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Theatre Exile presents Nia Akilah Robinson’s The Great Privation (How to Flip Ten Cents into a Dollar)
A surreal and soulful look at Philly, 200 years ago and today
At Theatre Exile, The Great Privation (How to Flip Ten Cents into a Dollar) toggles between Philadelphia’s problematic past and imperfect present. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Delaware Art Museum presents Citizen Artist
Exploring the US government’s historic 20th-century arts investments
A notable new exhibition at Delaware Art Museum explores two eras of major government investment in the arts: the New Deal and the lesser-known Nixon-era Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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ArtPhilly’s What Now festival: Theatre in the X presents Carlo Campbell’s Acknowledge Me
A community on the Semiquincentennial
A new play by Philly artist Carlo Campbell at Theatre in the X helps to kick off the inaugural ArtPhilly What Now: 2026 festival, but it needs more work to create a dramatic whole from community voices. Krista Mar reviews.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Gershwin and Bernstein
An all-American season closer marks the 250th
The Philadelphians closed their 2025-26 season with a stirring program of Gershwin and Bernstein, featuring superstar French pianist Hélène Grimaud and the Philadelphia Orchestra debut of Canadian soprano Emily D’Angelo. Linda Holt reviews.
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Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
A perfect staging of a play America needs
James Ijames helms a new production of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, and the show is worth the trip to Center Valley for anyone in the Philly area. An Nichols reviews.
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The Barnes Foundation presents Freedom Dreams
“What kind of world do we want to struggle for?”
In honor of the 250th, the Barnes presents Freedom Dreams, showcasing intriguing and often-hopeful video installations that examine and celebrate Black American culture. An Nichols reviews.
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Arden Theatre Company presents Dear Evan Hansen
Watching through a window
The Arden’s regional premiere of Dear Evan Hansen flattens the musical’s complicated story. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Ensemble Arts Philly and the Shubert Organization present the national tour of The Outsiders
Greaser is the word
A musical adaptation of The Outsiders proves iconic as its source material, as the national tour lands in Philly through June 7, 2026. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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The Wilma Theater presents Suzan-Lori Parks’s The America Play
A rare work by an American master
Lindsay Smiling marks the announcement of his role as the Wilma’s sole artistic director with a wonderfully realized production of The America Play, a rarely seen yet prescient 1994 work by Suzan-Lori Parks. Josh Herren reviews.
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Piffaro presents Eagle & Empire: Music of Colonial Mexico
Exploring the music of Renaissance-era Mexico, where European and Indigenous cultures mixed
A deeply researched program from Piffaro proves that the mixing of European and Indigenous cultures in 16th and 17th-century Mexico created works that rival their more famous European peers. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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