Although retired since 2014, I still relish opportunities to teach, write, and share opinions.
By now, unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ve seen commercials on YouTube, read interviews on a variety of media, and maybe even seen the film Bros, a gay romantic comedy starring Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane. Universal Pictures has used its considerable clout to get Bros booked into multiplexes everywhere starting September 30. On an LGBT+ meter, it is a 10 out of 10, and a must-see.
Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O22 now showcases Rossini’s Otello at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia until October 2. It’s a winner, and if you are an opera lover, absolutely not to be missed.
Travesties, an early masterwork by the legendary playwright Tom Stoppard is now at the Lantern Theater Company until October 9. It is a fine production of a rarely seen play which is full of wit and bizzarie.
Opera Philadelphia is presenting The Raven, a new opera now at the Miller Theater until October 1.
The Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania, is now presenting the fabulous musical Dames at Sea until September 11.
Bristol Riverside Theatre presents Classic Broadway, one in a series of their Summer Music Fest productions onstage now until August 28.
For the fans of The Who, don’t miss The Who’s rock musical Tommy at the Algonquin Arts Theatre in Manasquan, New Jersey. You have only until August 21.
The touring company of the celebrated international smash hit musical Dear Evan Hansen is now at Philadelphia’s Forrest Theatre until August 28.
Pierce Wheeler took time out to talk to us about his role in the Dear Evan Hansen tour, and about his favorite things.
Race, class, rape, incest, gender identity, murder, and child abuse collide in this new retelling of Harper Lee’s American classic To Kill a Mockingbird.