Monday, February 20, 2017
Inis Nua's American premiere of Lee Coffey's 'Leper + Chip' is a short, violent love story and a must-see production. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:20PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Jean Giraudoux's 'The Enchanted' blends fairytale magic with philosophical musings in Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Constortium's delightfully complex fantasy world. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:55PM[SHARE]Monday, February 13, 2017
David Robson's new farce 'After Birth of a Nation' about a meeting between director D. W. Griffith and President Woodrow Wilson, squanders opportunities and churns out cheap laughs. Mark Cof…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:12PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 12, 2017
Theatre Horizon's 'Grand Concourse' serves up a powerful story that satisfies many needs. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:32AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 7, 2017
EgoPo's bold staging of Chekhov's 'The Seagull' refreshes familiar territory and brings it into the now. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:28PM[SHARE]Monday, February 6, 2017
American racial divisions are exposed and explored in Bruce Graham's 'White Guy on the Bus' at Delaware Theatre Company. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:37PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 4, 2017
East End Theatre Company premieres with Sarah Treem's 'A Feminine Ending,' a romantic comedy that needs more music. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:12PM[SHARE]'The Big,' a new play by Lee Cortopassi at the Sedgewick Theater, comes up small. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:40PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 2, 2017
Monday, January 30, 2017
The Arden Theatre Company's production of Annie Baker's 'John' is unconventional and difficult to categorize, but worthwhile. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:58PM[SHARE]InterAct's premiere of Mary Tuomanen's 'MARCUS/EMMA' presents two fascinating characters but traps them in a tedious limbo. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:43AM[SHARE]Saturday, January 28, 2017
Singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III's solo show about his father, 'Surviving Twin,' is a melancholy delight at People's Light. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:14PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 24, 2017
New York City troupe Bedlam, visiting McCarter Theatre Center with two plays in repertory, produce a manic but uninvolving 'Hamlet.' Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:53PM[SHARE]The Lantern Theater Company's production of 'Informed Consent' explores ethical issues raised by scientific achievement through well-drawn characters. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:27PM[SHARE]Theresa Rebeck's grim ghost story 'The Bells' disappoints in the Resident Ensemble Players' premiere. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:39PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 19, 2017
The Wilma's 'Constellations' illustrates the mind-blowing concept of the multiverse " in a beautiful love story. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:52PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 17, 2017
New York's Bedlam theater troupe, visiting McCarter Theatre Center with 'Saint Joan' and 'Hamlet' in repertory, cements its reputation with a superb four-actor 'Joan.' Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:25PM[SHARE]11th Hour Theatre Company makes a powerful noise with the rock musical 'Lizzie,' about the infamous axe murderer. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:44PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 14, 2017
The Walnut Street Theatre's revival of Neil Simon's 'Last of the Red Hot Lovers' shows why you may never have seen this play before. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:38PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 3, 2017
As an unprecedented American political regime approaches, Philly theaters are keeping up with food for thought and action, plus plenty of premieres, and some Neil Simon.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:55PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 15, 2016
Tiny Dynamite's indie dinner theater, A Play, a Pie, and a Pint, presents Chris Davis's 'Bortle 8,' one man's search for true darkness. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:57AM[SHARE]A fun all-ages 'Wilde Tales' adapts Oscar Wilde's schildren's stories, and still reveals his larger themes. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:06AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 13, 2016
The Arden Theatre Company's 'A Year with Frog and Toad' shares charming characters and simple episodes in a gorgeous production. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:36PM[SHARE]Monday, December 12, 2016
1812 Productions' 'The Carols' recycles familiar tropes in a musical comedy rehash of 'A Christmas Carol.' Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:47PM[SHARE]Monday, December 5, 2016
In Rachel Gluck's new play 'Antagonyms' at Curio Theatre Company, an uneven noir approach obscures a promising new script. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:48PM[SHARE]Friday, December 2, 2016
This month offers a raft of challenging premieres and revivals. And if you're a grown-up feeling the spirit, who says the holidays can't be sexy?
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 29, 2016
People's Light and Theatre Company continues their 13-year panto tradition with their new hit, 'Sleeping Beauty: A Musical Panto.' Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:29PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Lantern Theater Company's 'An Iliad' describes a distant war that proves its relevance to today's audiences. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:29PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Villanova's revival of José Rivera's 'Marisol,' though written nearly 25 years ago, conjures a dark vision of Donald Trump's presidency. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:52AM[SHARE]Monday, November 14, 2016
Inis Nua's collaboration with Drexel University provides the opportunity to see their 2011 hit 'Dublin By Lamplight.' Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:36PM[SHARE]Philadelphia theater celebrates the holidays with an assortment of new and familiar live productions " and plenty of Dickens, of course.
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