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5 dancers in black strike a dynamic pose on tiptoe on one foot, other limbs thrown upward in shafts of red & yellow light

Koresh Dance Company presents Never/Mind

Making a case in motion

Koresh has been drawing full houses for more than three decades. The company’s clarity of vision and uniquely grounded, dynamic movement was on display at Never/Mind, a new work by artistic director Ronen Koresh. Lauren Berlin reviews.

Lauren Berlin

Apr 21, 2026 Reviews 4 minute read

Nine people dressed as sailors pose in a tight group, singing, on a set like the deck of a ship with a deep blue backdrop.

Delaware Theatre Company presents The Chequerboard Watch

Brotherhood on the high seas

Delaware Theatre Company stages the rousing world premiere of The Chequerboard Watch, developed by several artists spanning the Atlantic over five years, about an intrepid mixed-race crew on a 19th-century sea voyage. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Apr 21, 2026 Reviews 5 minute read

In a peach-walled livingroom full of boxes, the actors gather with shocked, interested faces around an open vintage lunchbox

Philadelphia Theatre Company presents James Ijames’s Wilderness Generation

Avoiding the weight of generational trauma

Philadelphia Theatre Company presents the world premiere of James Ijames’s Wilderness Generation, a family homecoming that falters in its broad, bland depiction of trauma. Kiran Pandey reviews.

Kiran Pandey

Apr 20, 2026 Reviews 4 minute read

Scott, a white man with messy short dark hair, glasses, and a leather jacket, face streaked with mud, looks out with dread

PFS SpringFest 2025 presents Mile End Kicks, These Are My Friends!, and Hokum

A local filmmaker joins Damian McCarthy’s new horror at PFS East

Drexel alum and New Jersey high school teacher Aaron Bartuska’s new film, These Are My Friends!, joined Mile End Kicks (out April 24) and Hokum (out May 1) at opening night of the 9th annual PFS SpringFest. Stephen Silver reviews.

Stephen Silver

Apr 20, 2026 Reviews 5 minute read

Sunny white gallery with wooden floors & large windows has eclectic furniture, Lugo lamps, and fern growing in stacked tires

The Clay Studio presents American Crib: What’s Happening

Roberto Lugo kicks off a citywide Radical Americana celebration

Philly artist, ceramicist, activist, poet, and educator Roberto Lugo joins our 250th celebrations with American Crib: What’s Happening, an exhibition of brilliantly imaginative work at the Clay Studio. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Apr 20, 2026 Reviews 5 minute read

A shadow of Peter Pan, hands on hips, at center, with the two others shown from the shoulders up in silhouette at front

Pier Players Theatre Company presents Peter Fenton’s I Think We’re Lost

A new take on Peter Pan isn’t quite ready to fly

Pier Players Theatre Company continues its mission for new work with the world premiere of I Think We’re Lost, but great actors and design can’t save a script not ready for the stage. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Apr 13, 2026 Reviews 4 minute read

Arcuri & Bellomo, in trench coats & exaggerated Commedia masks and hats, mime driving away from a masked policeman & ensemble

Curio Theatre Company presents John Bellomo’s Sacco & Vanzetti: A Tragedia Dell’Arte

The true story of two immigrants on trial in the 1920s echoes America today

Curio mounts the world premiere of local playwright John Bellomo’s Sacco & Vanzetti: A Tragedia Dell’Arte, restaging a famous 20th-century trial with a 16th-century flair that still feels fresh. Walt Maguire reviews.

Walt Maguire

Apr 13, 2026 Reviews 3 minute read

Martin, in tie and suspenders, stretches his hands forward as nine cast members pose ecstatically around him.

Bristol Riverside Theatre presents Jelly’s Last Jam

Exploring the life of an American music icon

Bristol Riverside Theatre’s new production of Jelly’s Last Jam, a lavish musical about the life of Jelly Roll Morton, holds back in some ways and delivers in others. An Nichols reviews.

An Nichols

Apr 07, 2026 Reviews 5 minute read

View of open 1799 book, brown with age, pages covered with a watercolor of a ship at left, and dense cursive writing at right

Independence Seaport Museum presents Seeking Profit and Power: Philadelphia, China Trade, and the Making of America

The economy of an upstart nation

A swashbuckling new exhibition at the Independence Seaport Museum marks America’s 250th with a fascinating look at how trade with China shaped the young United States in its first hundred years. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Apr 06, 2026 Reviews 6 minute read

Colorful still-life with intense floral background, black fish on a plate, nautilus-like swirls, lemons & green leaves.

The Brandywine Museum of Art presents Abundance/Excess: A Contemporary Eye on Still Life

Breathing fresh life into historic genres

The Brandywine Museum of Art assembles contemporary artists who are reimagining the genre of still life, offering an unexpected view of the traditional in Abundance/Excess: A Contemporary Eye on Still Life. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Apr 06, 2026 Reviews 4 minute read