DF Reviews Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Philadelphia Theatre Company)
Ken Ludwig’s comic take on Sherlock Holmes gets a dazzling visual production, though suspense is in short supply.
DF Reviews This Is the Week That Is (1812 Productions)
It could hardly be a more difficult time to open a comedy – even one as popular as This Is the Week […]
DF Reviews Becoming Dr. Ruth (Walnut Street Theatre)
In the 1980s, America collectively fell head over heels in love with Dr. Ruth Westheimer. And why wouldn’t we? The diminutive German-born […]
DF Reviews A Christmas Story (Walnut Street Theatre)
It’s an odd thing about holiday season musicals. On one hand, they’re often very successful – at least between November and January […]
DF Reviews Underneath the Lintel (Lantern Theater Company)
In my crankier moods, I think “one-person play” is an oxymoron. I’ve seen plenty, and some have been delightful – The Belle […]
DF Reviews Lights Rise on Grace (Azuka Theatre Company)
Lights Rise on Grace by Chad Beckim arrives at Azuka as part of the National New Play Network’s ambitious Rolling World Premiere […]
DF Previews Kiss of the Spider Woman (11th Hour Theatre)
The rise of 11th Hour is one of Philly theatre’s great success stories. Now in their 11th season, they’ve grown from a […]
DF Reviews Rizzo (Theatre Exile)
A special theatrical alchemy happens when a great actor plays a bigger-than-life, flawed but charismatic personality. Think of Orson Welles’s Charles Foster […]
DF Reviews Antigone (Wilma Theater)
When I was a theatre student, I was fascinated by stories of the Greek tragedies in their earliest performances – multi-day outdoor […]
DF Reviews Juno and the Paycock (Irish Heritage Theatre at Plays & Players)
At Irish Heritage Theatre, Juno and the Paycock seems to begin even before the actors come onstage. There’s mournful fiddle music playing […]
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