Conductor Jeffrey Brillhart and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia highlighted the diversity of early modern music, showing how much vigor still resides in these oft-dismissed composition…
The touring production of Hadestown, a wildly popular retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, arrives at the Academy of Music with energy and verve. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Quintessence Theatre offers a modern, vibrant riff on Sophocles with Seamus Heaney's The Cure at Troy. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Mussorgsky's vivid Pictures at an Exhibition and a remarkable concerto by local composer Ke-Chia Chen enlivened the Philadelphia Orchestra's most recent concerts, led by debuting conductor D…
The Tyrones face the opioid crisis and Covid-19 in Robert O'Hara's contemporary production. Cameron Kelsall reviews. The post Review: Long Day's Journey into Night at the Minetta Lane Theatr…
EgoPo Classic Theater offers a rich portrait of connection through art in Alice Childress's Wine in the Wilderness. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
The Arden Theatre Company's long-delayed staging of A Streetcar Named Desire lacks realism and magic. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Chrystal E. Williams made her PCMS recital debut with an intriguing but uneven program. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
In What the Constitution Means to Me, playwright Heidi Schreck examines the personal and political intersections of our country's laws. Cameron Kelsall reviews an engagement of the national …
In her first concerts as principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Nathalie Stutzmann balances repertory warhorses and new music with fresh ideas and attention to detail. Came…
The Garbologists, a world premiere from Philadelphia Theatre Company, searches for deep meaning in a dirty job but offers a fairly thin character study instead. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Fast-rising conductor Rafael Payare made his Philadelphia Orchestra debut with a program featuring a world-premiere Clarinet Concerto that highlighted the virtuosity of Ricardo Morales. Came…
In Azuka Theatre's Young Money, two women from different walks of life learn how much they have in common during a chaotic event. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
On November 5, Philadelphia audiences had two chances to discover Davóne Tines, recently named Vocalist of the Year by Musical America. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
With the charming, edgy family comedy Extreme Home Makeover, Theatre Exile finally returns to its own South Philly home. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
"There is a value to...approach[ing] unfettered capitalism with a critical eye," writes our critic, but Stefano Massini's play (as adapted by Ben Power) doesn't keep its gaze trained where i…
Lantern Theater Company's chilling adaptation of Camus's The Plague, a US premiere, holds an uncomfortable theatrical mirror to our own pandemic reality. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia returned to live performance with an ambitious program anchored by Beethoven's Eroica Symphony, but the results were somewhat variable. Cameron Kelsall …
In its first performance before a paying audience at Verizon Hall since March 2020, the Philadelphia Orchestra picked up right where it left off, with a stirring interpretation of Beethoven'…
EgoPo Classic Theater launches its season with Alice: not your child's wonderland, but this Lewis Carroll adaptation doesn't go far enough down the rabbit hole. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Alcina REVAMPED, a cheeky, queer spin on Handel from the up-and-coming Alter Ego Chamber Opera, embraces hybridity in form and delivery this Fringe Festival. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
In telling the story of a small life that nonetheless contains big emotions, Fringe Festival entry The Holy Ground captures what Irish Heritage Theatre does best. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Lantern Theater's Me and the Devil riffs on the classic Faustian bargain but adds little new insight. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
In Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge, the performance-art collective Elevator Repair Service use a historical lens to scrutinize racism and civil rights in contemporary life. Cameron Kelsall …
As companies in Philadelphia and beyond prepare for a return to in-person performances, theater and music critic Cameron Kelsall knows vaccines are the key to safety, even amidst the Delta s…