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Against large rectangular screens with ocean projections, 3 cast members stand & one sits wrapped in a blanket center stage

Penn Live Arts and The Acting Company present Lisa Peterson's The Odyssey

Modern exiles on the wine-dark sea

A powerful new retelling of The Odyssey, based on UPenn professor Emily Wilson’s translation, stops in Philly on its national tour, with New Jersey dates coming in November. C.M. Crockford reviews.

C.M. Crockford

Oct 03, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

An 18th-century letter with ink cursive visible through the paper, directed to Trumbull in ink faded to brown.

The Rosenbach presents Succession: Why Presidential History Matters Now

A precedent for presidents

No, it’s not the hit HBO series about the backstabbing offspring of a fictional media mogul; it’s the Rosenbach’s look at the real-life succession of our own US presidents—reminders we need today. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Oct 02, 2023 Reviews 5 minute read

Scene from the play: 9 ensemble members, in dramatic bars of light and dark, gather around a crouching man holding a rifle.

Arden Theatre Company presents Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Assassins

A history of violence

Arden Theatre Company considers Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins through a chilling contemporary lens. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Sep 29, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Bailey, a white woman with luxuriant wavy brown hair, poses in a white shirt and black vest.

Philly Fringe 2023: Ella-Gabriel Mason’s Sex Werque and Kaytlin Bailey’s Whore’s Eye View

Learning from the pros

Cannonball Festival presented two solo shows about sex workers: Ella-Gabriel Mason’s Sex Werque: Notes from the Field and Kaytlin Bailey’s Whore’s Eye View. Melissa Strong reviews.

Melissa Strong

Sep 28, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

The cast of nine, looking zany with a variety of expressions, props, and costumes, stands in a gesticulating group onstage

Delaware Theatre Company presents Michael Frayn’s Noises Off

A favorite piece of chaos

Delaware Theatre Company opens the season with a bang of eight doors in the ever-popular, ever-challenging backstage farce Noises Off. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Sep 26, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

Scene from the play: sitting in adjacent forward-facing chairs, the two women turn their heads to look fondly at each other.

Resident Ensemble Players presents Eileen Atkins’s Vita & Virginia

For the love of letters

Delaware’s Resident Ensemble Players opens its 15th season with Vita & Virginia, a chamber production exploring a historic intellectual and romantic affair in an era of letters. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Sep 26, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

Philly Fringe 2023: Toni Cannon’s ReFlection and Mae West’s $7 Girl

Circus arts looking inward and outward

Cannonball Festival presents two solo shows at the intersection of trans identity and circus arts, Toni Cannon’s ReFlection and Mae West’s $7 Girl. Melissa Strong reviews.

Melissa Strong

Sep 26, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

The orchestra atop a circular gray structure about 10 feet tall, with the cast members performing in front of it.

Festival O23: Opera Philadelphia presents Rene Orth and Hannah Moscovitch’s 10 Days in a Madhouse

“I’m mad they say”

Festival O23’s world-premiere production of composer Rene Orth and librettist Hannah Moscovitch’s 10 Days in a Madhouse is fresh, urgent, and relevant. Alaina Johns reviews.

Alaina Johns

Sep 25, 2023 Reviews 5 minute read

Sulayman sings soulfully at center stage. Dolphin dances at left; at right, Ward & Mirzadegan sit facing each other.

Festival O23: Opera Philadelphia presents Karim Sulayman’s Unholy Wars

Reframing the “Middle East”

Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O23 features the Philly premiere of Grammy-winning Lebanese American tenor Karim Sulayman’s Unholy Wars, with artistic triumph in every detail. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Sep 25, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read