I showed up at Mauckingbird Theatre Company's The Misanthrope with a combination of excitement and trepidation. Excitement because I love Molière and Dito van Reigersberg. Trepidation because an all-male production of a French farce? I expected half the cast to be in outrageous Marie Antoinette-like drag costumes. It's not that I don't love a good drag show – it's just that I didn't see that combining it with Molière would be anything less than......

Lane Savadove of EgoPo theatre ensemble...

Today through Friday, the Vagabond Acting Troupe presents its Spring Festival of New Works. It's a one act play fest, and if there's anything Phillyist likes better than Wawa milkshakes, it's a one act play fest. Why? Well, one act fests enable a broad variety of genres, designs, scripts, and talents to be put on display over the course of a single evening. The last one act fest we went to featured works as......

We're sorry we're late this week, folks. There was just so much good theatre this week that we found ourselves a little overwhelmed, and we needed a moment to handle the excitement. Eve Ensler: The Good Body - From the woman who brought you hits like “my vagina is like a flower,” comes this examination of what women really feel about their bodies. The writer also stars in this one-woman show, October 11-16, at the......

The Musical of Musicals: The Musical! - The name basically says it all, folks. If you know musicals, if you like musicals, if you’ve ever been dragged to a high school performance of The Sound of Music, this show is for you. Playing at the Prince Music Theatre, downtown, October 1-30. The Rocky Horror Show - Come on, admit it. You’ve seen the movie. You know the talkbacks. Now revel in the opportunity to throw......

Between Us - The tale of two friends who reunite and find that living their dreams isn’t as perfect as they’d thought it would be. Philadelphia premiere. September 28-October 15, Adrienne Theatre. For tickets and information, see The Flashpoint Theatre Company’s ticketing site. Cats - Before Disney’s Lion King brought the wildlife of Africa to the theatre, Andrew Lloyd Weber brought the alleycats of T.S. Eliot. Love it or hate it, you’ve got to admire......

We’ll be back in Philadelphia tomorrow (after an extended stay with the folks in Texas), and we’ve certainly picked a good theatre weekend to return for! Macbeth - We all read it in high school, and we probably remember it at least a little, so we’ll spare you the trouble of reading our summary and just let you check out the Curio Theatre Company’s production of “The Scottish Play.” The play opens this weekend and......

We’re still Deep in the Heart of Texas, as it were, but our love for performing arts in Philadelphia knows no bounds. Keep reading for exciting upcoming events! Hairspray - Those of us who are fans of the Fox summer hit So You Think You Can Dance have heard the producers say on more than one occasion that they’d like to be able to say that big girls can dance. Hairspray proves that at least......

Even while on vacation in Texas, we’re still keeping track of what’s going on in Philadelphia’s Theatre Scene. Read on! The Marriage Play - The Triangle Theater brings you a very limited run of this Edward Albee play before it continues on to the Deertrees Theatre in Maine. Performances will be August 17-20 at 8 PM. Tickets are $20, or $15 for seniors and students with valid IDs, and can be purchased over the phone......

We’d like to apologize for getting these out late this week. We know that nothing we can ever say or do will make it up to you. But if you’re anything like us, you’re a bit forgetful with your page-a-day calendar, and according to it, it is still Wednesday. So we’re just going to pretend that we think today is Wednesday and leave it at that. The Laramie Project - In October of 1998, Matthew......