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Legacy on Broad, the east coast's premier Bollywood-fusion dance competition, brings collegiate South Asian dance teams from across the country to Philadelphia to compete while celebrating c…
Quintessence Theatre Group combines creative casting, minimalistic design, and a whole lot of masks for its ambitious production of Shakespeare's The Tempest. Jill Ivey reviews.
For its 97th Annual International Competition, the Print Center selected three artists out of 400 applicants. Each of them grapples with trauma, memory, and immigrant experiences. Pamela J. …
Azuka teams with Teatro del Sol for the world premiere of AZ Espinoza's All My Mothers Dream in Spanish, a magical exploration of ancestry and healing that's also very much of the moment. Kr…
The Brentano Quartet used their annual recital with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society to establish Antonin Dvořák as an American master. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
At this Kimmel Center debate, nine candidates for mayor took questions about how our cultural sector fits into their platform. Alaina Johns was there.
Two world premieres and a poignant reprise make a strong, balanced program at BalletX's 2023 Winter Series. Eileen B. Fisher reviews.
Gail Obenreder rounds up the upcoming classical music offerings in the Philadelphia area for the first part of March 2023.
The week brings new exhibits from Fabric Workshop Museum, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Magic Gardens, and more. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
March screenings include Rent, Philadelphia, and One Sings, the Other Doesn't, from the late French auteur Agnès Varda. Stephen Silver rounds up.
Artistic director and dancer Angel Corella tries a less-is-more approach in this adaptation of the fairy tale. Camille Bacon-Smith previews.
Alvin Ailey visited the Academy of Music for four performances, including work by Twyla Tharp and Ailey's own piece celebrating Winnie and Nelson Mandela, and the beloved Revelations. Camill…
Cotton, an immersive multimedia experience recreating generational trauma, marks Lyric Fest's 20th anniversary, with new music by Damien Geter and a slate of poets inspired by the photograph…
The Philadelphia Orchestra made an unannounced observance of one year of the war against Ukraine, in this program featuring pianist Yefim Bronfman and a US premiere by Elena Firsova. Linda H…
People's Light stages this informative and engaging one-man drama about lawyer Thurgood Marshall, who became the first Black justice on the US Supreme Court. An Nichols reviews.
Big Daddy steals the show in Walnut Street Theatre's new production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Closing out Black History Month with events from Lyric Fest and Museum of the American Revolution, and dancing with Philadelphia Dance Projects. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
It's fitting that the new national tour of 1776 (without any cis men in the cast) is getting started here, in the city where it happened. Jill Ivey reviews.
Inis Nua brings a popular Scottish playwright to the Philly stage with Meet Me At Dawn, but the performance is more moving than satisfying. C.M. Crockford reviews.
A new exhibition revealing 100 years and three generations of the Forten Family in Philadelphia is a must-see. Crystal Sparrow visits.
The regional premiere of Empathitrax, now onstage at Suzanne Roberts, deals in troubling tropes of depression without preparing its audience. Alaina Johns considers.
Philadelphia Theatre Company's Empathitrax tests the limits of love and pharmaceutical intervention. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
The week features an American premiere from Inis Nua, a new exhibit from the Museum of the American Revolution, and more Black History Month events. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
More classical music offerings for the month of February, including the new Grammy Award winners Philadelphia Orchestra. Gail Obenreder previews.
Good Grief, in its regional premiere at Hedgerow Theatre Company, offers a sometimes touching, mostly frustrating portrayal of grief. Kiran Pandey reviews.
