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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 by 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 PSF SpringFest. Stephen Silver reviews.
annual PSF SpringFest. Stephen Silver reviews.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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