BalletX presents new works at the Wilma

BalletX, Philadelphia’s bold and sassy modern dance troupe, presented three world premieres on July 11 at Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater.

Naughty, bawdy, gaudy, sporty 42nd Street now at Bucks County Playhouse

‘Why is it more proper to relieve our hunger and thirst than to rid ourselves of melancholy?’ asked Benedict de Spinoza. Why indeed, when you can take your dancing feet right on over to the Bucks County Playhouse.

Magnificent! Astonishing! Aladdin!

Broadway Philadelphia is now presenting Disney’s Aladdin: The Hit Broadway Musical (aka Aladdin) at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. If you haven’t yet seen anything this season, then you must see Aladdin.

The audience went wild for Half Time at Paper Mill Playhouse

The new musical Half Time opened June 12 at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Milburn, NJ.

An insider’s view of the Tony Awards

The 72nd Tony Awards hosted by Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles will be broadcast this Sunday evening. I had the opportunity to chat with Frances Egler, who is the Tony Awards voter for the Kimmel Center.

A comedy with a savage bite at the Lantern Theater Company

Beginning in 1987 as the play Pyjamas Pour Six by French farceur Marc Camoletti, it was then translated and rewritten in 1991 by Robin Hawdon, and retitled Don’t Dress for Dinner. It enjoyed a long run on the London stage.

Arden Theatre Company’s deeply complex Fun Home

The Arden Theatre Company closes its 30th season with a new production of Fun Home.

You’ll go wild for Mamma Mia! at the Walnut

Opening night on May 23 was a wild affair, with an audience so responsive as to be like, totally mind-blowing, man. Every movement on the stage provoked applause from the eager, mostly young, audience, and they had every reason to applaud. This re-imagined Mamma Mia! is a winner.

A splendidly witty An Act of God at Bucks County Playhouse

An Act of God, which recently appeared on Broadway to critical acclaim, now enjoys a spanking-new production with a cracker-jack cast at New Hope’s legendary Bucks County Playhouse.

Christopher Durang’s brilliant, disconcerting Turning off the Morning News

Out gay playwright Christopher Durang’s new drama Turning off the Morning News is now playing at the intimate Berlind Theatre at the McCarter Theatre Center.