theater

Shakespeare Behind Bars Helps Inmates Seize Their Present

I have learned many truths since founding Shakespeare Behind Bars in Kentucky in 1995, bringing art, theater, and the works of William Shakespeare into correctional facilities.

Large Cast Energizes '42nd Street' at Musical Theatre West

Musical Theatre West’s “42nd Street,” the mother of all backstage musicals—and Broadway’s salute to itself and all things musical theater—is lively, kinetic, and jubilant.

Hooray for the Tuneful and Irreverent 'Doomsday Cabaret'

Author-performer Michael Shaw Fisher’s rock musical “Doomsday Cabaret,” Orgasmico Theatre Company’s Hollywood Fringe hit now playing at the Blank Theatre, is raucous fun.

Hurricane Sandy Blows Broadway's Curtains Closed

Due to the weather and the lack of mass transit, Broadway and some Off-Broadway shows have canceled performances for Oct. 29 and 30.

The Sixth Borough No More

With the new June and Steve Wolfson Award for an Evolving Theatre, Philly theater is thriving on its own terms

'Empanada for a Dream' Recounts an Unimaginable Childhood

Writer-performer Juan Francisco Villa’s “Empanada for a Dream,” from Latino Theater Company, recounts his childhood in an extended family that was part of the Columbian drug cartel.

'How to Write a New Book for the Bible' Never Adds Up

Playwright-priest Bill Cain’s autobiographical “How to Write a New Book for the Bible,” at South Coast Repertory, is overlong and too self-indulgently personal to make good theater.

'Sowa's Red Gravy' Can Barely Be Called Episodic

Lonette McKee disappoints in Diane Richards’ frustratingly chaotic “Sowa’s Red Gravy,” from Castillo Theatre and New Federal Theatre, about a 110-year-old Harlem-based witch.

Menotti's 'The Medium' Is Full of Creepy Delights

Gian Carlo Menotti’s highly accessible chamber opera “The Medium” is a spooky treat in Donna Drake’s imaginative production with drag artist Jeffery Roberson (aka Varla Jean Merman).