Name: Cotter Interactive
Price range: $

Higdon & Nézet-Séguin stand together on the podium, orchestra around them, smiling and raising their clasped hands.

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Sibelius, Higdon, and Tchaikovsky

Homegrown classical

The Philadelphia Orchestra revisited Jennifer Higdon’s Concerto for Orchestra, written for them in 2002, in a thrilling program including soloist Lisa Batiashvili in the Violin Concerto of Jean Sibelius. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Oct 27, 2025 Reviews 2 minute read

Morrison, in her late 60s but dressed as a teen, smiles shyly at Gil, a young man, in front of blue school lockers.

Ensemble Arts Philly and the Shubert Organization present the national tour of Kimberly Akimbo

The oldest living girl in New Jersey

The quirky and endearing musical, Kimberly Akimbo, comes to Philadelphia through Sunday, November 2, 2025, as part of a national tour. It fits surprisingly well into the Academy of Music. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Oct 27, 2025 Reviews 3 minute read

Book cover, shadows of two people in motion superimposed over the shadow of a horse. Book title, author name in large titles

MOUNTED: On Horses, Blackness, and Liberation, by Bitter Kalli

Giddy on up

This new collection of essays looks into the history of Blackness and horses. Dr. Lindsay Gary previews.

Lindsay Gary

Oct 21, 2025 Reviews 3 minute read

Closeup on the two actors, in lush period costumes, embracing in a wistful, romantic way.

OperaDelaware presents Puccini’s Tosca

An opera masterwork remains timeless

Puccini’s Tosca is a classic for a reason, and a new production by OperaDelaware proved that this masterwork remains timeless and stirring. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Oct 21, 2025 Reviews 5 minute read

Carter, in a sexy black lace shirt, speaks to Silano, who wears a satiny purple dress and looks perturbed.

Curio Theatre Company presents Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen’s Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors

Bite marks and belly laughs

Curio Theatre Company’s Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors is a gleefully unhinged retelling of the Bram Stoker classic in the spirit of Monty Python and Charles Ludlam. Josh Herren reviews.

Josh Herren

Oct 21, 2025 Reviews 2 minute read

In a set like a 19th century home, Dolan, in green, holds an axe, facing forward. At right, her parents, in black, cower

Philadelphia Ballet presents An Evening of Horror

Ballet meets spooky season, for grownups

Philadelphia Ballet dances to the dark side in An Evening of Horror, featuring a resonant ballet about Lizzy Borden and the world premiere of Juliano Nunes’s Valley of Death. Melissa Strong reviews.

Melissa Strong

Oct 20, 2025 Reviews 3 minute read

Five cast members in 1920s formal wear pose together, on an Art Deco stage with giant human silhouettes behind.

Quintessence Theatre Group presents Marilyn Campbell-Lowe and Paul Oakley Stovall’s Fire!!

Celebrating America’s first all-Black literary magazine

Quintessence opens its new season with Fire!!, a world-premiere interdisciplinary show inspired by giants of the Harlem Renaissance and America’s first all-Black literary magazine. A. Lewis reviews.

A. Lewis

Oct 20, 2025 Reviews 4 minute read

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

Oct 20, 2025 Reviews 4 minute read

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.