BWW Reviews: Arden Theatre's NEXT TO NORMAL - Compelling, Intimate Musical Drama
Terrence Nolan brings a visually stunning yet minimalist set and a powerhouse cast to a new interpretation of the Pulitzer-winning musical drama about mental illness
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BWW Review: Wilma Theater's ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART TWO
It's not often we get to revisit characters and a story from a previous evening at the theatre.
BWW Reviews: Non-Stop Fun in COOKING WITH THE CALAMARI SISTERS at Society Hill
Julia Childs has nothing on these two bosomy sisters from Bay Ridge, New York when it comes to a hilarious presentation of the culinary arts.
BWW Reviews: Walnut Street Theatre's LOVE STORY - Charming Yet Heartbreaking
Based on Erich Segal's novel, Love Story tells the tale of upper-class Harvard student, Oliver Barrett IV, and his life-changing encounter with Radcliffe music major, Jenny Cavilleri.
BWW 'Dinner and a Show' Review: Eagle Theater's MY WAY Tribute to Frank Sinatra
We enjoyed an evening of Sinatra music and dined at a restaurant that is surrounded by glimpses of Ole Blue Eyes himself both in the heart of South Jersey.
BWW Reviews: A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING and Lambertville Station Restaurant
This was indeed a "Grand Night for Singing" and celebrating for the town of New Hope as they welcome all to the re-opening their cultural jewel The Buck's County Playhouse.
BWW Reviews: 'Dinner and a Show' at Captain's Inn - MAN OF LA MANCHA
Steve Steiner, Producing Artistic Director of the Ocean Professional Theatre Company, Ocean County's newest professional theatre has formed partnerships with local restaurants.
BWW Review: A Stunning ANGELS IN AMERICA at Wilma Theater
Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner is a powerhouse theatrical event that garnered numerous prestigious awards including a Drama Desk award for Best Play, a Tony® Award for Best Play and the Pultizer® Prize for Drama.
BWW Review: Philadelphia Theatre Company's Authentic REASONS TO BE PRETTY
reasons to be pretty, the third installment in Neil LaBute's trilogy concerning the contemporary fixation on appearances, delves into how what you say, what you mean and how it's perceived by others don't always fall in line.
BWW Reviews: Academy's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, 'A Tale as Old as Time'
Disney took a great animated movie and turned it into an equally good stage musical, probably one of the best and most popular films to stage production in Disney's history besides Lion King.
BWW Reviews: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY, 'Oh Boy!' - Buddy Would Be Proud
Walnut Street Theatre finishes out its 203rd season with an all-new production of Broadway's Buddy-The Buddy Holly Story.
BWW Review: 1812 Productions' BOSTON MARRIAGE Misses the Mark
In David Mamet's wicked comedy, Boston Marriage, Anna and Claire, a pair of middle-aged, verbose and quick-tongued women, share a life together on the fringe of society in the late 19th century.
'Dinner and A Show' - Bristol Riverside Theater's Steel Magnolias & King George II Inn
On the banks of the Delaware River we find historical Bristol Pa.
BWW Reviews: Australia's LOVE NEVER DIES Film - A Real Treat
Sequels are the biggest risk takers in any form of entertainment.
BWW Review: Philadelphia Theatre Company's THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS - Simply Excellent
The Scottsboro Boys, by the renowned duo John Kander and Fred Ebb, is simply excellent from the opening number to the final curtain.
BWW Reviews: The Walnut Street Theater Opens THE MOUSETRAP - A Surprisingly Wild Ride
Agatha Christie's timeless mystery, "The Mousetrap," celebrates its 60th anniversary and The Walnut Street Theater has battened down the hatches and sworn all to secrecy as to "who's dun nit".
BWW Review: Wilma Theater's Humorous Yet Poignant BODY AWARENESS
It's Body Awareness Week at Shirley State College in Vermont.
BWW Review: Lantern Theater Company's Charming Production of PRIVATE LIVES
Be whisked away to a glamorous resort in northwest France and meet Elyot (Ben Dibble) and Sybil (K.
BWW Reviews: BILLY ELLIOT Leaps Into Philadelphia
The 2009 Tony Award winning Best Musical makes its Philadelphia debut.
BWW Reviews: Walnut Street Theater's THE KING AND I is 'Something Wonderful'
This classic musical has captured the hearts of theater lovers and the Walnut Theater presents a royally wonderful production.
BWW Review: Wilma Theater's OUR CLASS - Intense and Tragic
'I want to be a fireman.
BWW Review: Philadelphia Theatre Company's RED
Red, John Logan's Tony® award-winning play, takes you into the compelling world of abstract expressionist painter, Mark Rothko (Stephen Rowe) just as he is newly commissioned to paint a collection of murals for a famed, high-society New York restaurant.
BWW Reviews: ROCK OF AGES - 'Cum On Feel The Noize'
The musical that has been dubbed 'an arena -rock love story set to mind blowing, face melting rock hits of the 80's' is a pretty fair description of what took place at the Merriam Theater on Opening Night, October 18th.
BWW Reviews: The Threepenny Opera at the Arden
The Threepenny Opera ran at the Arden Theatre Company from September 30-November 7.
Arden Theatre Co Presents THE THREEPENNY OPERA, Previews 9/30
Arden Theatre Company continues its 2010/11 season with The Threepenny Opera, Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's 1920's musical that paved the way for dark and bawdy works like Cabaret and Sweeney Todd.
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