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The three actors, in different costumes for their era, are grouped together onstage with concerned expressions.

Hedgerow Theatre presents Stef Smith’s Nora: A Doll’s House

The lives of our mothers
Nora: A Doll’s House, now getting its American premiere at Hedgerow Theatre, takes the Ibsen classic and reimagines Nora’s life in 1920, 1973, and 2018. Isabel Soisson reviews.
Isabel Soisson

Isabel Soisson

Reviews 4 minute read
About 12 singers & musicians, wearing black, receive applause at the small, ornate venue with red brick pillars.

Variant 6 and the Sylvan Consort of Viols present Kile Smith’s Endless Morn of Light

Old is new and new is old again
In concert at Philly’s Fleisher Art Memorial, the Sylvan Consort of Viols and Variant 6 combined forces for the world premiere of Kile Smith’s Endless Morn of Light in a harmonious program with 16th- and 17th-century music. Peter Burwasser reviews.

Peter Burwasser

Reviews 3 minute read
Four dancers in different poses on stage, dressed in black pants with print T-shirts.

Rennie Harris Puremovement presents American Street Dancer

Moving feet to the beat
Rennie Harris Puremovement celebrates street dance in the world premiere of American Street Dancer. Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

Reviews 4 minute read
Five dancers in red shirts, loose pants stand firmly. Arms up, fists round, hard light behind them piercing dim staging

Koresh Dance presents Darkness Dancing into Pieces

Stepping into the light
Koresh Dance Company’s new full-length work, Darkness Dancing into Pieces, sets the stage for understanding terror through dance. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

Reviews 3 minute read
O’Hare, a white woman with curly blond hair, yells defiantly. She wears a white skirt, purple bodice and red plaid shirt.

Inis Nua Theatre Company presents Gary Owen’s Iphigenia in Splott

From Aulis to Cardiff
Inis Nua Theatre transports Greek tragedy to industrial Wales in Gary Owen’s Iphigenia in Splott. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Four people with their backs to the camera look intently at Brown’s large, colorful abstract triptych painting at the Barnes.

The Barnes Foundation presents Cecily Brown: Themes and Variations

Expressions of resilience
Cecily Brown: Themes and Variations, now on view at the Barnes, offers a vibrant and satisfying consideration of art history that demands a long look while fighting renewed attempts to systematically erase women from the world. K.A. McFadden reviews.
K.A. McFadden

K.A. McFadden

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Quinn, a red-haired woman in brown, looks resentfully at Walsh, an older woman dozing in a rocking chair in a dingy kitchen

Irish Heritage Theatre presents Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Too much beauty, not enough terror
The balance between humor and anguish feels off-kilter in Irish Heritage Theatre’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane, now onstage at Plays & Players. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 3 minute read
Vänskä, a 72-year-old white man with short gray hair & glasses, looks directly at you with arms folded, a baton in one hand

Philadelphia Orchestra presents Beethoven’s “Eroica” conducted by Osmo Vänskä

No dainty dance
Under guest conductor Osmo Vänskä, the Philadelphia Orchestra transfixed the audience with Beethoven’s Third after a splendid rendition of Ravel’s Piano Concerto for Left Hand and Michael Tilson Thomas’s Agnegram. Linda Holt reviews.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

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Davis, a bald, bearded Black man in an open plaid button-down, sits on a yellow work-out bench beside a decaying porch.

Arden Theatre Company presents August Wilson’s King Hedley II

A sixth Century Cycle show
A nuanced lead performance by Akeem Davis anchors James Ijames’s production of King Hedley II, the Arden’s latest offering within August Wilson’s lauded Century Cycle. nat čermák reviews.

nat čermák

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Four dancers in various poses on stage, wearing all white. One holds an umbrella open.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Company returns to the Academy of Music

Dancing in memoriam
Alvin Ailey American Dance Company acknowledges the legacy of a muse in its latest visit to the Academy of Music. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

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