Philadelphia Theater Reviews by Frank Burd

“Proof” is the story of Catherine, a gifted young mathematician, as she and her sister Claire, are dealing with the death of their recently deceased father, a brilliant mathematician himself, though a bit unstable. Catherine had given up her college and her plans for the future to return home five years earlier to care for… Read more

Most people know about “Steel Magnolias” from the popular film made in 1988 and released a year later with Dolly Parton, Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, and Daryl Hannah. The play from which it was based opened off-Broadway in 1987 and ran for three years. Robert Harling’s play, about six women in… Read more