“Two Street” One’s a drama, the other’s a comedy. One is set in WWII Germany, the other in modern-day South Philly. One is Martin Sherman’s 1979 hit Bent, and the other is Tribe of Fools’ new play Two Street. “I…

[ theater ]  Eugène Ionesco’s “Rhinoceros”, by Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium Attended: Wed. Sept. 3, 7:30 p.m., closes Sept. 21 A contagious hysteria is sweeping the city. One by one, residents grow horns, trample flowerbeds, decimate buildings — a citizenry gone gaga…

Hillary Petrozziello Ann Artist, lead performer in “Through the Glass Ceiling” “They Call me Arethusa” “Nellie/Nellie” There are myriad ways to approach questions concerning gender, femininity and feminism. Ann Wilson, director of the burlesque-dance-theater-improv extravaganza, Lovertits, posits one. “At some…

2 A.M. at the Cat’s PajamasMarie-Helene Bertino(Crown, 2014, 272 pp.) Marie-Helene Bertino’s charming debut novel tracks three Philadelphia characters on Dec. 23, “Christmas Eve Eve.” Almost-10 Madeleine is an aspiring singer coping with Catholic school and her mother’s death; dad’s…

Summer in Philadelphia is becoming not just Shakespeare season, but the time for classics, as demonstrated by GoKash Productions? Death of a Salesman (through Sunday) and Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company?s The Glass Menagerie. The latter, Tennessee Williams? first big success,…

John Flak Photography The cast and creative team at a rehearsal for “Cattle Barn, Hoochie Coo” by Davey Strattan White. New play development — the reading and workshopping of new plays in consideration of full production — is something many…

Mark Garvin The day after this uproarious production of Patrick Barlow’s adaptation of an Alfred Hitchcock movie closed at Theatre Horizon, star actor Damon Bonetti began directing the Tony Award-winner at Hedgerow. The venerable theater (beautiful to visit in summer)…

A decade ago, the term “summer theater” was a Philadelphia oxymoron. Today, the region bursts with plays, indoors and out, with a particular emphasis on Shakespeare.  Already playing are Matt Pfeiffer’s charming production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona (through…

Ian Paul Guzzone SHOWDOWN: Nancy Boykin and Aaron Bell in Flashpoint Theatre Company’s The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington. Flashpoint Theatre Company’s 10th season starts with the premiere of Barrymore Award-winning actor James Ijames’ The Most Spectacularly…