Delaware Symphony Orchestra paired Jennifer Higdon's latest premiere with favorites from Dvořák in this season opener marking the orchestra's return to full concerts. Gail Obenreder r…
Gail Obenreder previews Opera Philadelphia's Festival O22, which features 30 films screened at the Philadelphia Film Center.
People's Light presents its latest locally inspired New Play Frontiers production, exploring Chester County's mushroom-farming community. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Beloved country-song hits and a script that makes sense? A new homage to Dolly Parton, now onstage at Delaware Theatre Company, is a treat whether or not you're devoted to Dolly. Gail Obenre…
Gail Obenreder rounds up upcoming classical music events throughout the month of September.
An important new exhibition of portraits by Diné photographer Will Wilson at the Delaware Art Museum is both strongly historic and strikingly contemporary. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Delaware Shakespeare celebrates its 20th year of the Bard in Rockwood Park with a strange and satisfying production of The Tempest. Gail Obenreder reviews.
A new Winterthur exhibition revives the historic collaboration that turned the White House into the museum it is today, thanks to the vision of Jacqueline Kennedy and Henry Francis du Pont. …
Sculptor Stan Smokler, who has worked in Chester Country for more than 20 years, comes to the Delaware Art Museum with Steel in Flux, whose found-object abstractions are almost impossible no…
People's Light revives The Vinegar Tree, a rarely staged comedy of manners by a playwright who was America's answer to Shaw and Coward. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Two exhibitions at the Brandywine River Museum of Art demonstrate bold curatorial vision, with Dawoud Bey: Night Coming Tenderly, Black and Gatecrashers: The Rise of the Self-Taught Artist i…
A program of iconic works by Gershwin and Rachmaninoff, originally intended as the Delaware Symphony Orchestra's season opener, made a smashing conclusion instead. Gail Obenreder reviews.
For the close of its 38th season and a major leadership transition, Piffaro's tribute to the life of Charles V examines musical legacies then and now. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder previews OperaDE's production of The Marriage of Figaro, continuing the tale of Figaro from this past winter's The Barber of Seville.
Rigoletto is Opera Philadelphia's first full production at the Academy of Music since 2019, reminding us how we sustain, and are sustained by, great art. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Expectation and reality collide in Theresa Rebeck's Yeah Baby, an absurdist comedy that is the playwright's fourth Resident Ensemble Players premiere. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder looks at Tempesta di Mare as they celebrate their 20th anniversary and debut On Tour from Dresden, a film about their March 2022 Germany tour.
Prize Tiffany Studios works, from lamps and windows to humidors and fireplaces, transport Delaware Museum of Art visitors to the American brilliance of the Gilded Age. Gail Obenreder reviews.
The world premiere of Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical sings an unsung entertainment hero at People's Light. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Fans of Philadelphia artist Holly Trostle Brigham, whose work elevates often-forgotten women, have a double opportunity to see her work: a show at the Delaware Museum of Art, and at Brecks M…
The promoters of this revival of Oklahoma! promise it's like nothing you've ever seen, and they're right. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder previews OperaDelaware's return to the stage with The Barber of Seville.
After flooding forced the Brandywine River Museum of Art to close for several months, it reopens with a delicious retrospective marking Wayne Thiebaud's 100th birthday. Gail Obenreder review…
Filament, a rising chamber ensemble based in Philadelphia, performs in Rosement with a repertoire of Renaissance and Baroque music. Gail Obenreder previews.
Piffaro brings resounding music from the Renaissance with its upcoming weekend concert celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, and the winter solstice. Gail Obenreder previews.