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Domingo, drinking a beer in a leather jacket, looks away while De Silva regards him from his seat at the kitchen table

People’s Light presents Sam Shepard’s True West

East meets West
A highly conceptualized production of True West at People’s Light offers striking visuals but scant drama. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 4 minute read
A Black woman, a white man, and an Asian person lie blissfully on the grass with their heads together and hands joined.

Shakespeare in Clark Park presents Two Gentlemen of Verona: The Musical

A summer stunner
Politically charged yet emotionally joyous, a 1971 musical adaptation of Two Gentlemen of Verona knocks it out of Clark Park. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 4 minute read
Elinor in green and Marianne in yellow, in empire-waisted dresses, look tenderly at each other, sharing a caress.

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility

Sisters take the stage
With this adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival breathes new life into a literary classic that even newcomers to Austen will love. Mina Reinckens reviews.
Mina Reinckens

Mina Reinckens

Reviews 3 minute read
In dramatic blue light & fog on the yellow outdoor stage at dusk, the actors strike different contorted & wary poses.

Delaware Shakespeare presents Macbeth

Welcoming the darkness
North Wilmington’s Rockwood Park, with its own alleged hauntings, makes an appropriately chilling setting for Delaware Shakespeare’s summer outing with the Scottish Play. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 5 minute read

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Seen through Maravilla’s multimedia sculpture, Ken Lum’s text art is mounted large on the gallery wall.

Arthur Ross Gallery presents Songs for Ritual and Remembrance

How do we remember?
At UPenn’s Arthur Ross Gallery, four artists consider what shared memory signifies for marginalized peoples, and how they preserve it. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Reviews 5 minute read
Posing together on a low wooden deck, the three characters interact warily in colorful, multi-textured costumes.

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Shakespeare’s The Tempest

The formal tension of Shakespeare’s last storm
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival closes its 2023 season with bold comedic swings and infrequent wonder in an ultimately uneven Tempest. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Kiran Pandey

Kiran Pandey

Reviews 4 minute read
Tuomanen under a black-light that renders their spiky costume and long gloves in hot neon colors against a blue backdrop.

Applied Mechanics presents Other Orbits

A universal convention
Applied Mechanics produces an interactive, choose-your-own-adventure work of theater in its latest Other Orbits installment, inviting audiences to a convention that is both surreal and oddly familiar. Jill Ivey reviews.
Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Reviews 3 minute read
Two stylistically rotund, relaxed but inquisitive limestone figures sit side by side with their hands on their knees.

The Barnes Foundation presents William Edmondson: A Monumental Vision

Still a fascinating figure
In its exhibition featuring sculptor William Edmondson, who blurred and subverted a lot of what institutions expect from great artists, the Barnes begins to grapple with ways of seeing the artist’s legacy. Hanae Mason reviews.
Hanae Mason

Hanae Mason

Reviews 6 minute read
Cusseaux sits tensely, looking where Kelly, standing at right, gracefully gestures. They're Black dancers wearing blue & gray

BalletX presents Nicolo Fonte’s Sidd: A Hero’s Journey

Siddhartha reimagined in dance
BalletX presents Nicolo Fonte’s Sidd: A Hero’s Journey, an evening-length ballet inspired by Herman Hesse’s classic novel about the journey of self-discovery. Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

Reviews 5 minute read
Book cover: title at top right in yellow and white text; superimposed on a close-up of Nadia’s serious face, late in life.

Nadia Boulanger: War Years in America and Her Last Decades, by James Whipple Miller

An artist and a woman, in her own words
Philadelphia-based author James Whipple Miller offers a valuable portrait of the legendary composer and pedagogue Nadia Boulanger, told largely through letters to her longtime friend Ruth Robbins. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 3 minute read