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Craig, in a snazzy brown suit, stands in a small, ornate Catholic nave with wooden pews, stone arches, and stained glass.

The 2025 Philadelphia Film Festival opens with Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Director Rian Johnson joins his new mystery at the revamped Film Society Center
The 34th Philadelphia Film Festival kicked off on Thursday, October 16, at the newly renovated Film Society Center and runs through Sunday, October 26. Stephen Silver reviews the opening-night film, Wake Up Dead Man.
Stephen Silver

Stephen Silver

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At left, Fei-Fei, in a pink dress, passionately plays the grand piano as Di Russo, in a black blazer, conducts the orchestra

Delaware Symphony Orchestra presents Virtuosity Unleashed

Welcoming new music director Michelle Di Russo
With fire, flash, and precision, Michelle Di Russo opened her first season as music director of the Delaware Symphony with a virtuosic program including Gabriella Ortiz, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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Grande, in spangled corset, shiny bikini bottom, garters, and platform boots, grins maniacally, spreading iridescent wings

Bucks County Playhouse presents Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show

Fifty years later, Rocky Horror is still relevant
For the third and final year, Bucks County Playhouse revives its popular new production of The Rocky Horror Show starring Frankie Grande. An Nichols reviews.
An Nichols

An Nichols

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A cropped, gracefully shaped plaid vest in a surprising mix of green, orange, blue, and magenta shades.

The Wharton Esherick Museum presents Working at a Joyous Creative Thing: Weaving, Making and Material Culture in Letty Esherick’s Legacy

The wife of a famous woodworker finally gets her due
Letty Esherick, the wife of world-famous woodworker Wharton, opens up in an exhibition of textile works and letters discovered almost 50 years after her death, paired with contemporary artwork they inspired. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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Close-up on wooden shelves full of clay cups with different designs, mostly in reds, blues, and grays.

The Clay Studio presents Clay as Care: Ceramic Art and Wellbeing

Clay as power, healing, and catharsis
With Clay as Care, the Clay Studio welcomes four very different ceramic artists to explore the ways attention to art and the work of our hands can heal, empower, and connect us. Anndee Hochman reviews.
Anndee Hochman

Anndee Hochman

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On a lavish music studio set with white & red spotlights, the whole cast rocks out with instruments, including guitar & piano

Walnut Street Theatre presents Cole Escott and Floyd Mutrux’s Million Dollar Quartet

One famous night at Sun Records
The Walnut opens the 2025-26 season with a fun production of Million Dollar Quartet, a glossy look back at one famous night with Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis. C.M. Crockford reviews.
C.M. Crockford

C.M. Crockford

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The two actors, in outlandish colorful Elizabethan-inspired clothes, perform surrounded by audience. Corey holds a saxophone

Delaware Shakespeare’s 2025 Community Tour presents The Two Gentlemen of Verona

A spirited, accessible Shakespeare production goes on tour
For its eighth annual Community Tour production—visiting schools, prisons, libraries, and other unconventional spaces—Delaware Shakespeare tackles Two Gents with an ensemble of six. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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Within a stylized white stage outline of a house, a man in a plaid shirt hugs a kid while five other adults look on.

Arden Theater Company presents William Finn and James Lapine’s Falsettos

Dark complexities meet heartfelt music
The Arden kicks off its new season with a thoughtful production of the complex musical Falsettos, featuring a powerhouse cast directed by Kevin Glaccum. Mina Reinckens reviews.
Mina Reinckens

Mina Reinckens

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Lim passionately plays a grand piano with his hair flying; Alsop is seen from behind at right, conducting the orchestra

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents John Adams’s The Rock You Stand On, Bartók, and Prokofiev

A Philly thing at the orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra and visiting conductor Marin Alsop premiered John Adams’s The Rock You Stand On in a program that included Bartók’s last concerto and selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. Peter Burwasser reviews.

Peter Burwasser

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Foreboding photo of a small crowded boat moving toward a big one on the horizon, overlaid with ink and fiber elements.

The Print Center presents False Dawn and Memory, Loss

Why memories matter
Iranian-born, New York-based artist Nazanin Noroozi explores history and memory with a multimedia Print Center exhibition plunging viewers into the journey of African migrants heading for Europe. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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