Review: Orth-Moscovitch Stunning MADHOUSE Tells of Women Past the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown at Opera Philadelphia Festival O23
by Richard Sasanow
- Sep 27, 2023
When composer Rene Orth came across the story of investigative reporter Nellie Bly’s expose of the abuse of women at an asylum in New York at the end of the 19th century, she immediately knew that “this story needed to be told as an opera.” She was right.
The result of her efforts, with the first-rate creative team including librettist Hannah Moscovitch, is 10 DAYS IN A MADHOUSE, a 90-minute work that opened Opera Philadelphia’s festival (this year, called O23) with its world premiere at the Wilma Theatre.
1/52 Project, Founded By Beowulf Boritt, Reveals This Year's Recipients
by Stephi Wild
- Sep 11, 2023
The 1/52 Project, the financial grant program founded by Tony Award-winning set designer Beowulf Boritt, has selected the second round of seven early-career designer recipients to benefit from $88,000 in grants. Learn more about this year's recipients here!
VIDEO: Watch 'Fallaste Corazón' from DESTINY OF DESIRE at The Old Globe
by Alan Henry
- Jun 23, 2023
Get a first look at The Old Globe's Destiny of Desire - An Unapologetic Telenovela for the Stage, a smart, contemporary comedy written by Helen Hayes Award winner Karen Zacarías and directed by Tony Award winner and Academy Award nominee Ruben Santiago-Hudson.
Shakespeare in Clark Park to Pair THE TAMING OF THE SHREW With THE TAMER TAMED This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Jul 7, 2022
Shakespeare in Clark Park is bringing a night of raucous comedy to Clark Park from July 27th to July 31st at 7pm, with The Taming! a comedy in two very different acts. The Taming! pairs Shakespeare’s problematic masterpiece, The Taming of the Shrew, with a community-created adaptation of John Fletcher’s Elizabethan revenge play, The Tamer Tamed.
FELA! Audio Adaptation is Coming to Clubhouse in May
by Stephi Wild
- Apr 30, 2021
An audio adaptation of the musical FELA!, written and directed by filmmaker Funa Maduka, will premiere on Clubhouse, the popular drop-in audio chat platform, on Saturday, May 15 and Sunday, May 16.
Shakespeare in Clark Park Produces Mobile, Socially-Distant Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Oct 27, 2020
Shakespeare in Clark Park had to cancel their original summer plans this year, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t outdoor theatre this season 2020! This October, Shakespeare in Clark Park brought mobile, socially-distant theatre to specific blocks throughout West Philadelphia as a response to the ongoing pandemic.
Atlantic Theater Company Announces The Fall Reunion Reading Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Oct 6, 2020
Atlantic Theater Company has announced its Fall Reunion Reading Series, a free virtual reading series of plays that had their World Premieres at Atlantic Theater Company. The series, which launches October 22nd, will include broadcasts of Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morisseau, and Guards at the Taj by Rajiv Joseph.
Photo Flash: Take a Look at Signature Theatre's THE HOT WING KING
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- Feb 18, 2020
The Hot Wing King began performances on February 11 and opens on Sunday, March 1 in the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at the Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street). The production is an limited engagement through March 22, 2019.
BWW Review: 17 BORDER CROSSINGS ~ GO ALONG ON ONE MAN'S JOURNEY AROUND THE GLOBE at The Broad Stage
by Valerie-Jean Miller
- Feb 14, 2020
Thaddeus Phillips, an internationally acclaimed Theater Director/Designer, and the Creator, Performer and Scenic Designer of his one-man show entitled '17 Border Crossings,' has created a vividly imaginative journey on stage, based on his own intercontinental travelings. Directed by Tatiana Mallarino, the California premiere, after playing in New York, Moscow and Hong Kong to sold out crowds, taxied in to Santa Monica at the Broad Stage, for a two-night run, January 24th and 25th, 2020.
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