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Offerings from Pyxis Piano Trio, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Jasper String Quartet, and more round out the rest of the month. Gail Obenreder previews.
Jonathan Larson's early 90s one-man show continues to find new life in light of his legacy with a production by Theatre Horizon. Stephen Silver previews.
The Strides Collective presents Matt Shvyrkov's Confabulation, a frequently engaging portrait of misfits that seems at odds with its overly ambiguous structure. Kiran Pandey reviews.
1812's popular political satire revue This Is the Week That Is returns to Plays & Players to take on the 2024 election in its 19th edition. But out-of-touch sketches offer mostly limp la…
This solo show from Delco native Dave Droxler mixes his real-life childhood in the Philly burbs with his love for a slew of comedians, especially his imaginary friend and real idol Robin Wil…
In Erlina Ortiz's La
EgoÃsta, now getting its Philly
premiere at PTC, two very different sisters (one an irreverent comedian and the
other a devoutly Christian bank employee) navigate the…
Ten years ago, when Angel Corella became artistic director of
Philadelphia Ballet, the company needed new ideas. As the premiere of his revamped
Le Corsaire approaches, he speaks with Camill…
Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with Dave Ebersole and Mick Loro, who share about their new adaptation of Frankenstein, onstage at Widener University Oct 10-20, 2024.
Erlina Ortiz's new play, La Egoista, gets its Philly premiere at Philadelphia Theatre Company. She sat down with podcast host Darnelle Radford ahead of the October 9, 2024 opening.
Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day in Philly all weekend, Confabulation by Strides Collective, and block parties for the vote. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
Prolific curator and Streets Dept blog founder Conrad Benner is back with To the Polls 2024, a bi-annual nonpartisan project from Mural Arts urging Philadelphians"who may decide this Preside…
Quintessence kicks off its 15th anniversary season with a bold adaptation of Cyrano, casting the charismatic yet insecure hero as a defiant poet fighting against mediocrity and bourgeois con…
Philadelphia Artists' Collective continues its history of inventive productions by staging August Strindberg's Dance of Death at the Franklin Inn Club, with a chance for the audience to ming…
Fever Dream Repertory, a new local company, lands at Plays & Players for the Philly premiere of Mercury, a pitch-black horror comedy that evokes Hitchcock's comedy and a queer and bloody…
Mahler's Third, the longest symphony in the standard repertoire, got an exciting, multifaceted performance from Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, alongside soloist Joyce…
James Ijames takes on the weighty topic of gentrification in Good Bones with this production at New York's Public Theater, but the play itself is still in need of renovation. Cameron Kelsall…
A new season of music opens with Chamber Orchestra, the Crossing, Variant Six, and more. Gail Obenreder previews.
Horror flicks for October, a Sean Baker retrospective, and many more screenings highlight the month. Stephen Silver previews.
New exhibitions and performances open this week as we slip into fall. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
Delaware Theatre Company marks 45 years on Wilmington's waterfront with an all-out, thigh-high production of Kinky Boots. Gail Obenreder reviews.
"Sorry just seeing this" is one of the best possible endings to a text thread silence. In their new Fringe show, Leigh Huster explores the ways our smartphones connect and divide us. Helen W…
A compilation of short pieces combining poetry and other voices with evocative movement brought dance artists including Sammy Caiola and Evalina Carbonell together for an interdisciplinary F…
Inis Nua opens its season with an ambitious, revitalized adaptation of The Playboy of the Western World. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cambria House presents BODYSHOP, an uneven comedy with old-school Fringe-y charm. Kiran Pandey reviews.
The Listeners, a down-to-earth, refreshing new opera from composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Varek, gets its American premiere in a co-presentation with FringeArts as part of the 20…
