Name: Cotter Interactive
Price range: $

Wallace, smiling with hands on hips, in board shorts & a Detroit football jersey, confronts Foy-Coles, in glasses & plaid.

InterAct Theatre Company presents Francisca da Silveira’s pay no worship

At home in the Atlantic

InterAct presents the world premiere of pay no worship, a play about very different cousins on a small Cape Verde island who grapple with the effects of climate change, despite too often being left out of the global conversation. Krista Mar reviews.

Krista Mar

Apr 11, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Evocative red, pink, blue, turquoise, and black image of young Kahlo, looking down thoughtfully, wearing chunky jewelry.

Delaware Art Museum presents Our Red Planet and Estampas de la Raza

One museum, two journeys

This spring, Delaware Art Museum boasts a pair of striking but very different exhibitions: Our Red Planet: Anna Bogatin Ott and Estampas de la Raza: Contemporary Prints from the Romo Collection. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Apr 11, 2023 Reviews 5 minute read

An oval shape of complex curving and connected geometric lines in a dusty reddish-brown tone.

Woodmere Art Museum presents JUST IN: Form + Space, Near + Far

An abstraction appetizer

A tight selection of abstract artists and works make an inviting but not necessarily cohesive show in Woodmere’s JUST IN: Form + Space, Near + Far. Jake Foster reviews.

Jake Foster

Apr 10, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Kanagawa, in denim shirt and suspenders, manipulates an emotive cow puppet, which Thompson, in a green jacket, sings to.

The Kimmel Cultural Campus presents the national tour of Into the Woods

Lost in the forest

The national tour of Into the Woods loses the thread of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s fairytale parable. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Apr 06, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

Liyou poses with hands near their head, in a voluminous white outfit. They're outdoors below a blue sky with white clouds.

Asian Arts Initiative presents Lucy Liyou in concert

A short trip with a sonic experimentalist

A genre-straddling musical performance from experimental artist Lucy Liyou makes a quick stop at Asian Arts Initiative. Aaron Pond reviews.

Aaron Pond

Apr 04, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Ohse, a white woman with her back to the camera, in a voluminous nightdress, opens a window with large wooden shutters.

OperaDelaware and Opera Baltimore present Verdi’s La traviata

Scaling opera's peak

In a world of operas known for romance and tragedy, La traviata really delivers the romance and tragedy in this co-production by OperaDelaware and Opera Baltimore. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Apr 04, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

Nally, on the podium at left foreground, conducts the black-clad orchestra and singers on Verizon Hall’s sleek wooden stage.

Philadelphia Orchestra presents John Luther Adams and Igor Stravinsky

An emotional premiere and an exciting debut

Philadelphia Orchestra teams with The Crossing for the world premiere of John Luther Adams’s poignant Vespers of the Blessed Earth, and conducting fellow Austin Chanu debuts in a spirited The Rite of Spring. Linda Holt reviews.

Linda Holt

Apr 04, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Braithwaite as Felix, a white man sitting on top of his desk looking exhausted. McFillin hesitates in the office door.

Act II Playhouse presents Craig Wright’s Mistakes Were Made

The show must go on

Director and star Tony Braithwaite shines in Act II Playhouse’s Mistakes Were Made, a surprisingly emotional farce about the chaotic, horrible, hilarious reality of being a Broadway producer. C.M. Crockford reviews.

C.M. Crockford

Apr 03, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Kemnew stands, hands in pockets looking troubled, in a large, messy office that appears in dramatic yellowed shadows.

Arden Theatre Company presents August Wilson’s Radio Golf

An open letter to Mr. Wilson

This new production of August Wilson’s Radio Golf, the final work of an epic 10-play opus spanning 100 years, is perfectly positioned in the Philly season as we face the primary election for Philly’s 100th mayor. Jeannine Cook reviews.

Jeannine A. Cook

Apr 03, 2023 Reviews 6 minute read

Kuerzi, a white woman dressed as Depp in the Pirates movies, lies on a poster of Depp in this role.

Philly Theatre Week 2023: Jenna Kuerzi and Val Dunn’s Johnny Depp: A Retrospective on Late-Stage Capitalism

Anti-hero worship

After performances running from Philly to the UK and back, Jenna Kuerzi retires her irreverent and enlightening solo show Johnny Depp: A Retrospective on Late-Stage Capitalism. Cameron Kelsall reviews.