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(Re)FOCUS connects a landmark feminist arts festival from 1974 with a new set of exhibitions and celebrations in 2024 throughout the city. Emily Schilling previews.
Montgomery Theater presents R. Eric Thomas's Mrs. Harrison, a play that contends with timely themes of storytelling and appropriation but falters for the messiness of its construction. Kiran…
A new production of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun at Bristol Riverside Theatre honors this monumental American text while highlighting relevant struggles today. An Nichols reviews.
The world premiere of Jahna Ferron-Smith's Step Mom, Step Mom, Step Mom, now onstage at InterAct, follows a Black woman and a white man navigating the sexual and racial dynamics of their mar…
The Flatlanders, a new play by Bruce Graham from 1812 Productions, is an unfunny throwback to the heyday of boulevard comedy. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Playwright Sasha Denisova channels the strength and resilience of her Ukrainian mother in My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion, on stage at the Wilma Theater in a co-production with DC's Wool…
Natural Creativity helps to orchestrate a trip to Colorado for a group of Philly teens, raising funds and awareness with punk rock. Dara McBride previews.
The Philadelphia Orchestra debuts a "bite-sized" weekly happy hour, the Philadelphia Lullaby Project supports new and expecting families, and planning out the first week of Black History Mon…
Tenet, the two Dunes, Valentine's Day and Black History Month, and more screenings decorate February. Stephen Silver previews.
A sumptuous and complex program from the Philadelphia Orchestra paired a world premiere by Mason Bates with Luis Ernesto Peña Laguna's Oraison for chorus and orchestra, and Brahms's massi…
January boasted two adventurous new albums from Philly jazz groups: THE UNIVERSE IS WITHIN WHO by Spectral Forces and The Lighthouse by Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Odean Pope, offering contrastin…
This triumphant premiere based on Lorene Cary's 2019 memoir
about caring for her 99-year-old Nana explores the burden and privilege of caretaking,
interwoven with family stories that illustr…
Sabrina Proffit stars in this popular one-woman show exploring the real lives of Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, and Betty Ford at Act II Playhouse. Does it connect to presidential politics to…
Leaving January (with a few concerts) and starting February with plenty of music to take in. Gail Obenreder previews.
Ladystting at the Arden, a Jewish new year celebration, revisiting a feminist art movement, and taking a trip to India at the Please Touch Museum. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
LA-based dance troupe BODYTRAFFIC takes an inclusive perspective on contemporary dance, featuring a world premiere by Matthew Neenan and a repertory work by Trey McIntyre. Melissa Strong rev…
The Mütter Museum displays arresting visual projects by Leah den Bok and Willie Baronet that illuminate and humanize homelessness. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
The music of Béla Bartók speaks better than its pretentious interlocutors in Bartók's Monster, a collaboration of Sebastienne Mundheim and the Pig Iron School, inspired by Penn lectur…
The Walnut Street Theatre revives Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? to explosive effect, conjuring the delicate illusions of Albee's most famous play. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Contemplating an overlooked angle of the Civil Rights Movement, traveling through parallel universes with music, and dancing 'till it kills. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
Previewing the year's first upcoming musical performances in the area, including offerings from Delaware Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Penn Live Arts, and more. Gail Obenreder…
Actor and dancer Robert Montano, of Broadway's Cats and many other stage and screen roles, reveals his early years as a racing jockey in this one-man show. Josh Herren reviews.
A
new book edited by the Barnes Foundation's deputy director for research,
interpretation, and education gathers perspectives on the famous (and famously
polarizing) collection of Albert Bar…
Despite its weighty title, Samuel D. Hunter's A Case for the Existence of God at Theatre Exile considers questions of humanity and friendship, and it's among the first must-see shows of the …
A variety of MLK Day events, beLONGING opens at InLiquid, and picking up Love Notes at Passyunk Ave. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
