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            “Misery” is a 1987 novel by Stephen King that three years later made it to the silver screen starring Kathy Bates and James Caan, with the screenplay written by William Goldman. A few years later, Goldman and Simon Moore, separately adapted it many times for the stage for productions around the world. Act IIContinue reading “Misery at Act II Playhouse”

What can we expect if we live to the age of 78? As we reflect upon our lives as a parent, a spouse, and a friend, what lies ahead? How do we deal with or merely accept our past? In “The Unexpected 3rd,” Kathryn Grody explores this and so much more in a sincere, yetContinue reading “The Unexpected 3rd at People’s Light”

When I heard there was a play called “Primary Trust,” I figured it was about some sort of financial arrangements that have to do with a will or estate. As I know little about that stuff, I googled it and discovered that the play I was going to see by that name won the PulitzerContinue reading “Primary Trust at Philadelphia Theatre Company”

            Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike by Christopher Durang is a smart comedy that won many awards including the Tony Award for best play in 2013. It revolves around middle-aged single siblings living in the Bucks County country house where they took care of their parents before they died.             Vanya, 57, isContinue reading “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Bristol Riverside Theatre”

            The night before its opening, I received an invitation to go to Souderton, PA to see a play by Deborah Zoe Laufer, “Be Here Now,” at Montgomery Theater. Normally, I wouldn’t respond to such a last-minute invite that is at a theater where I don’t usually review their plays. But I had seen anotherContinue reading “Be Here Now at Montgomery Theater”

Tom Stoppard’s first full length play, “A Walk on Water,” was staged in 1964. Two years later, he gained worldwide fame with his play, “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,” about two minor characters in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”  Besides the two dozen plus plays he’s written, Stoppard’s adapted lots of plays and books for film and televisionContinue reading “The Real Thing at Lantern Theater Company”

With the summer upon us, I hadn’t seen a play in six weeks as many theaters took a hiatus. So, I was glad that Act II Playhouse’s first play of the 2025-26 season had a show on its intimate stage in Ambler in August. “Theatre People” is a play by Paul Slade Smith, author ofContinue reading “Theatre People at Act II Playhouse”

“Little Shop of Horrors” is defined as a horror, comedy, rock musical when I Googled it. The original movie opened in 1960. Then, it was turned into a musical which opened off-off Broadway in 1982 before it moved to off-Broadway where it ran for five years. After that, the musical was made into another filmContinue reading “Little Shop of Horrors at People’s Light”

“Small Ball” is a new musical about sports but it’s not your usual musical. It doesn’t have the grandeur of “Damn Yankees,” that famous musical of the 1950’s. Rather, it is a quirky story about a basketball player who winds up on an island called Lilliput, where the people are six inches tall. The coachContinue reading “Small Ball at Philadelphia Theatre Company”

“Franklin’s Key” is billed as a thrilling sci-fi adventure weaving Philadelphia history, science, discovery, and magic.  Pig Iron Theatre is presenting the world premier by Dan Rothenberg and Robert Quillen Camp at Plays & Players Theatre. We all know the story of how Benjamin Franklin flew a kite with a key attached in a lightningContinue reading “Franklin’s Key at Pig Iron Theatre”