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If I ever saw the film “Annie Get Your Gun,” it was on TV a million years ago. I saw the tv series with Gail Davis in the ‘50’s. Still, I knew so many of the songs because I listened to the LP with Ethel Merman portraying Annie Oakley. So many songs I knew- “Doin’Continue reading “Annie Get Your Gun at Act II Playhouse”

Real Women Have Curves” by Josefina Lopez premiered in 1990. Twelve years later, Lopez co-authored the film based on her play. Last year, a musical version played on Broadway. Bristol Riverside is bringing back the original, lively, honest story of five Latina seamstresses, struggling financially, in East Los Angeles in 1987. And though it dealsContinue reading “Real Women Have Curves at Bristol Riverside Theatre”

The Wilma Theater has brought to its stage to close its 2025-26 season a most unusual play by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks. “The America Play” follows a Black impersonator of Abraham Lincoln, as he runs a very strange tourist attraction and takes us on a most surrealistic view of America. Nine years later, sheContinue reading “The America Play at The Wilma Theater”

I was contacted by a guy named Joshua Crone last month because he wanted me to see and review his play, “Waiting for Westy” at Yellow Bicycle Theater. I had never heard of this theater which is located on the second floor of a building at Arch and 15th Street. I learned that this isContinue reading “Waiting for Westy at Yellow Bicycle Theater”

Benjamin Franklin was such a prominent figure in America’s story. He was an inventor. He was a writer and publisher. He was a diplomat. He was one of the signers of The Declaration of Independence. His son William, born out of wedlock, was a colonial governor of New Jersey and a British Loyalist. “Franklinland,” aContinue reading “Franklinland at Lantern Theater”

“The Woman Question”- that’s the title of the play. With such a title, it can be about so many things, I thought. In fact, this is a world premier of a play that takes place at the end of the 19th century as the Class 1894 arrives at the Women’s College of Pennsylvania, the firstContinue reading “The Woman Question at People’s Light”

Some of us keep journals to record and remember our past.  Others take pictures. Often a book or even a post card ignites memories. For Jackie Soro and Pax Ressler, it was their dolls. In particular, it was the dolls produced by American Girl that they started collecting in the 1990’s. Now, some 30 yearsContinue reading “Girl Dolls: The American Musical at The Bearded Ladies Cabaret”

            Cirque du Soleil is a Canada based performance troop that has traveled around the world for over 40 years. The name is a French one and it translates as “circus of the stars.” With extraordinary acrobatic performances and most imaginative settings, it stresses characters and tells stories that are real and imaginary. Their showContinue reading “Cirque du Soleil 2026: Luzia”

The press release says that “Homo Economicus” is a “multi-disciplinary performance featuring music, striptease, and heaps of garbage.” The venue is God’s Automatic Body & Spa in West Philadelphia. Even the title of the play and the producer (Obvious Agency) was strange. Clearly, I had no idea what to expect. When I arrived at whatContinue reading “Homo Economicus at Obvious Agency”

The spirit of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920’s and 30’s comes to life on the Theatre Horizon stage this Spring with the production of the Tony Award winning musical revue, “Ain’t Misbehavin’.” With more than 25 songs, an ensemble of five, and a six-piece band, it’s a very unique look at the world ofContinue reading “Ain’t Misbehavin’ at Theatre Horizon”