Dickens: Great Expectations. Arden Theatre, Philadelphia 2014
For many readers, Great Expectations is an enthralling and transformative epic, while for others it was boring required reading in high school. Whichever your opinion, the Arden’s production of it provides engrossing entertainment.
Considering these conflicting opinions of the book, how did director Matthew Decker and his team turn …
Incorruptible by Michael Hollinger. Arden Theatre, 2014.
When Michael Hollinger’s Incorruptible had its world premiere in Philadelphia in 1996, I enjoyed it as a dark comedy, balancing a serious mien with comic elements. It seemed to be carefully trying not to offend the religious faithful. Now, 18 years later, this full-out farcical production about corrupt monks emerges as an …