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Close-up on Dinnerstein, a white woman in her early 50s with flowing brown hair, playing the piano among an orchestra.

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia presents Dinnerstein Plays Mozart

Music director Dirk Brossé ends his tenure among friends
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia’s season-ending concert welcomed star pianist Simone Dinnerstein and saw the end of Dirk Brossé’s tenure as music director. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Balancing on his butt with limbs seeming to float, Rainey has his head supported by Moss-Thorne, behind him on her feet.

DanceVisions presents Meredith Rainey’s BUILDING

Dance goes meta
Meredith Rainey’s BUILDING takes a metatheatrical approach to his work as the Performance Garage’s DanceVisions 2023-2024 resident artist. Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

Reviews 4 minute read
Painting of a white woman with coiffed brown hair & puff-sleeved golden dress with fur-lined burgundy satin wrap.

Woodmere Art Museum presents Through Her Eyes

Marking the 50th anniversary of a historic celebration of women artists
“Why have there been no great women artists?” An art critic posed the question in 1971 and Philly responded in 1974 with FOCUS, a citywide festival of women artists. Now, a new Woodmere show marks its 50th anniversary. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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On a chancel, the three black-clad musicians play wooden recorders ranging from about one foot to three feet long.

Piffaro presents The Glory of the Wind Band: Music of Portugal and Spain

A musical tour of Renaissance Iberia
For its season closer, Piffaro brought its trademark virtuosity to a tour of Renaissance Portugal and Spain, featuring dozens of period instruments and a rich program of sacred and secular music. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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With right leg & arm outstretched & the others angled, a smiling Roxander seems to hover in the air in front of the ensemble

The Philadelphia Ballet presents The Dream and Prodigal Son

Choreography and character
The Philadelphia Ballet closed its season with Frederick Ashton’s crowd-pleasing Dream and George Balanchine’s strange and wonderful Prodigal Son with revelatory dancing by Zecheng Liang. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

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As if two surfboards side by side, a view of each side of Wind’s piece: a yellow surfboard covered in multimedia collage.

InLiquid Gallery presents The Naked Show

What does nakedness show us? What does it hide?
A new ensemble exhibit featuring 15 InLiquid Gallery members poses plenty of worthwhile
questions along with its nudes, but something is missing from the show’s promise to honor humanity’s infinite variations. Anndee Hochman reviews.
Anndee Hochman

Anndee Hochman

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Stern lounges prettily in drag, missing his wig, wearing a patterned red robe, dressing-room lights & white vanity behind him

1812 Productions presents Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song

Keeping the flame lit
The new version of Harvey Fierstein’s classic comedy, revised from the original into a shorter two-act production, gets its regional premiere at 1812 in a show that aptly emphasizes the writer’s historical era. Josh Herren reviews.
Josh Herren

Josh Herren

Reviews 3 minute read
Margron, a nonbinary actor with light brown skin, stands grinning with arms spread in a suburban kitchen washed in blue light

People’s Light presents Madeleine George’s Hurricane Diane

Dionysus has a new agenda in New Jersey
Dionysus is back, but this time, he’s not out for destruction. In Hurricane Diane, now getting its regional premiere at People’s Light, he tries to enlist four Jersey housewives for a new, eco-friendly regime. David Block reviews.
David Block

David Block

Reviews 3 minute read

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Onukwugha, in a white blouse, listens to Zuhairah, who has a gray afro and wears a draping peach jacket, and points at her.

Azuka Theatre and Simpatico Theatre present R. Eric Thomas's An Army of Lovers

Queer revolutionaries in the digital age
With a multifaceted script and powerhouse lead performance, Azuka Theatre and Simpatico Theatre's An Army of Lovers invites audiences into a world of complex queer politics,
surveillance, and the thorny issue of legacy. Natalie Layne reviews.

Natalie Layne

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Beside ornate wooden armchairs, Buchanan, wearing a white apron, stands affectionately with the women, wearing white dresses

Philadelphia Artists’ Collective presents Maxim Gorky’s Children of the Sun

The Russian Revolution resonates in the US today
This rattling and thrilling new production of Maxim Gorky’s Children of the Sun, set in 1862 and written in a St. Petersburg prison in 1905, has devastating resonance for Americans in 2024. C.M. Crockford reviews.
C.M. Crockford

C.M. Crockford

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