Heads are turning in the casino and lobby of the Las Vegas Flamingo as six drag queens " Asia O'Hara, Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, Derrick Barry, Naomi Smalls, Kameron Michaels, and Yvie Oddly (bel…
The acclaimed classical troupe Bedlam brings a streamlined and confounding adaptation of 'King Lear' to Bristol Riverside Theatre. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Hamilton has legions of fans across the world, but not all of them got to see Lin-Manuel Miranda's game-changing musical with the acclaimed original cast. But next year, they will all get to…
Verdi's operatic 'Requiem' gets top-drawer treatment from the orchestra, chorus, and soloists of Opera Philadelphia. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Piano superstar Daniil Trifonov offered revelatory readings of two Beethoven concertos with the Philadelphia Orchestra, played alongside underheard works by two women composers. Cameron Kels…
InterAct's 'Man of God' exposes the danger between vulnerability and shame, as four teenage girls far from home discover that someone is watching them. Christina Anthony reviews.
A sprawling new exhibition on Philly's own mid-century renaissance takes us into spring 2020, encountering both famous and little-known cultural touchstones, from posters and books to archit…
Spike Lee is setting his sights on Broadway. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has officially signed on to direct a movie version of David Byrne's American Utopia. It was announced on Friday that …
Lucy Barton is a woman of many lives. A writer reeling from a traumatic childhood, she emerged in Elizabeth Strout's Booker Prize-nominated 2016 novel My Name Is Lucy Barton. In 2018, Rona M…
In Daralyse Lyons's 'Yoga Cocaine,' a volatile woman living with addiction discovers that vulnerability is even harder than keeping the protections we make for ourselves. Kyle V. Hiller revi…
In Kiley Reid's debut novel, Emira and her employer Alix navigate racism, privilege, and transactional relationships in 2015 Philadelphia. Kirsten Bowen reviews.
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia hails the glass harmonica to revive the Enlightenment"an appropriate sound for Philadelphia's history. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Carmen Maria Machado's innovative memoir, 'In the Dream House,' examines an abusive relationship from numerous angles, fighting the silence about domestic violence within queer communities. …
Whether you're broke, happy, poor, kind, or whatever else it comes down to, you can still watch the cast of Broadway's Jagged Little Pill musical perform on Monday night's episode of Late Ni…
'Midwives,' an adaptation of Chris Bohjalian's best-selling novel, gets a rocky birth onstage at George Street Playhouse. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
In a fine production at People's Light, Lucy Kirkwood's 'The Children' brings a human scale to the kind of story that often feels overwhelming. Brad Rothbart reviews.
A visit from Paul Taylor Dance Company at the Annenberg showcased the late choreographer's unique vision and range in a program that didn't always cohere. Melissa Strong reviews.
Congratulations: You've hit the RuPaul's Drag Race jackpot. EW has a musical sneak peek at the Emmy-winning reality TV franchise's first Las Vegas residency with the exclusive reveal of an o…
A site-adaptive work from Tori Lawrence & Co. engages modernist industrial architecture as found artistic spaces. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
The Philadelphia Orchestra's first subscription concert of 2020, marking a return to the Academy of Music, featured Vivian Fung's spirited 'Dust Devils' alongside Beethoven and Rachmaninoff.…
The Walnut's 'A Woman of No Importance' proves that Wilde is still very much a welcome force on our stages. Christina Anthony reviews.
The launch of the Free Library of Philadelphia's 2020 One Book, One Philadelphia program drew a crowd to hear Tommy Orange talk about his debut novel, 'There There.' Margaret Darby was there.
Delaware Symphony plays works by Borodin, Elgar, and Rachmaninoff that had difficult premieres in their own times. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Part of the propulsion for Julie Taymor to tell the life story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem on screen " in her new film The Glorias " was personal. The two women met more than a decade ag…
For centuries, women's pain has been deemed the only narrative worthy of storytelling. Whether in gonzo revenge fantasy or prestige drama, if we're not suffering, it's not worthy of serious …