by Josh Buffington South Pacific  is a 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical set during World War II on a South Pacific island. It explores themes of love, war, and racial prejudice. The story follows Nellie Forbush, a U.S. Navy nurse from Arkansas, who falls in love with Emile de Becque, a French plantation owner. Their romance is tested when Nellie discovers that Emile has mixed-race children from his late Polynesian wife, revealing her own ingrained prejudices. A parallel

by Meg Bryan “Is she kind as she is fair? For beauty lives with kindness. Love doth to her eyes repair, To help him of his blindness; And, being helped, inhabits there.” Who is Silvia? What is she: Shakespeare At its core, Sylvia  by A.R. Gurney is a story that showcases the well known relationship of man and man’s best friend, albeit in the most exaggerated sense. The show tackles love and conflict in multiple different senses as well as, sometimes quite accurately, depicti

by Stephen T. Kreal On Friday October 3 rd , I attended the opening night performance of Ghost: The Musical with a very enthusiastic...

by Meg Bryan “I miss the past, and I’m afraid of the future.” This climactic statement from Vanya in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike...

by Mike McKeon For many, Halloween has always presented the chance to change yourself and be anything you want. There are endless...

by Aimee Renna One of Sondheim’s most famous works takes the stage once more, this time at the Gateway Playhouse in Somers Point, NJ....

by Angela Robb As someone who was a child in the 1990s and early 2000s Nickelodeon was always on my TV and from its premiere in 1999...

by Stephen Kreal On Friday, September 19 th , I went to the opening night performance of Flaming Idiots at Playmasters Theater...

by Laura Duffy “Don't breathe too deep Don't think all day Dive into work Drive the other way…” In my humble opinion, there’s always...

by Kristine Bonaventura “After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” - Philip...

by Evan Harris This has been one hell of a week, huh? I’m grateful for theatre when times are hard. My favorite shows have always been...

by Evelyn Passanante “Nothing is too wonderful to be true” at the Spotlight Theatre! Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, a musical written by...

by April Johnson On Friday, September 12 th , I had the opportunity to visit the Bridge Players Theater Company to view SISTAS: The...

by Don Toal Jr. Nostalgia is a powerful thing these days. As the world becomes increasingly complex and chaotic, we tend to cling ever...

by M. Smith It is no secret that theatre is sometimes used as an escape from reality. When you go to see a show, it may be after a long...

by Stephen Kreal On Saturday, August 16 th , I attended a performance of Grease , produced by Oakwood Summer Theater . The production...

by Ash Kotter Though I’m now very  many years removed from academia, I’ve retained enough of my studies to recall that Anton Chekhov’s...

by Josh Buffington “You Can't Stop the Beat” at the Levoy Theatre!  I entered the theatre on opening night to some of the nicest ushers...

by Aimee Renna The thrilling Disney Theatricals favorite, “Newsies” has hit the Viviana stage at Swarthmore United Methodist Church. The...

by Amber Kusching What happens when rock ‘n’ roll hits suburbia? The 1960 musical Bye Bye Birdie —with music by Charles Strouse,...