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Hedgerow Theatre presents Stephen King’s Misery, adapted by William Goldman
Horror in Media
Hedgerow Theatre celebrates spooky season with William Goldman’s stage adaptation of Stephen King’s Misery. Gauri Mangala reviews.
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The Print Center presents The Long Ride Home: Black Cowboys in America
Ending the myth of the all-white cowboys
Master Philly photographer Ron Tarver explores a historic culture that is too often overlooked, with The Long Ride Home: Black Cowboys in America, on view through November 14, 2026 at The Print Center. An Nichols reviews.
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Azuka and Simpatico present Priyanka Shetty’s #Charlottesville
Witnessing a far-right rally
Priyanka Shetty’s powerful solo show based on hundreds of interviews with residents of Charlottesville, VA after the violent 2017 “Unite the Right” rally gets its Philly premiere. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.
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The 2026 Philadelphia Film Festival opens with The Only Living Pickpocket in New York and La Bola Negra
PFF’s 35th anniversary starts with a bang
The 35th annual Philadelphia Film Festival opens with an extremely New York movie and the latest from the Spanish directing duo Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, coming soon to Netflix. Stephen Silver reviews.
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Philadelphia Theatre Company and Baltimore Center Stage present Bess Wohl’s Liberation
From 1970 to today, women face the same struggles
Bess Wohl’s Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning Liberation makes its local debut at Philadelphia Theatre Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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The Mighty WMMR: An Oral History of Philadelphia’s Rock Radio Revolution, By Erin Riley
The story of Philly’s own pioneering rock station, from Dave Herman to Pierre Robert
In her new survey of Philly rock radio icon WMMR, longtime music director Erin Riley gets the station’s story in dozens of interviews with the pioneering personalities who drove its success. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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Applied Mechanics presents Run Ben Run
Manifest density
With its latest ensembled-devised show, Run Ben Run, Applied Mechanics combines American history, pop culture, art criticism, and more in an interactive experience at Christ Church Neighborhood House. Jill Ivey reviews.
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Native Americans and Pennsylvania, by Daniel K. Richter
Pre-American history
A timely expansion of Penn history professor Daniel K. Richter’s book Native Americans and Pennsylvania brings new scholarship to the history of Indigenous life in what is now Pennsylvania. Pamela J. Forsythe
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Voice of a Century: The Life and Artistry of Marian Anderson, by Anthony Tommasini
A masterful biography of an iconic American voice
Pianist, author, and New York Times music critic Anthony Tommasini’s new biography of Marian Anderson is page-turning triumph. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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Quintessence Theatre Group presents Jen Silverman’s Witch
Then and now are the same world for women
Jen Silverman adapts the 17th-century tragicomedy The Witch of Edmonton into a sizzling modern-ish fable with all the same questions about womanhood, now onstage at Quintessence. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.
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