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Book cover. The title is in prominent in yellow and white letters over a green background and a plant sprouting from dirt

Rebuilding Your Life After Trauma: A Coping Manual, by Aviva Perlo

Illustrating the different ways back
Aviva Perlo’s book brings real solutions, perspectives, research, and personal experiences to light for those forging new lives after real trauma. Anndee Hochman reviews.
Anndee Hochman

Anndee Hochman

Reviews 4 minute read
Installation view on a sunny day outdoors, focused on a life-sized photo of the view from a City Hall window.

Mural Arts presents Emilio Martínez Poppe’s Civic Views

A government of individuals
Civic Views, a new public art installation from Mural Arts on view in the City Hall Courtyard, offers engaging perspectives from city employees at a time when public-sector workers face increasing threats. Isabel Soisson reviews.
Isabel Soisson

Isabel Soisson

Reviews 3 minute read
14 actors, in evocative 90s clothes, pose in a line onstage, bathed in blue and purple light.

The Arden Theatre presents Jonathan Larson’s Rent

Rent is still relevant
The Arden leans into the political urgency and community spirit of Rent’s roots with a new production featuring interactive couch seats available only with $20 rush tickets. Josh Herren reviews.
Josh Herren

Josh Herren

Reviews 3 minute read
The four actors, with different animated expressions, seem to be riding in a car together with shadow trees projected behind

Lantern Theater Company presents The 39 Steps, adapted by Patrick Barlow

From bored to Bond
This stage adaptation of the classic story about an ordinary man plunged into the life of a spy fleeing across the Scottish Highlands gets an inventive and hilarious production at the Lantern. Mina Reinckens reviews.
Mina Reinckens

Mina Reinckens

Reviews 3 minute read
Downes, a dark-haired woman in a satiny lime-green halter-neck gown, smiles onstage as the conductor gestures to her.

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Florence Price and Beethoven’s Ninth

Peerless Price, bold Beethoven
Yannick Nézet-Séguin continues to champion Florence Price by pairing her Piano Concerto in One Movement with Beethoven’s Ninth, that blockbuster of the classical music canon, heard here in a thrilling and surprising performance. Linda Holt reviews.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

Reviews 5 minute read
The 3 principals, in 1920s evening wear, sing and play instruments joyfully at center with 12 ensemble members around them

Ensemble Arts and the Shubert Organization present the national tour of Some Like It Hot

Joy without irony
The national tour of Some Like It Hot draws from the golden era of musical theater. Its full-throttle charm and commitment to the form, instead of winking at the audience, is a rare feat among movie-adapted musicals. Josh Herren reviews.
Josh Herren

Josh Herren

Reviews 3 minute read
View from mezzanine above of six diverse musicians playing on a small stage under founding father portraits.

Network for New Music presents Songs Without Words Without Borders

Celebrating 40 years with 40 commissions
The Network for New Music is now one of Philly’s venerable music institutions, celebrating its 40th anniversary with an exciting slate of diverse commissions that honor the group’s eclectic style. Peter Burwasser reviews.

Peter Burwasser

Reviews 3 minute read
Three Asian women in free-diving gear stand determinedly in a row onstage, holding nets and large orange buoys.

Hedgerow Theatre presents Celine Song’s Endlings

Diving deep into identity, memory, and artistic voice
Celine Strong’s Endlings, getting its regional premiere at Hedgerow, spans two generations of Korean women and poses a deceptively simple question: who gets to tell the story? Maya Arthur reviews.
Maya Arthur

Maya Arthur

Reviews 3 minute read
Maubach stands with several other women, all costumed as WWII service members, with solemn expressions under blue light.

OperaDelaware presents Derrick Wang’s Fearless

A new work takes flight
An eloquent and moving new opera by Derrick Wang, premiering at OperaDelaware, honors the life of Hazel Ying Lee, a trailblazing Asian American WWII pilot. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 5 minute read
At Which Point album cover: a gray multi-tone illustration of 14 different houses crowded together.

The Crossing presents At Which Point

The Grammy-winning Philly choir releases its 37th album
The latest album from virtuosic contemporary Philly choir The Crossing, fresh from its fourth Grammy win, features compositions by Ayanna Woods, Wang Lu, and Tawnie Olson. Aaron Pond reviews.
Aaron Pond

Aaron Pond

Reviews 5 minute read