LEAD STORY

A different kind of Dubai desert safari

When in Dubai, there are many desert safari companies to choose from. Most will take you out into the Emirati desert and offer camel rides, BBQ dinners, and cultural entertainment. Just one, however, focuses especially on sustainability and ecotourism: Platinum Heritage Safaris from Hero Experiences Group. Platinum Heritage Safaris isn’t like the other desert safari offerings. One highlight that’s exceedingly difficult to find is witnessing falconry, one of the oldest traditions of the United Arab Emirates, honoring the UAE’s national bird. As we watched the sun set over the desert, we got to watch a thrilling falconry show featuring…

The Outsiders flourishes in Broadway adaptation

In the age of musical adaptations, it’s understandable to be skeptical about one of the most enduring young adult properties coming to the stage. However, The Outsiders feels completely original, and re-invents itself for Broadway. The result is an innovative and marvelous telling of a classic story with brilliant staging, an energetic cast, and the best music of the season. The Outsiders is a book many of us read in school as teenagers. It tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis, a 14-year-old boy in 1967 Tulsa, Oklahoma who finds community after the death of his parents in a gang called the Greasers.…

Suffs stirs the soul on Broadway

Some art entertains, some art educates, and occasionally you get a fantastic confluence where a show does both tremendously well. Suffs, the new Broadway musical about the history of the women’s suffrage movement, accomplishes the mission of delivering a heartfelt and personal story while also educating us better than many history classes. Shaina Taub, the creator/composer/lyricist/librettist/star of this musical, has managed to take vital history and deliver it in a beautiful story of women’s resilience and action. Suffs, now playing at the Music Box Theatre, tells the story of suffragist leaders in the fight to pass the 19th Amendment, giving women the…

Creativity thrives in Tick, Tick...Boom! at Theatre Horizon

Theatre Horizon has done it again. As they’ve done so many times since its founding in 2005 by Erin Reilly and Matthew Decker, Theatre Horizon has brought some of the brightest talent in the region to Norristown and let them flourish creatively. Tick, Tick…Boom! at Theatre Horizon is a must-see production led by co-director Steve Pacek and a terrific cast of Robi Hager, Elena Camp, and Angel Sigala. Tick, Tick…Boom! is an autobiographical musical from Jonathan Larson, the creator behind the smash hit, Rent. It takes place the week leading up to his 30th birthday as he struggles to break through in the theater…

insightful in-depth reviews

A different kind of Dubai desert safari

The Outsiders flourishes in Broadway adaptation

Suffs stirs the soul on Broadway

Creativity thrives in Tick, Tick...Boom! at Theatre Horizon

RECENT ARTICLES

CATEGORIES

STAY CONNECTED