65 stories by "An Nichols"
As we finalize the transition to our new associate editor in October, An Nichols steps up with a Weekly Roundup to get your October arts calendar started, featuring theater, music, and famou…
In this world premiere by Adrienne Dawes, now onstage in Trenton, former high-school frenemies and one-time lovers end up on vacation together, in a story balanced between comedy and serious…
The Colored Girls Museum, a real home in Germantown that also serves as a museum celebrating the Black community, joins this year’s Fringe with a special interactive tour. An Nichols revie…
Multidisciplinary dance and circus artist Julia Baccellieri, a Chicago native, returns to the Philly Fringe with an updated iteration of their 2025 Strange Root performance. An Nichols revie…
For its annual production in Malcolm X Park, Theatre in the X mounts a soul-stirring interpretation of Ntozake Shange’s iconic choreopoem, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / W…
James Ijames helms a new production of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, and the show is worth the trip to Center Valley for anyone in the Philly area.…
In honor of the 250th, the Barnes presents Freedom Dreams, showcasing intriguing and often-hopeful video installations that examine and celebrate Black American culture. An Nichols reviews.
An incredibly resonant, and nearly 100-year-old, text is brought to life in this weekend-long production. An Nichols previews.
Theatre Horizon closes the season with Ain’t Misbehavin’, the 1978 jukebox musical set in the 1920s jazz world of prolific Harlem Renaissance composer Fats Waller. An Nichols reviews.
A West Philly Victorian house becomes a historic salon inspired by Selby Wynn Schwartz’s novel After Sappho, in this immersive performance from Ania Upstill and Danielle Levsky. An Nichols…
Bristol Riverside Theatre's new production of Jelly's Last Jam, a lavish musical about the life of Jelly Roll Morton, holds back in some ways and delivers in others. An Nichols reviews.
Ellen Boscov talks her recurring role on the American medical comedy drama Best Medicine, what Philly improv taught her throughout her career, and how aspiring performers can get the role of…
Richard Lamont Pierce's one-woman show about famous abolitionist Sojourner Truth has toured for more than 20 years, starring Zuhairah McGill. Catch it at Curio for Black History Month 2026. …
Michael Quinn's Get It Together puts on a witty, whimsical performance about love and self-exploration. An Nichols previews.
Some commentators criticize Bridgerton for its racially diverse representation of the upper classes in 19th-century London. But An Nichols, who knows the real history, loves this aspect of t…
People's Light revives its holiday production of Zak Berkman's Christmas Carol adaptation, honoring the Dickens original with a production that speaks to our time, too. An Nichols reviews.
A lavish touring exhibition of stunning costumes by Ruth E. Carter, including outfits from Black Panther, Sinners, and many others, lands at AAMP. An Nichols reviews.
Trenton's Passage Theatre pairs two important early plays by Amiri Baraka, Dutchman and The Slave, in a new production that mixes exciting choices with a lack of emotional resonance. An Nich…
For the third and final year, Bucks County Playhouse revives its popular new production of The Rocky Horror Show starring Frankie Grande. An Nichols reviews.
The second year of Black Indigenous Circus Week swings into Fringe and Cannonball this week, but it's missing a vital piece because of American policy restrictions. An Nichols previews.
Philadelphia/Miami art collective Carne Viva Dance Theatre brings Dame La Receta to the Philly Fringe, an interdisciplinary performance exploring immigrants' experience of the American dream…
Indecorous Theatre brings a mostly successful production of the popular Complete Works to a beautiful historic space with its Fringe production in the backyard of the Elfreth's Alley Museum.…
In the 1850s, writer and activist William J. Wilson imagined a museum exhibition that honored Black history and culture. More than 150 years later, Winterthur makes his dream a reality. An N…
A new adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night onstage at Wilmington's historic Rockwood Park asks what would happen if Sebastian and Viola washed up in a modern-day country sans documentat…
After serving on a jury earlier this year, An Nichols was surprised by her relationship to her fellow jurors, and learned about the outsize impact jurors can have at the local and national l…
