Theater

Thoughts on Death of a Salesman — and EgoPo’s Production

This will seem an odd admission for a theatre critic, but here goes: I’ve never been entirely convinced by Death of a […]

Good things come to those who wait. Slow cooking yields the best flavor. You might want to keep these aphorisms in mind […]

Of the many things I love about the theater, near the top is this – shows almost never turn out to be exactly […]

Growing up in a theatre family – a Jewish theatre family – I accepted on faith that George S. Kaufman and Moss […]

Sometimes – there’s God – so quickly! Sometimes – there isn’t. In the summer of 1974, I saw A Streetcar Named Desire […]

Periodically, I try to spend time rediscovering an artist – composer, lyricist, playwright, performer – who I think I may not have […]

Sometimes, it’s all about the cast. That’s been the story from the start for Andrew Lippa, Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice’s The […]

Generally, I like my comedies as I like my martinis – very dry. La Bête is… well, not dry. In fact, it’s […]

In August, when I looked over the Philly Fringe Guide, I noticed a fledgling theatre group, Truth Be Told Productions, making their Philly […]

It’s clever of the Walnut Street Theatre folks to program 9 to 5 on the heels of last season’s How to Succeed […]