With a multifaceted script and powerhouse lead performance, Azuka Theatre and Simpatico Theatre's An Army of Lovers invites audiences into a world of complex queer politics, surveillance, an…
None of Philly's regional theaters have ever staged a full production of a non-solo show by a local AAPI playwright. Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists' new playwriting cohort wants to ch…
This rattling and thrilling new production of Maxim Gorky's Children of the Sun, set in 1862 and written in a St. Petersburg prison in 1905, has devastating resonance for Americans in 2024. …
A new exhibit opens at Fuller Rosen Gallery, a new play from R. Eric Thomas, revisiting (re)FOCUS, and celebrating Jewish American and Pacific American heritage at the Weitzman. Kyle V. Hill…
Three operas, an operetta, and new vocal work decorate the first half of a very vocal May. Gail Obenreder previews.
Celebrating Bob Fosse, Grey Gardens, and more looks back to the '70s. Stephen Silver rounds up area film screenings.
The world premiere of Koresh's Hollow Apple tackles a timely subject in its 2024 Spring Home Season performance. Melissa Strong reviews.
Opera is grappling with the iconic creations of Giacomo Puccini: can we reverse harmful depictions of marginalized people while honoring the work's integrity? Opera Philadelphia finds a way …
Big Telly and Tiny Dynamite present The Worst Cafe in the World, a conceit that offers theater as dinner but never amounts to a complete meal. Kiran Pandey reviews.
BalletX's spring 2024 performance combined otherworldliness with riveting historical narrative, all alongside captivating live music at the Mann. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
This thrilling music/theater hybrid is inspired by the true story of two Jewish Romanian refugees, broken by the inhumanities of war, who find love after arriving on the shores of Canada in …
The new performance by "Phillyboy" Bernard H. Gaddis comes to the Fringe Bar. Camille Bacon-Smith previews.
Every Wednesday, Philadelphia residents convene at The Rotunda for two hours of musical improvisation, free and open to all, with no leader, no instructions, and no repeating. Thomas Hagen p…
Festivals from PAFA, BalletX, and East Passyunk, and a variety of performances from Hedgerow Theater, Curio, and Koresh Dance Company highlight the final weekend of April. Kyle V. Hiller rou…
Our democracy, our climate, our rights, our health, our wars and protests"it's hard to look at any news at all without feeling like the world is ending. Spend seven minutes with Alaina Johns…
A new production of Pinocchio from Arden Children's Theatre turns kids into active participants, capturing imaginations and pulling back the curtain on the magic of theater. Natalie Layne re…
This world-premiere production of Bruce Graham's Flatlanders debuted at 1812 earlier this year, and now the show continues at Delaware Theatre Company. But this script still can't get off th…
Kun-Yang Lin Dancers shine in the world premiere of Breath into Air alongside Mandala Project and works by Weiwei Ma and Evalina Carbonell. Melissa Strong reviews.
A week full of curiosity, courtesy of American Philosophical Society, Studio 34, Philly School of Circus Arts and more. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
More music for April and early May, including performances by Delaware Symphony, Opera Philadelphia, Mendelssohn Chorus, and more. Gail Obenreder previews.
When Quintessence artistic director Alex Burns announced plans for his latest all-male Shakespeare production, he struck a nerve with the local theater community. He talks with Alaina Johns …
Both movie and live theater audiences love thrillers, so why are frightening plays relatively rare? The University of Delaware's Resident Ensemble Players delivers with a scary new productio…
A new exhibition by woodworker and interdisciplinary artist Gina Siepel at the Museum for Art in Wood asks what happens when we regard trees as "you" rather than "it". Anndee Hochman reviews.
In a small gallery away from its usual bustle, Delaware Art Museum presents In Focus, a gathering of powerful works by women photographers featured from the museum collection. Gail Obenreder…
With its spring program, Roots and Reflections, PHILADANCO! drew on popular works from past decades to prove that the vivid history of Black choreography still speaks to us today. Camille Ba…