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In a set like a 19th century home, Dolan, in green, holds an axe, facing forward. At right, her parents, in black, cower

Philadelphia Ballet presents An Evening of Horror

Ballet meets spooky season, for grownups
Philadelphia Ballet dances to the dark side in An Evening of Horror, featuring a resonant ballet about Lizzy Borden and the world premiere of Juliano Nunes’s Valley of Death. Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

Reviews 3 minute read
Five cast members in 1920s formal wear pose together, on an Art Deco stage with giant human silhouettes behind.

Quintessence Theatre Group presents Marilyn Campbell-Lowe and Paul Oakley Stovall’s Fire!!

Celebrating America’s first all-Black literary magazine
Quintessence opens its new season with Fire!!, a world-premiere interdisciplinary show inspired by giants of the Harlem Renaissance and America’s first all-Black literary magazine. A. Lewis reviews.

A. Lewis

Reviews 4 minute read
Craig, in a snazzy brown suit, stands in a small, ornate Catholic nave with wooden pews, stone arches, and stained glass.

The 2025 Philadelphia Film Festival opens with Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Director Rian Johnson joins his new mystery at the revamped Film Society Center
The 34th Philadelphia Film Festival kicked off on Thursday, October 16, at the newly renovated Film Society Center and runs through Sunday, October 26. Stephen Silver reviews the opening-night film, Wake Up Dead Man.
Stephen Silver

Stephen Silver

Reviews 4 minute read
At left, Fei-Fei, in a pink dress, passionately plays the grand piano as Di Russo, in a black blazer, conducts the orchestra

Delaware Symphony Orchestra presents Virtuosity Unleashed

Welcoming new music director Michelle Di Russo
With fire, flash, and precision, Michelle Di Russo opened her first season as music director of the Delaware Symphony with a virtuosic program including Gabriella Ortiz, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 4 minute read
Grande, in spangled corset, shiny bikini bottom, garters, and platform boots, grins maniacally, spreading iridescent wings

Bucks County Playhouse presents Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show

Fifty years later, Rocky Horror is still relevant
For the third and final year, Bucks County Playhouse revives its popular new production of The Rocky Horror Show starring Frankie Grande. An Nichols reviews.
An Nichols

An Nichols

Reviews 4 minute read
A cropped, gracefully shaped plaid vest in a surprising mix of green, orange, blue, and magenta shades.

The Wharton Esherick Museum presents Working at a Joyous Creative Thing: Weaving, Making and Material Culture in Letty Esherick’s Legacy

The wife of a famous woodworker finally gets her due
Letty Esherick, the wife of world-famous woodworker Wharton, opens up in an exhibition of textile works and letters discovered almost 50 years after her death, paired with contemporary artwork they inspired. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Reviews 5 minute read
Close-up on wooden shelves full of clay cups with different designs, mostly in reds, blues, and grays.

The Clay Studio presents Clay as Care: Ceramic Art and Wellbeing

Clay as power, healing, and catharsis
With Clay as Care, the Clay Studio welcomes four very different ceramic artists to explore the ways attention to art and the work of our hands can heal, empower, and connect us. Anndee Hochman reviews.
Anndee Hochman

Anndee Hochman

Reviews 5 minute read
On a lavish music studio set with white & red spotlights, the whole cast rocks out with instruments, including guitar & piano

Walnut Street Theatre presents Cole Escott and Floyd Mutrux’s Million Dollar Quartet

One famous night at Sun Records
The Walnut opens the 2025-26 season with a fun production of Million Dollar Quartet, a glossy look back at one famous night with Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis. C.M. Crockford reviews.
C.M. Crockford

C.M. Crockford

Reviews 4 minute read
The two actors, in outlandish colorful Elizabethan-inspired clothes, perform surrounded by audience. Corey holds a saxophone

Delaware Shakespeare’s 2025 Community Tour presents The Two Gentlemen of Verona

A spirited, accessible Shakespeare production goes on tour
For its eighth annual Community Tour production—visiting schools, prisons, libraries, and other unconventional spaces—Delaware Shakespeare tackles Two Gents with an ensemble of six. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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Within a stylized white stage outline of a house, a man in a plaid shirt hugs a kid while five other adults look on.

Arden Theater Company presents William Finn and James Lapine’s Falsettos

Dark complexities meet heartfelt music
The Arden kicks off its new season with a thoughtful production of the complex musical Falsettos, featuring a powerhouse cast directed by Kevin Glaccum. Mina Reinckens reviews.
Mina Reinckens

Mina Reinckens

Reviews 4 minute read