Name: Cotter Interactive
Price range: $

Beside ornate wooden armchairs, Buchanan, wearing a white apron, stands affectionately with the women, wearing white dresses

Philadelphia Artists’ Collective presents Maxim Gorky’s Children of the Sun

The Russian Revolution resonates in the US today

This rattling and thrilling new production of Maxim Gorky’s Children of the Sun, set in 1862 and written in a St. Petersburg prison in 1905, has devastating resonance for Americans in 2024. C.M. Crockford reviews.

C.M. Crockford

May 06, 2024 Reviews 3 minute read

Ensemble of 10 dancers in black strike the same pose, feet set wide and arms angled inquisitively up above their heads.

Koresh Dance Company presents Hollow Apple

Expansive themes in dance

The world premiere of Koresh’s Hollow Apple tackles a timely subject in its 2024 Spring Home Season performance. Melissa Strong reviews.

Melissa Strong

Apr 30, 2024 Reviews 3 minute read

Small on stage, Ho, dressed in black, sings against a huge minimalist backdrop of butterfly wings, others onstage at right.

Opera Philadelphia presents Puccini’s Madame Butterfly

A radiant metamorphosis

Opera is grappling with the iconic creations of Giacomo Puccini: can we reverse harmful depictions of marginalized people while
honoring the work’s integrity? Opera Philadelphia finds a way with its new
Madame Butterfly. Linda Holt reviews.

Linda Holt

Apr 30, 2024 Reviews 5 minute read

In a wash of red and purple light, Leiberman, back to the camera, heads toward audience members at a lantern-lit table

Big Telly and Tiny Dynamite present The Worst Café in the World

An undercooked dramatic menu

Big Telly and Tiny Dynamite present The Worst Cafe in the World, a conceit that offers theater as dinner but never amounts to a complete meal. Kiran Pandey reviews.

Kiran Pandey

Apr 29, 2024 Reviews 3 minute read

In a blue leotard, with feet planted wide, Barbosa bends sinuously back, her arms completing a dramatic S-curve.

BalletX presents its 2024 Spring Festival

Great ballet meets live music at the Mann

BalletX’s spring 2024 performance combined otherworldliness with riveting historical narrative, all alongside captivating live music at the Mann. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.

Camille Bacon-Smith

Apr 29, 2024 Reviews 4 minute read

Harrold, in a black boulder & vest, throws one arm and leg in the air while playing an accordion in a wash of green light.

Curio Theatre Company presents Hannah Moscovitch’s Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story

Our ancestors were immigrants, too

This thrilling music/theater hybrid is inspired by the true story of two Jewish Romanian refugees, broken by the inhumanities of war, who find love after arriving on the shores of Canada in 1908. SaraKay Smullens reviews.

SaraKay Smullens

Apr 29, 2024 Reviews 3 minute read

Martinez-Briggs, in a green jacket, speaks to the audience while Castaldi sits beside them and plugs his ears with both hands

Arden Children's Theatre presents Greg Banks’s Pinocchio

The kids are part of the magic

A new production of Pinocchio from Arden Children’s Theatre turns kids into active participants, capturing imaginations and pulling back the curtain on the magic of theater. Natalie Layne reviews.

nat čermák

Apr 23, 2024 Reviews 3 minute read

Childs stands next to Greer, who huddles in an armchair. They both wear thick hats, coats, and scarves indoors.

1812 Productions and Delaware Theatre Company present Bruce Graham’s The Flatlanders

Grounded in the Poconos

This world-premiere production of Bruce Graham’s The Flatlanders debuted at 1812 earlier this year, and now the show continues at Delaware Theatre Company. But this script still can’t get off the ground. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Apr 23, 2024 Reviews 4 minute read

Small on a dark stage, 9 black-clad dancers move around a spotlight, which catches on in the middle clutching her chest.

Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers presents Breath into Air

Life, breath, and cherry blossoms

Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers shines in the world premiere of Breath into Air alongside Mandala Project and works by Weiwei Ma and Evalina Carbonell. Melissa Strong reviews.

Melissa Strong

Apr 22, 2024 Reviews 5 minute read

With luxuriant 70s hair, Ernst & Matarrese sit facing each other over a fancy desk, working on typewriters in a dark room.

Resident Ensemble Players presents Ira Levin’s Deathtrap

Well-deserved screams for the stage

Both movie and live theater audiences love thrillers, so why are frightening plays relatively rare? The University of Delaware’s Resident Ensemble Players delivers with a scary new production of Ira Levin’s Deathtrap. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Apr 16, 2024 Reviews 4 minute read