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“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”

James Baldwin wrote the novel,” Giovanni’s Room” in 1956.  It is about an American man in Paris, waiting for his fiancé. He meets an Italian man named Giovanni, which brings back all the homosexual feelings he had growing up. The novel deals with sexual identity, masculinity, and bisexuality long before it was in mainstream literature.Continue reading “Giovanni’s Room at Quintessence Theatre”

            Chelle is an artist who grew up in Baltimore in a slum across the street from a park where she just learned that they have removed the statue of Robert E. Lee.  Specializing in installation art, she applies for and receives a grant to create something to replace the Confederate Civil War monument. InContinue reading “Glitter in the Glass at Theatre Exile”

Rodgers and Hammerstein created some of the greatest musicals to hit the Broadway stage in the 1940’s and 1950’s. “Oklahoma, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music” are classics that live on today. Hammerstein wrote the book for each story as well as the lyrics and Rodgers created some ofContinue reading “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s A Grand Night for Singing at Act II Playhouse”

            Hercule Poirot was the famed detective created by Agatha Christiie in 1920 who then appeared in 33 of her novels and over 50 of her short stories. Many were adapted into plays and later, into movies. Her play, “The Mousetrap,” ran for 62 years before it temporarily closed in 2020 due to Covid. “Alibi”Continue reading “Alibi: An Agatha Christie Story at Bristol Riverside Theatre”

            “The 39 Steps” is one of the famous spy thrillers by Alfred Hitchcock. The 1935 film was loosely based on the novel written by John Buchan some 20 years earlier. It has been adapted many times over the years and Lantern Theater is presenting actor, comedian, writer Patrick Barlow’s creation from 2006. It isContinue reading “The 39 Steps at Lantern Theater Company”

What do you know about Chopin? It’s probably more than I do.  Let’s see… He was a pianist who composed tons of music for the piano. He was Polish and lived in the 19th century. That’s about it. So that when I heard that People’s Light was presenting a play with music, a one-man-show writtenContinue reading “Monsieur Chopin: A Play With Music at People’s Light”

            Two brothers- a good one and a bad one. One is a liberal English teacher; the other is a convicted murderer and a member of a white supremacist gang in prison. Estranged for many years, circumstances have brought them together as they try to navigate some sort of connection. Do they have any commonContinue reading “Rift, or White Lies at InterAct Theatre Company”