s so funny? It’s perhaps the central question of comedy.” So opens ‘A Hard Time’ at FringeArts, and a superlative trio of women take it from there. Alaina Johns reviews.

Alaina Johns

May 10, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

A strong afterlife in regional theater: a giant Jared Paxson and the ensemble of Ritz’s ‘Big Fish.’ (Photo by Chris Miller.)

The Ritz Theatre Company presents ‘Big Fish’

Fathers and sons and life and death

South Jersey's Ritz Theatre Company presents 'Big Fish,' a faithful and emotional musical adaptation of Tim Burton's 2013 film. Stephen Silver reviews.

Stephen Silver

May 10, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

New world, different directions: Emily-Grace Murray and Eric Rupp in ‘Constellations.’ (Photo courtesy of Steel River Playhouse.)

Steel River Playhouse presents Nick Payne’s ‘Constellations’

One couple, many worlds

In Steel River Playhouse’s ‘Constellations,’ one couple spins through many different worlds. What if the multitude contains us? Gioanna Romano reviews.

Gioanna Romano

May 09, 2019 Articles 2 minute read

Thank goodness for Matteo Scammell, Taysha Marie Canales, and interesting AstroTurf. (Photo by Johanna Austin/AustinArt.org.)

The Wilma Theater presents Kate Tarker’s ‘Dionysus Was Such a Nice Man’

The man, the myth, the #MeToo

Kate Tarker's world-premiere play tells the story of 'Oedipus Rex' in the style of Tom Stoppard's 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'… but much less successfully. Jill Ivey reviews.