Theater: New and Noteworthy
New This Week Angel Street (Hedgerow Theatre). Also called Gaslight, this play gave rise to a classic film and a term in psychology. A man seeks to drive his wife mad while she seeks to learn why - and survive. Through Oct. 30.
New This Week
Angel Street
(Hedgerow Theatre). Also called
Gaslight
, this play gave rise to a classic film and a term in psychology. A man seeks to drive his wife mad while she seeks to learn why - and survive. Through Oct. 30.
The Birds (Curio Theatre Company). Yes - those birds. Adapted from the Daphne du Maurier tale that became the Hitchcock thriller. Wednesday through Oct. 29.
The Emperor Jones (South Camden Theater Company). Eugene O'Neill's first big hit, in which an escaped convict sets himself up as the emperor of a small Caribbean island. Friday through Oct. 23.
Molly Sweeney (Irish Heritage Theatre; Walnut Street Theatre Studio 5). Brian Friel's play of a man and wife seeking an eye doctor to give her the gift of sight. Through Oct. 15.
The Mountaintop (People's Light). The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is visited in his hotel room by a maid who questions his mission and beliefs. Through Oct. 30.
The Other Place (Walnut Street, Independence Studio on 3). Juliana's life is coming apart. Can she escape the forces threatening her world and her mind? Tuesday through Oct. 30.
Continuing
Bathing in Moonlight
(McCarter Theatre, Princeton). This world premiere reunites playwright Nilo Cruz and director Emily Mann, in a story about a struggling Cuban American family, the priest who helps them, and forbidden love. Lively scenes are too often shunted aside for swooning and teeth-gnashing. Ends next Sunday.
- W.R.
Bridges of Madison County (Media Theatre). Based on the book, not the film, this musical has World War II, the Iowa State Fair, and lots of smooching. Through Oct. 23.
A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline (Bristol Riverside Theatre). The story of the crossover country/rockabilly/torch songstress, with 20 of her hits. Through Oct. 16.
Electile Dysfunction (Act II Playhouse, Ambler). Just in time for the political season, a satire about politics. Ends next Sunday.
Electra (Villanova Theater, Villanova University) The House of Atreus - now there's a dysfunctional family. Sophocles as reimagined by Frank McGuinness. Ends Sunday.
Greater Tuna (Montgomery Theatre). A send-up of rural life in Texas' third-smallest town. Ends Sunday.
Grounded (InterAct Theatre Company, at Louis Bluver Theatre). In this one-woman show, a military fighter pilot finds herself pregnant and, unable to fly, is assigned to a trailer in which she controls unmanned combat drones half a world away. Through Oct. 23.
How We Got On (Azuka Theatre, at Louis Bluver Theatre). Premiere of Idris Goodwin's paean to the 1980s roots of rap and hip-hop. Ends next Sunday.
The King of East Jabip (Eagle Theatre, Hammonton). World premiere of Kelly McCarthy's play on getting older and getting . . . older. A promising topic, but the play is too encrusted with cliches to do it justice. Ends next Sunday. - J.R.
Mrs. Warren's Profession (Lantern Theater). G.B. Shaw's trenchant social drama portrays a mother and daughter. Two working women - but perhaps not what people expect. Through Oct. 16.
Rizzo (Philadelphia Theatre Company). A return of the Theatre Exile production from last year. Bruce Graham fashions a complex figure, larger than life (and if the role wasn't written for Scott Greer, it might as well have been) and riddled with contradictions. Through Oct. 16.
South Pacific (Walnut Street Theatre). It'll be hard to wash the tunes from this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic out of your head. Through Oct. 23.
Stupid F#*@ing Bird (Arden Theatre Company). Arden cofounder Aaron Posner brings to town his comic 21st-century take on Chekhov. Through Oct. 15.
Sweeney Todd (Broadway Pitman Theatre, Pitman, N.J.). Everyone's favorite musical about bloodthirsty serial murders, with a requisite dollop of goodhearted song. Ends next Sunday.
This Is the Week That Is, the Election Special (Plays and Players Theatre). Unfamiliar with 1812's annual political satire? Picture a sketch-comedy-friendly version of The Daily Show, but the old one, with Jon Stewart. Through Nov. 7.
The War of the Roses (Delaware Theatre Company, Wilmington). The stage adaptation relies on humor instead of the physical destruction in the 1989 movie about a couple's divorce. Under Bud Martin's expert direction, the action glides between touching moments of the Roses' courtship, their hilarious interactions with a pair of lawyers, and a series of acrimonious arguments. Ends next Sunday. - J.R.