Students of classical studies take note: if you're heading to The Wilma Theater for some good old fashioned Greek mythology, prepare to be surprised. Pleasantly surprised, but surprised nonetheless. Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice, now onstage at The Wilma, isn't just a revisionist retelling of the story of Orpheus's ill-fated wife. It's a complete re-imagining of the tale. One in which Eurydice, typically the silent, ill-fated object of Orpheus's love, takes centerstage. The concept smacks of......

Mary Poppins, or at least Disney's Mary Poppins, makes the British Suffrage movement look like fun. You paint signs and you go out and sing songs about equality. Linda Griffiths' play, Age of Arousal, currently being produced at the Wilma Theater, takes a different approach, showing things in what is likely a far more realistic light. The first scene of the play, in which Mary Barfoot (played by the always excellent Mary Martello), reclining......

The Age of Arousal Ticket Giveaway
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I haven't studied a lot of Brecht. But from what I have studied, I feel very safe in making the assertion that Brecht is either someone that people either adore and worship and elevate, or he's someone whose work people really can't stand. I lean heavily toward the former, which is why I was so excited to see The Wilma Theater's production of The Life of Galileo. Fortunately for fans of Brecht, this production......

I worry that you, our readers here at Phillyist, are going to start thinking I'm too nice. I seem to like just about everything. But honestly, that doesn't make me nice. It just means that local theatres are putting up a lot of great work. My Children! My Africa! - the Wilma's current production - being no exception to that. The play, penned by South African writer Athol Fugard, really affected me in a......