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Pier Players Theatre Company presents Peter Fenton’s I Think We’re Lost
A new take on Peter Pan isn’t quite ready to fly
Pier Players Theatre Company continues its mission for new work with the world premiere of I Think We’re Lost, but great actors and design can’t save a script not ready for the stage. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.
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Curio Theatre Company presents John Bellomo’s Sacco & Vanzetti: A Tragedia Dell’Arte
The true story of two immigrants on trial in the 1920s echoes America today
Curio mounts the world premiere of local playwright John Bellomo’s Sacco & Vanzetti: A Tragedia Dell’Arte, restaging a famous 20th-century trial with a 16th-century flair that still feels fresh. Walt Maguire reviews.
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Bristol Riverside Theatre presents Jelly’s Last Jam
Exploring the life of an American music icon
Bristol Riverside Theatre’s new production of Jelly’s Last Jam, a lavish musical about the life of Jelly Roll Morton, holds back in some ways and delivers in others. An Nichols reviews.
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Independence Seaport Museum presents Seeking Profit and Power: Philadelphia, China Trade, and the Making of America
The economy of an upstart nation
A swashbuckling new exhibition at the Independence Seaport Museum marks America’s 250th with a fascinating look at how trade with China shaped the young United States in its first hundred years. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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The Brandywine Museum of Art presents Abundance/Excess: A Contemporary Eye on Still Life
Breathing fresh life into historic genres
The Brandywine Museum of Art assembles contemporary artists who are reimagining the genre of still life, offering an unexpected view of the traditional in Abundance/Excess: A Contemporary Eye on Still Life. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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Ensemble Arts Philly and the Shubert Organization present The Sound of Music
Familiar music, timeless message
Back on tour in a lavish new production, The Sound of Music combines evergreen entertainment with a potent anti-fascist stance. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Meg Saligman presents The Ministry of Awe
Dozens of artists turn capitalism upside down inside a historic Philly bank
The Ministry of Awe, a wild, self-guided experience from Philly artist Meg Saligman and dozens of local creators, has taken over a Frank Furness bank in Old City. Anndee Hochman reviews.
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The National Constitution Center presents America’s Founding
From aspiration to nation
The National Constitution Center joins the 250th celebrations with America’s Founding, featuring immersive new galleries that take us inside life in Philly before and during the Revolution. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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The Wilma presents James Ijames’s The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington
The first First Lady goes on trial
As the celebration of America’s Semiquincentennial draws near, the Wilma revives James Ijames’s polemical satire The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Marin Leads Rachmaninoff and Schumann
Celebrating Women’s History Month with new work by Ukrainian composer Iryna Aleksiychuk
Women conductors still face an uphill fight for representation in the classical music world, but Marin Alsop is changing that. She appeared in Philly for a March program including Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Linda Holt reviews.
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