For half a century, Harvey Finkle has trained his camera on those fighting for the rights of homeless, displaced, disabled, or undocumented people on the front lines of American protest. An …
To close out its 50th anniversary year, The Clay Studio fittingly looks forward with The Future of Clay, which assembles eight artists for a streamlined show full of intriguing juxtaposition…
Just in time for the week of the 2024 election, Hamilton is back in town, running at the Academy of Music through November 24. The current production boasts a great cast and sometimes differ…
The struggle to make art takes center stage in John Logan's Red, now revived by Theatre Exile. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
In a new production of Lynn Nottage's celebrated Intimate Apparel at the Arden (already extended through December 8, 2024), compelling performances are the highlight of an uneven whole. nat …
Just in time for Philly theatergoers stressed about the 2024 election to find a little relief, Eli Bauman's crowd-pleasing 44 - THE unOFFICIAL, unSANCTIONED OBAMA MUSICAL arrives for a limit…
Getting tea with Mimi Stillman, seeing the future with Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, and saying goodbye to Astral Artists. Gail Obenreder previews.
A Paul Thomas Anderson retrospective, Whit Stillman back in town, a noir festival, and the return of the Lightbox Film Center. Stephen Silver previews.
A new performance from Britt Fishel and Artists, InterAct Theatre Company; a new exhibition opens in a Chestnut Hill gallery, and acoustic explorations are happening with FringeArts and Fire…
Rachel Bellwoar holds an interview with Lionel Barrymore biographer Kathleen Spaltro following the release of her new book, Lionel Barrymore: Character and Endurance in Hollywood's Golden Ag…
La bohème is one of the opera canon's all-time favorites. In a co-production with Opera Baltimore, OperaDelaware offered a lively, beautifully staged production that showcased Puccini's mus…
Delaware Theatre Company teams with Charlie DelMarcelle to present the popular one-man show Every Brilliant Thing, a gentle comedy that embraces the audience in its exploration of depression…
Larissa FastHorse's satire The Thanksgiving Play, one of the most-produced plays in the country, gets its Philly premiere with Curio in a mostly hilarious production. C.M. Crockford reviews.
A new multi-media exhibition at the Barnes featuring New Jersey native Mickalene Thomas celebrates queer existence and the female gaze with mixed-media painting, collage, photography, video,…
Visitors to Scott Kip's Perpetual Inventory can decide if they want to look at an inventory or gallery notes before entering"but it might be worthwhile to wait, for an impressionistic, myste…
Everyone deserves a chance to learn the basics of good PR, especially artists and other independent creators and administrators. Join our November 21 HELP US HELP YOU webinar for tons of tip…
New performances at the Wilma, Arden, and Theatre Exile, a soundscape journey at Asian Arts Initiative, and Penn Museum's annual DÃa de los Muertos celebration. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
To kick off the "B-Side" series of its current Queer Revolutions season, EgoPo welcomes longtime collaborators Abrahamse & Meyer Productions with The Knightly Quest, a relatively little-…
A new exhibition at Philly's ICA explores what artists express in work made for the outdoors, from shrines to found objects to decorated cars, and a mirrored orb by Jeff Koons. Pamela J. For…
An ambitious, sold-out world premiere at North Philly's Esperanza Arts Center combines real-life stories from Mexican American locals and their families with rich, fantastical cultural eleme…
Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with Morgan Bassichis, the creator of a new show about comedian Frank Maya, one of the first openly gay performers on mainstream airwaves like MTV. Ca…
The Philadelphia Film Festival kicks off its 2024 screenings with September 5 and Anora, two great films sure to draw a lot of buzz as they head into their upcoming releases. Stephen Silver …
In a glorious season opener, Renaissance band Piffaro and the vocalists of TENET explored the musical world of the great poet Francesco Petrarch, including his unfulfilled lifelong love (con…
Ethiopian American artist and design star Jomo Tariku, whose work spans from the PMA and the Smithsonian to Marvel's onscreen Wakanda, gets his first-ever solo show at Fishtown's Wexler Gall…
PHILADANCO!'s new show, Crossroads Comedy Theater gets hilariously spooky, a new accessible workshop series at Painted Bride, and Esperanza Arts Center opens its new show NICHOS. Kyle V. Hil…