No, it's not the hit HBO series about the backstabbing offspring of a fictional media mogul; it's the Rosenbach's look at the real-life succession of our own US presidents"reminders we need …
The Arden Theatre Company considers Stephen Sondheim's Assassins through a chilling contemporary lens. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cannonball Festival presented two solo shows about sex workers: Ella-Gabriel Mason's Sex Werque: Notes from the Field and Kaytlin Bailey's Whore's Eye View. Melissa Strong reviews.
Opening October with an environmentally-conscious flea market, a retelling of Odyssey, a play for science nerds, family-friendly activities at Please Touch, and a D&D festival. Kyle V. H…
October movies include Halloween classics, more entries from the Sight and Sound 100 collection, and Coen Brothers seminars. Stephen Silver previews.
Delaware Theatre Company opens the season with a bang of eight doors in the ever-popular, ever-challenging backstage farce Noises Off. Gail Obenreder reviews.
BLACK WOOD, the latest from Gunnar Montana Productions, is an immersive, creepy, atmospheric experience perfect for spooky season. But we shouldn't view it without talking about the violence…
Delaware's Resident Ensemble Players open its 15th season with Vita & Virginia, a chamber production exploring a historic intellectual and romantic affair in an era of letters. Gail Oben…
Cannonball Festival presents two solo shows at the intersection of trans identity and circus arts, Toni Cannon's ReFlection and Mae West's $7 Girl. Melissa Strong reviews.
Festival O23's world-premiere production of composer Rene Orth and librettist Hannah Moscovitch's 10 Days in a Madhouse is fresh, urgent, and relevant. Alaina Johns reviews.
Opera Philadelphia's Festival O23 features the Philly premiere of Grammy-winning Lebanese American tenor Karim Sulayman's Unholy Wars, with artistic triumph in every detail. Gail Obenreder r…
For its Festival O23, Opera Philadelphia presents a standout production of Verdi's tragic opera, Simon Boccanegra. Linda Holt reviews.
Waiting for Ganol, a Cannonball Festival show that took us into the backyard of a gender-reveal party with mounting problems, allowed us to make our own approach to the thoughtful story. Cry…
Directorial bells and whistles impede the socialist message of George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara at Quintessence Theatre Group. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Rounding up the coming week with festivals and exhibitions to kick off the official start of fall. Kyle V. Hiller previews.
We continue our coverage of the 2023 Philly Fringe Festival with Paper Doll Ensemble cofounder Amanda Jensen in conversation with Darnelle Radford about The Pecking Order, a new look at Roe …
The Crossing choir opens its new season with Crickets in Our Backyard, featuring world premieres by Tania León and Ayanna Woods, and an "indoor premiere" by Wang Lu. Gail Obenreder review…
The 2023 Philly Fringe takes on Macbeth in two different shows: Spanking Macbeth, an original play, and Macbeth in a Bar, a restaging at Lilly's Ferry. Kiran Pandey reviews.
A transgressively absurdist exploration of the culture of Black music from blues to funk as the soundtrack of revolution, and its survival and commodification in the present. Camille Bacon-S…
A new production of Eisa Davis's Bulrusher at McCarter Theatre Center delivers on the playwright's vision: welcoming, submerging, and transforming us. Jeannine Cook reviews.
The Lantern Theater takes Richard Wilbur's definitive 1963 translation of Molière's 1664 play, Tartuffe, sets it in the Belle Époque, and sets a high bar for the 2023"2024 theater seaso…
An inclusive dance installation presented in partnership with Temple's Institute on Disabilities offers interdisciplinary delights at Christ Church Neighborhood House in this year's Fringe. …
Through creative storytelling, contemporary dance, and clowning, Magic Trash Day tells the story of one kid's fantastical emotional journey down into the dumps. Helen Walsh reviews.
An arresting backstory grounds this able mix of contemporary dance, acrobatics, and theater from Ben Grinberg and Hazem Header in this year's Fringe. Eileen Fisher reviews.
James Haro joins this year's Cannonball Festival with Go Ahead, an interactive solo show incorporating poetry and live pop-punk on heartbreak, love, and belonging. Crystal Sparrow reviews.