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View of open 1799 book, brown with age, pages covered with a watercolor of a ship at left, and dense cursive writing at right

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.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Apr 06, 2026 Reviews 6 minute read

Colorful still-life with intense floral background, black fish on a plate, nautilus-like swirls, lemons & green leaves.

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.

Gail Obenreder

Apr 06, 2026 Reviews 4 minute read

Ferch, at left, holds a guitar while Earley embraces the other six kids, all in matching patterned clothes & white knee socks

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.

Cameron Kelsall

Apr 01, 2026 Reviews 3 minute read

View from the top level of a 19th-century stairwell with a large arched window, walls covered with a psychedelic mural.

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.

Anndee Hochman

Mar 31, 2026 Reviews 5 minute read

Lifesize door in a brick wall with a welcome message, between two displays of many small 18th-century artifacts.

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.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Mar 31, 2026 Reviews 6 minute read

In 18th-century garb, the 2 actors lie side by side in a curtained bed, Boykin in a white nightdress. Briggs speaks to her

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.

Cameron Kelsall

Mar 27, 2026 Reviews 4 minute read

Alsop, at the conductor’s podium with orchestra standing around her, faces the audience, smiling with hand on her heart.

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.

Linda Holt

Mar 24, 2026 Reviews 4 minute read

Carboni, a white man in black tee, khakis, and a green backpack, speaks to the viewer against a surreal hotel-room backdrop

Theatre Exile’s Philly GRIT presents Bastion Carboni’s A Vacation

A travel influencer takes his wildest trip yet

A Vacation, a Philly GRIT solo show from local performer and director Bastion Carboni, follows a travel influencer who is in over his head at his latest controversial destination: Purgatory. Alaina Johns reviews.

Alaina Johns

Mar 23, 2026 Reviews 4 minute read

Bowersox and Moore, a white couple who appear to be in their 60s, look skyward in a wash of blue light.

TheatreXP presents Donald Margulies’s Lunar Eclipse

An authentic look at aging together

TheatreXP crafts an intimate production of Lunar Eclipse by Pulitzer-winning playwright Donald Margulies, about an aging couple looking to the stars as they grapple with loving and letting go. SaraKay Smullens reviews.

SaraKay Smullens