Theater performances to feed your inner thespian this December
A year ago in my Fall Preview, I lamented the theater community's financial woes and loss of venues woes. But, as Annie tells us, the sun'll come out tomorrow, and so it has.
Equivocation
Arden Theatre Company, Oct. 15-Dec. 6
Terrific playwright Bill Cain imagines Shakespeare between that rock and the hard place of a royal commission: Write a true and treasonous play or write a king-pleasing, fraudulent one.
ardentheatre.org, 215-922-1122
Black Nativity
Theatre Horizon, Nov. 12-Dec. 6
Langston Hughes reimagines the Christmas story. The show is filled with African-American dance and gospel songs making a joyful noise.
theatrehorizon.org, 610-283-2230
Becoming Dr. Ruth
Walnut Street Theatre's Independence Studio on 3, Nov. 17-Dec. 27
A biodrama about America's beloved sex therapist, the little lady who said the most unladylike things.
WalnutStreetTheatre.org, 215-574-3550
The Bald Soprano
Curio Theater Company, Dec. 2-19
Ionesco strikes again: the absurdist who is the absurdest of the Absurd.
Gentlemen Volunteers
Pig Iron Theatre Company, Dec. 10-27
When I reviewed this for Variety in 2006, I wrote: "Surprisingly, much of this sad story is funny and much is charming, and it is all dazzlingly theatrical." So I'm eager to see it again, natch.
At Christ Church Neighborhood House; other details yet to be revealed.
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