Tag: Play
Mar. 1, 2024
These classics are being adapted for Broadway in 2024
Do you remember having to read “The Classics” in high school? Books that someone, somewhere decided were so good that the next generation should never…

Nov. 18, 2022
Director shares insights on Theatre in the X & Westphal production ‘Pac & Biggie are Dead’
On Thursday Nov. 10, “Pac and Biggie are Dead” debuted at Drexel University’s Mandell Theater as part of a collaboration between West Philadelphia’s Theatre in…

Feb. 22, 2019
Brookyln children give Don Quixote a personal twist
Following a warm welcome from Rogelio Minana, the department head and professor of Spanish at Drexel University, a group of 18 students between the ages…
Feb. 22, 2019
Drexel’s ‘She Kills Monsters’ impresses with cast’s performance
Drexel Players’ performance of “She Kills Monsters” opens this weekend at the Black Box Theater. As a whole, it is a very enjoyable show that…

Oct. 14, 2016
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘South Pacific’ returns to Walnut Street Theatre
A revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical “South Pacific” is a success at the Walnut Street Theatre. Set during World War II, a U.S.…

Feb. 19, 2016
‘Almost Maine’ looks at the struggles of love
Drexel University’s Co-op Theater Program celebrated the month of love with its Winter production of “Almost, Maine,” written by playwright and Tony-nominated actor John Cariani.…
Feb. 12, 2016
New play ‘The It Girl’ pays homage to silent films
Two-time Barrymore Award recipient Amanda Schoonover starred in the Simpatico Theatre Project’s premiere of “The It Girl,” accompanied by a full house in the new…

Dec. 4, 2015
Matilda the Musical falls shorts of nostalgic expectations
It would be fair to assume that almost everybody who claims to be a “90’s kid” in America could not have missed certain major historical…

Dec. 4, 2015
Satirical humor on full display in ‘Book of Mormon’ at Forrest Theater
The bad boys of South Park are back with a bigger-than-ever production—a religious, satirical musical called “The Book of Mormon.” It has been a week…

Dec. 5, 2014
‘Blood Wedding’ completes month-long run at Mandell
A lover awaits. A bride runs away. And so, Federico Garcia Lorca’s classic tale of passion, deception and vengeance begins. The Philadelphia Artists’ Collective teamed…
