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This week, we've got another theatre quote from Shakespeare because, as it turns out, the Bard was totally meta. This one is from Hamlet, and it comes at the end of a very long monologue (did you know that Hamlet is the talkiest of all Shakespeare's characters?) during which Hamlet schemes to have his uncle admit to killing his father. The entirety of the well-known quote, which isn't even a complete sentence, is: "...the play's the thing/ Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king." Now, on with the listings!
Feed the Hype - You’re going to have to go to the website to read the plot summary, because all Phillyist is going to tell you is how skeeved out we are by the accompanying graphic. March 29-April 15. Tickets online.
Poet in New York - Phillyist loves one-man shows. Especially when they’re about crazy Spaniards. Maybe someday we’ll produce Inigo Montoya: The One-Man Musical. Through April 1. Tickets online.
Wicked - Are you a good witch, or a bad witch? Through April 9. Tickets are selling out quickly; what remains is available online.
Much Ado About Nothing - This is the second of this year's Shakespeare Festival shows to open, and it's one of Phillyist's favorites. Because we totally get dysfunctional relationships based on verbal abuse. Through May 21. Tickets available online.
Richard III - This one isn't part of the Shakespeare Festival, but seeing as "nobody does Shakespeare better than Lantern Theater Company," we figured we oughtta plug it anyway. March 24-April 30. Tickets via the online box office.
A Lesson Before Dying - Phillyist has learned that there are certain topics we can't make fun of. Racism is off limits. (Racists, not so much.) So we'll just encourage you to go see this show. Through March 25. For information, call 215.204.1122.
Be Lie Ve - If you believe in fairies, clap your hands! Through March 31. Ticket information online.
Trying - The show's summary is a little long, but there's a picture of Logan Square and City Hall on the poster, and our appreciation of that alone might be enough to get us to the Walnut. Through April 30. Ticket information online.
Urinetown - If you had to pay the city every time you had to take a leak, would all those frat parties in University City stop? Through April 9. The box office may be reached at 610.519.7474.
Arcadia - Once, Phillyist met a cowboy named Byron. When we said, "Oh, like the poet?" he responded with confusion and a "I... I guess..." That's neither here nor there, really, except that this well-known Stoppard play centers around the possibility that Byron (the poet, not the cowboy), killed a man in a duel. Through April 1. Ticket information is online.
Forrest: A Riot of Dreams - Believe it or not, actors were famous before John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln. Through April 2. For more information, call 215.574.3550.
The Syringa Tree - Nothing's funny about apartheid, so we'll keep our snarkiness to ourselves, for once. Through March 26. Tickets can be purchased online.
Dancing at Lughnasa - In the springtime (i.e. the weeks leading up to and immediately following March 17), everyone is Irish – including the actors at the Arden. Through April 2. Tickets available online.
Vietnam 101: The War on Campus - A friend of ours recently visited Oberlin and said that all the students there are hippies. Seems like nothing much has changed. Through April 9. Ticket information on TicketLeap. (See Star Foster’s review of the show here.)
Intimate Apparel - This play is centered around a turn-of-the-century lingerie maker. Perhaps the original Victoria? Through April 16. Ticket information is online.
Syncopation - It's like Dancing with the Stars. For old people. A hundred years early. Through April 9. Tickets available via TicketLeap.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) - "Here's the story of a brotha by the name of Othello/ He liked white women and he liked green jello." Through May 19, as part of the Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival. Tickets available online.
Our Town - We see dead people. Through April 8. Ticket information is online.
Hair - Hippies willing to take their clothes off for the very open-minded audience members – what more could you want from a night of theatre? Through March 25. Tickets may be reserved by calling the box office at 609.291.9000.
The Crucible - We all read it in high school. But in case you don't remember, it's the one with the fake witches and bratty pre-teens, not the one with the philandering salesman. Through April 9 at the People's Light and Theatre. Ticket information online.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Before it was a poorly-reviewed movie, and before it was a well-received book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was a popular radio play. And now, the Curio Theatre Company brings you those radio plays as real plays, through March 26 at the Walnut Street Theatre Studio Five. Tickets to both are available online.
Menopause: The Musical - The name says it all, doesn't it? Shows at the Society Hill Playhouse, Tuesday through Saturday at 8 PM, again at 4PM on Saturday, and Sunday at 2 PM and 5:30 PM. Tickets are $45. Call 215.923.0210 for reservations. The Society Hill Playhouse is located at 507 South 8th Street in Philadelphia.
If you've got a theater listing in the Philadelphia area, let us know! Also feel absolutely free to post other listings on the comments page!
Photo by Arthur Malavasic, via the Flashpoint Theatre Company.
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