Azuka Theatre
7 posts
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Masterful storytelling in new Off-Broadway adaptation of Japanese classic ‘Chushingura – 47 Ronin’ at A.R.T./New York
In keeping with its mission of bringing Japanese classics to an American audience, the English-Japanese bi-lingual company Amaterasu Za (meaning “theater that illuminates”) is now presenting the...
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Review: ‘The Gap’ at Azuka Theatre
The Gap, Emma Goidel’s world premiere play for Azuka Theatre, focuses on Lee, a theater practitioner constructing a performance piece about her older sister, Nicole. Nicole claims, with no irony or...
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Review: ‘The Arsonists’ at Azuka Theatre
Haunting and primal, Azuka Theatre’s rolling world premiere of The Arsonists, the final installment in Philadelphia playwright Jacqueline Goldfinger’s “Southern Gothic Trilogy” (following the terrible...
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Review: ‘Sh*theads’ at Azuka Theatre
The characters in Sh*theads don’t mind being called shitheads. True, that may not be a word you’d use in polite company… but these people aren’t polite company. They’re the employees of Bert’s Bikes,...
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Review: ‘How I Got On’ at Azuka Theatre in Philadelphia, PA
“You breathe in joy, you blow out joy” are the words that truly represent the breath of fresh air that Azuka Theatre’s How We Got On brought to their audience during their opening night this past...
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Review: ‘Local Girls’ at Azuka Theatre in Philadelphia
Diskit (Anna Zaida Szapiro) is a high-school junior and a wiz at chemistry; Riley (Mary Tuomanen) is a senior in a heavy metal band who is failing her chemistry class. When Diskit (“It’s a family...
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‘Lights Rise on Grace’ at Azuka Theatre in Philadelphia
Lights Rise on Grace is a play that has a lot to say about race, sexuality and secrecy, but says it sparingly. Chad Beckim’s play depicts three characters who reveal a lot to the audience in speeches...
