An online festival dedicated to the life and legacy of playwright Adrienne Kennedy commences with 'He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box,' a lyrical and brutal chronicle of interracial romance …
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society's reimagined fall season brings live recitals from world-class artists, like pianist Jeremy Denk, directly to viewers at home. Cameron Kelsall considers.
Philadelphia playwright James Ijames makes his Steppenwolf Theatre Company debut with 'What Is Left, Burns,' an engrossing, elliptical digital play. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Philadelphia Artists' Collective presents a sharp digital staging of 'Trouble in Mind,' a much-revered but underproduced exploration of racism in the theater. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Stylishly produced and eminently thoughtful, 'Lawrence Brownlee & Friends in Philadelphia' sets a high bar for the Opera Philadelphia Channel, the company's new streaming endeavor. Camer…
EgoPo Classic Theater's 'Emily' brings theater to your mailbox, and reconsiders the life and legacy of Emily Dickinson in the process. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
The Wilma salvages its scrapped production of Aleshea Harris's 'Is God Is' as a streaming audio production. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
With 'Code Blue,' the Wilma Theater engages a national dialogue and offers a possible step forward for filmed theatrical performances amid the ongoing shutdown. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Like its predecessor 'Love, Simon,' the Hulu series 'Love, Victor' moves the conversation about LGBTQ+ representation in mainstream media forward. But some voices still aren't part of the co…
With its spring season canceled and its return date uncertain, Opera Philadelphia moves to make five recent productions available for streaming. Cameron Kelsall considers.
As many theater companies throughout the country begin offering streaming content to offset closures, People's Light releases a filmed version of Jeanne Sakata's 'Hold These Truths,' a produ…
The COVID-19 pandemic and Mayor Kenney's prohibition of large gatherings forced the Philadelphia Orchestra to live-stream a Beethoven concert from an empty Verizon Hall. Cameron Kelsall refl…
In times of political turmoil, we seek comfort in examples of righteousness. That explains CONSCIENCE, a snappy slice of history receiving its world premiere at George Street Playhouse. Play…
The dubious legacy of Senator Joe McCarthy is well known. 'Conscience,' at George Street Playhouse, explores his early adversary Margaret Chase Smith, who sounded an alarm well before his re…
'The Agitators' at Theatre Horizon dramatizes the decades-long friendship between Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
'The Steward of Christendom' chronicles the Lear-like fall of the final Dublin police chief under home rule. Irish Heritage Theatre's inconsistent production shows his pitiful demise, but no…
Organ virtuoso Paul Jacobs returned to the Philadelphia Orchestra with Michael Daugherty's 'Once Upon a Castle,' an exhilarating symphonie concertante written especially for him. Cameron Kel…
The Academy of Vocal Arts offers a production of Donizetti's 'La Favorite,' in its original French version, where the worthwhile elements outweigh the questionable ones. Cameron Kelsall revi…
'Outside Mullingar,' an Irish romance by John Patrick Shanley, receives a sweet-natured staging at Delaware Theatre Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Curio Theatre Company's 'I Heart Alice Heart I' explores a decades-long partnership with humor and tenderness. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
EgoPo Classic Theater's production of 'Fool For Love' lacks the charged current that pulls the doomed central couple together, even as it guarantees their mutual destruction. Cameron Kelsall…
Once again, the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium explores meaning, truth, language, and absurdity in 'The Bald Soprano'. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
The acclaimed classical troupe Bedlam brings a streamlined and confounding adaptation of 'King Lear' to Bristol Riverside Theatre. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Verdi's operatic 'Requiem' gets top-drawer treatment from the orchestra, chorus, and soloists of Opera Philadelphia. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Piano superstar Daniil Trifonov offered revelatory readings of two Beethoven concertos with the Philadelphia Orchestra, played alongside underheard works by two women composers. Cameron Kels…