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Q&A with Broadway Legend Chita Rivera

May 8, 2017

On her upcoming appearance here with Seth Rudetsky, her performing history in Philadelphia, and (surprise!) … how polite the locals are.

THEATER REVIEW: In The Arsonists, Family Life from Fire to Embers

May 7, 2017

Jacqueline Goldfinger’s spellbinding new play honors centuries of theater in a voice that is distinctly her own.

THEATER REVIEW: In 1812’s Happy Birthday — Couples, Uncouples, and Doors, Doors, Doors

May 4, 2017

There’s considerable accomplishment and comic virtuosity here in Marc Camoletti’s farce.

OPERA REVIEW: Le Nozze di Figaro — 231 Years Old, and Sassier Than Ever

May 1, 2017

A fine cast, expert conducting, and beautiful designs are hallmarks of Opera Philadelphia’s production.

THEATER REVIEW: In Inis Nua’s Swallow, Paths Collide Off the Beaten Track

April 29, 2017

One of the three plot strands in Stef Smith’s sincere play is for the ages.

THEATER REVIEW: In The Antipodes, Writing Is—Literally and Figuratively—An Exorcism

April 27, 2017

There are many wonderful things in Annie Baker’s new play, but it loses its way.

THEATER REVIEWS: In this Six Degrees of Separation, the Art is Just Out of Reach

April 25, 2017

John Guare’s still-wonderful play deserves better than Trip Cullman’s glossy, shallow revival.

THEATER REVIEW: Hedwig, Both Lost and Found in Translation

April 19, 2017

This amped-up version has its own rewards—especially in the marvelous Euan Morton.

THEATER REVIEW: PTC’s Hand to God Proves the Devil is in the Details

April 12, 2017

What should be shocking and hilarious emerges here as kind of naughty and sort of funny.

THEATER REVIEW: Cabaret is Back Again… and Edgier than Ever

April 6, 2017

One of the supreme classics of musical theater seen here in a brilliantly theatrical staging.

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