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The helicopter still flies. What about the rest of the show? (Photo by Matthew Murphy.)

Broadway Philadelphia presents ‘Miss Saigon’ at the Academy of Music

The heat is gone in Saigon

The national tour of ‘Miss Saigon’ arrives in Philadelphia awash in dated, Orientalist tropes. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Mar 22, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

Bringing laughs to mere mortals: Brad Oscar and Jessie Cannizzaro in McCarter’s ‘The Gods of Comedy.’ (Photo by Tom Miller.)

McCarter Theatre Center presents Ken Ludwig’s ‘The Gods of Comedy’

Mythic laughs

Playwright Ken Ludwig gets his fourth world premiere at McCarter, bringing the gods of ancient Greece to the service of modern mortals trapped in academia. Suzanne Cloud reviews.

Suzanne Cloud

Mar 19, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

The audience comes to him: Kesserack in the Arden’s ‘How I Learned What I Learned.’ (Photo by Wide Eyed Studio.)

Arden Theatre Company presents August Wilson’s ‘How I Learned What I Learned’

The man, not the myth

The Arden's celebration of August Wilson continues with his autobiographical solo show, ‘How I Learned What I Learned.’ Alix Rosenfeld reviews.

Alix Rosenfeld

Mar 17, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

Death is no impediment to this family reunion: Mary Pat Walsh, Oliver Donahue, Dan McGlaughlin, and John Cannon in ‘Da.’ (Photo courtesy of Irish Heritage Theatre.)

Irish Heritage Theatre presents Hugh Leonard’s ‘Da’

With 10,000 Baby Boomers turning 65 every day and families divided by the current political climate, Hugh Leonard’s 1978 Tony Award-winning ‘Da’ is still remarkably relatable today. Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Mar 17, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

Breaking the law: Michael Gotch as teacher Bertram Cates. (Photo by Evan Krape.)

The Resident Ensemble Players presents ‘Inherit the Wind’

It could be tomorrow

Does 'Inherit the Wind,' now staged with Newark’s REP, take us back to the future? Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Mar 12, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

Refreshingly unmannered: Janis Stevens as the late, great Katharine Hepburn. (Photo by Mark Garvin.)

The Walnut Street Theatre presents Rick Foster’s ‘Kate: An Unexamined Life’

An audience with Ms. Hepburn

A fine central performance lifts ‘Kate: An Unexamined Life,’ at Walnut Street Theatre’s Independence Studio on 3, from the realm of biographical predictability. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Mar 12, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

What did Aunt Ester carry? Danielle Leneé, Zuhairah, and Akeem Davis in the Arden’s ‘Gem of the Ocean.’ (Photo by Ashley Smith, Wide Eyed Studios.)

Arden Theatre Company presents August Wilson’s ‘Gem of the Ocean’

Crown jewel

Arden Theatre Company’s breathtaking production of August Wilson’s ‘Gem of the Ocean’ honors the past and looks ahead to the present. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Mar 10, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

"Viva. La Vie. Boheme!" The cast of the 20th-anniversary Broadway tour of ‘RENT.’ (Photo by Carol Rosegg.)

20 years later: Broadway Philadelphia presents Jonathan Larson’s ‘Rent’

Surviving ‘Rent’

‘Rent’ is still a show completely of its era, and there are no surprises onstage more than 20 years later—still, it’s oddly prescient. Alaina Johns considers.

Alaina Johns

Mar 06, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

Enough of Bob? Frank Jimenez, Sabriaya Shipley, Paul Harrold, Claris Park, and Dan D’Albis in Azuka’s ‘BOB: A Life in Five Acts.’ (Photo by Johanna Austin/AustinArt.org.)

Azuka Theatre presents Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s ‘BOB: A Life in Five Acts’

A mediocre life

Azuka Theatre’s production of the comedy ‘BOB: A Life in Five Acts’ brings back the Virginia and Harvey Kimmel New Professionals Production program. Alix Rosenfeld reviews.

Alix Rosenfeld

Mar 04, 2019 Articles 3 minute read