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Was it the waxing moon, or the nearing of Mars to Earth? It was just BalletX, a fine company of dancers, celebrating their Fall Series at the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia. BalletX presented three works and a documentary explaining the genesis of those works. Love Letter, a world premiere by former BalletX dancer Caili Quan,…
Million Dollar Quartet Christmas, Book by Colin Escott, is the latest iteration of the hit Million Dollar Quartet, which was last seen at Bucks County Playhouse in 2018.
The covid pandemic closed the venue in March 2020, so it is especially wonderful that the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (hereinafter CMS) was invited to return to the bucolic Drew University campus in Madison, NJ.
The Royale, a drama by Marco Ramirez, is now onstage at St. Stephen’s Theater in Center City Philadelphia. The Lantern Theater Company has delivered an intense, incandescent performance by every actor involved. The energy explodes from the intimate theater-in-the-round. Most seats are no more than twenty feet away from the action.
The international classic musical Les Miserables returns to the Academy of Music until November 13. It is one of the finest musicals to appear in Philadelphia this year, and you must see it.
Famed author, raconteur, humorist, and radio, audiobook, and television personality David Sedaris appeared October 12 at the McCarter Theatre Center.
Tennessee Williams’ masterpiece The Glass Menagerie is now at the F. Otto Haas Stage at the Arden Theatre with an outstanding cast of actors.
Rocky, the Musical is now playing at Philadelphia’s historic Walnut Street Theatre until November 6. Matthew Amira stars as Rocky Balboa, and he is, quite simply, amazing. Don’t miss your chance to see his incandescent performance.
Director Will Pomerantz, Choreographer Marcos Santana, and Scenic Designer Anna Louizos transport you to a steamy, sweaty tango bar in 1962, ten years after Eva Peron’s death, in a spicy, flashy production of Evita. Evita, the legendary musical which took Broadway and the world by storm, is now enjoying a new production at Bucks County Playhouse only until October 30.