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REVIEW: 4Solo at Simpatico—Original Works, Brimming with Originality

September 20, 2018

A winning evening with local artists telling powerful and eclectic stories.

REVIEW: McCarter’s The Age of Innocence Suffers from an Abundance of Good Taste.

September 16, 2018

Seen here, Edith Wharton’s bitingly brilliant novel looks elegant, lovely, and largely inert.

REVIEW: Espionage Meets Physics in Lantern Theater’s Hapgood, But No Sparks Fly

September 13, 2018

Tom Stoppard hurls his cleverness like a javelin. But wouldn’t a truly smart play be about things that matter?

REVIEW: In Kill Move Paradise, We Shall Be Moved

September 12, 2018

James Ijames’ powerful play and Blanka Zizka’s fabulously theatrical staging must be seen.

REVIEW: In Mary Rose, J. M. Barrie in a Different and Haunting Neverland

September 7, 2018

A nearly-lost gem of a play gets a glowing revival by the gifted Philadelphia Artists Collective.

REVIEW: The Eccentricities of a Nightingale is a Brilliant Cabinet of Curiosities

September 7, 2018

An odd play in an idiosyncratic production. But when Tina Brock is onstage, the world is lit by lightning.

REVIEW: Do You Want a Cookie? Lingers Too Long at the Dessert Table

September 5, 2018

The Bearded Ladies’ show can be seen as a microcosm of the best and worst of Fringe.

REVIEW: In Lay Me Down Softly, There’s No Knockout

September 1, 2018

Some fine acting enlivens Irish Heritage Theatre’s production, but the show is punching above its weight.

REVIEW: At Second Stage, the Quiet, Epochal Mary Page Marlowe

August 24, 2018

In 90 understated minutes, Tracy Letts sums up a life.

REVIEW: Fern Hill Goes Far Too Gentle Into That Good Night

August 17, 2018

A starry production at New Jersey Rep can’t overcome the thinness of Michael Tucker’s play.

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