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![Davis, with short, gingery hair & beard, wearing a white tee, holds a wooden nutcracker doll and has a thoughtful expression.](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/One-Man-Nutcracker_BSR_12_15_23.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5501&fp-y=0.2894&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=8ce3dcd26c9865dab031c4a8b9206044)
Chris Davis presents One-Man Nutcracker
A magical reimagining, back for 2023
Chris Davis has been bringing his fresh and
funny one-man take on The Nutcracker to Philly theaters since 2019. This year, the still-delightful show lands at the Drake. An Nichols reviews.
funny one-man take on The Nutcracker to Philly theaters since 2019. This year, the still-delightful show lands at the Drake. An Nichols reviews.
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![Rottsolk, in a black & pink dress, sings on a golden, pillared chancel with 8 black-clad musicians playing around her.](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Piffaro_BSR_12_12_23.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.8229&fp-y=0.4724&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=63bf0f93e20e65217cdbcdfe654affd0)
Piffaro presents Christmas in Southern Germany
Old music, fresh performance
Piffaro celebrates the season by treating audiences to Christmas in Southern Germany, an uplifting and accessible multi-instrumental deep dive into sacred works of the 16th and 17th century. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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![Gilbert squats with Fenton lying gracefully extended across his knees. They both wear bronze, silver & gold bodysuits.](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Philadanco_BSR_12_14_23.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.453&fp-y=0.2146&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=92ca9eba15d5f8b45f36c78dc7bf2e53)
PHILADANCO! presents Intangible Influences
Premieres and a tribute to Gene Hill Sagan
PHILADANCO! honors late resident choreographer Gene Hill Sagan in a program also including two company premieres and two world premieres featuring returning and new choreographers. Melissa Strong reviews.
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Delaware Theatre Company presents Peter and the Starcatcher
A Peter Pan prequel panto
As an American-style panto, this ebullient, exceptional production of Peter and the Starcatcher from Delaware Theatre Company is a welcome respite from endless Christmas Carols. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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![Vintage opening-night poster with all the featured bands & Franklin’s face in front of a factory, all in orange ink.](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Electrified_BSR_12_11_23.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=eb9c06e747490626a5470c31a80ebc11)
Drexel University presents Electrified: 50 Years of Electric Factory
Reelin’ in the years
Philly live music lovers should hurry to a new special exhibition at Drexel University spotlighting the history of the Electric Factory, including iconic guitars, a Rock-Ola jukebox, and tons of memorabilia. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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![Six cast members pose on the steps of a blue-lit stoop with Coleman, a Black woman in a sleeveless orange costume, at center](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Company_BSR_12_5_23_2023-12-05-215011_fxmr.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.1229&fp-y=0.5176&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=c1d7d21cc176c5f3126811639fc7ef3e)
The Kimmel Cultural Campus and the Shubert Organization present the national tour of Company
Still in good company with Sondheim
Sondheim still abounds despite his recent passing, and the new tour of Company takes a gender swap to the 1970 story, with uneven results that nevertheless keep the joy of the show alive. Kiran Pandey reviews.
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Netflix presents Bradley Cooper’s Maestro
A powerful realization of Leonard Bernstein’s life and loves
Star, director, co-writer, and co-producer Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, the new Netflix biopic on Leonard Bernstein, has important connections to Philadelphia’s creative life and music. Victor L. Schermer reviews.
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![On an orange-lit set with neon bars & a Philly skyline backdrop, four actors in orange jumpsuits pose outlandishly on chairs.](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/1812_BSR_12_4_23.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.851&fp-y=0.4913&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=16f32fd1582e8b3a8a377c19b4529a3b)
1812 Productions presents This Is the Week That Is
Satire wanted
A Philly tradition since 2006, This Is the Week That Is attempts to wring mirth from the news, but this year’s iteration ranges from offensive to baffling. Emily Schilling reviews.
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![In the foreground, Thomas sings passionately into a mic, with the others behind him on a porch awash in purple light.](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/FAT-HAM_BSR_12_4_23.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.3966&fp-y=0.3707&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=320e6e414b4893228b18796f2286ee3f)
The Wilma Theater presents James Ijames’s Fat Ham
High on the hog
Fat Ham comes home in this new production at the Wilma, onstage as it was meant to be, after the company debuted a filmed version in 2021. Everyone is welcome to the cookout. Hanae Mason reviews.
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Quintessence Theatre Group presents The Fantasticks
Try to remember
In Quintessence Theatre Group’s December production of The Fantasticks, complex poetries meet deceptively simple story and design, honoring both youthful sparks and older gratitude. C.M. Crockford reviews.
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