Inis Nua Theatre Company presents Rosa Hesmondhalgh’s Madame Ovary

Comedy equals cancer plus time

Based on the lived experience of playwright Rosa Hesmondhalgh’s cancer diagnosis, Inis Nua’s Madame Ovary is equal parts funny and tragic. Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Nov 13, 2023 · Reviews · 2 minute read

Resident Ensemble Players presents John Ball’s In the Heat of the Night

A cracking good detective story

Resident Ensemble Players at the University of Delaware continues its season with In the Heat of the Night, a world-class whodunit that doesn’t shy away from its story’s disturbing roots in 1962 Alabama. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Nov 07, 2023 · Reviews · 5 minute read

Azuka Theatre presents Priyanka Shetty’s The Elephant in the Room

A story as unique as the immigrant experience

Priyanka Shetty’s The Elephant in the Room, a solo autobiographical show about an Indian software engineer turned theater artist,
is proving the creator’s performance chops in its Philly debut at Azuka Theatre. Krista Mar reviews.

Krista Mar

Nov 07, 2023 · Reviews · 2 minute read

Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Whitney White’s Macbeth in Stride

A fun but flawed feminist take on the Scottish play

Macbeth in Stride, a new adaptation of the Shakespeare classic now onstage at Philadelphia Theatre Company, rocks but doesn’t dig its daggers deep enough. C.M. Crockford reviews.

C.M. Crockford

Nov 06, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Theatre Exile presents Bess Wohl’s Camp Siegfried

Tomorrow belongs to them

Then and now, fascism feels like an easy fix for any psychic fissure. With Camp Seigfried, Theatre Exile takes us to a Nazi summer camp in 1938 New York. Wendy Rosenfield reviews.

Wendy Rosenfield

Nov 06, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Arden Theatre Company presents Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me

Breathing in the grip of the framers

Arden Theatre Company presents Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me, a play that is as alternately illuminating and frustrating as our founding document. Kiran Pandey reviews.

Kiran Pandey

Nov 06, 2023 · Reviews · 4 minute read

InterAct Theatre Company presents Sylvia Khoury’s Selling Kabul

The price of freedom

Selling Kabul, a Pulitzer Prize finalist at InterAct Theatre Company, wrestles with the human cost of occupation and war. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Nov 06, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Kimmel Cultural Campus and Shubert Organization present the national tour of Wicked

Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road

The national tour of Wicked returns to Philadelphia for the first time in six years. How’s it holding up? Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Nov 06, 2023 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Fabric Workshop and Museum presents Jessica Campbell: Heterodoxy

A safe space for uppity women

From 1912-1940, a little-known feminist debate society flourished in New York. Now, FWM artist-in-residence Jessica Campbell revives and reimagines their meetings in Heterodoxy, a new multi-media installation. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Oct 31, 2023 · Reviews · 5 minute read

The Barnes Foundation presents Marie Laurencin: Sapphic Paris

Queer context for the early 20th century

With radically sweet images of women and hardly a man in sight, painter Marie Laurencin constructed a world of female friendship, camaraderie, and low-key eroticism, as explored in a new exhibition at the Barnes. K.A. McFadden reviews.

K.A. McFadden

Oct 31, 2023 · Reviews · 4 minute read