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Philly Fringe 2026: Cannonball presents Ben Grinberg’s Plausible Deniability v. 0.1
Immersively thirsty
A new work-in-progress from Ben Grinberg and Almanac Projects combined gravity-defying acrobatics with an immersive steam-room setting. Evan Schares reviews.
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Philly Fringe 2026: Cannonball presents Julia Baccellieri’s Strange Root, or the murder of PT Barnum by Joice Heth
The return of Strange Root
Multidisciplinary dance and circus artist Julia Baccellieri, a Chicago native, returns to the Philly Fringe with an updated iteration of their 2025 Strange Root performance. An Nichols reviews.
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Philly Fringe 2026: Cannonball presents Justin Jain’s BAD CLAY
Ceramic choreography on the American experiment
BAD CLAY, Justin Jain’s 2026 Fringe entry combines sculpture, live pottery, and physical performance to reflect on our American moment. Evan Schares reviews.
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Resident Ensemble Players presents August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned
Inside the artistic journey of an American theater icon
REP opens its new season with an impressive production of August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned, exploring the great American playwright’s own journey. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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People’s Light presents Hershey Felder’s Rachmaninoff and the Tsar
The man and his music
Playwright and pianist Hershey Felder tackles Rachmaninoff and Russian Romanticism in his latest musical drama at People’s Light. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Declaration House: Reading Between the Lines of America’s Founding, edited by Anna Arabindan-Kesson, Paul M. Farber, and Yolanda Wisher
“How do we remember what powerful people have decided we should forget?”
In 2024, a video activation featuring the eyes of Monticello’s descendants took over Declaration House in Old City. Now a new book documents the project and the rediscovered histories that drove it. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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Theatre in the X presents Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
A soul-stirring production
For its annual production at Malcolm X Park, Theatre in the X mounts a soul-stirring interpretation of Ntozake Shange’s iconic choreopoem, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf. An Nichols reviews.
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents Workshop of the World: Arts and Crafts in Philadelphia
When handmade confronted the machine age
For almost 200 years, Philly was the workshop of the world. A new exhibition at the PMA explores the response of 19th- and 20th-century artists who challenged the norms of this era. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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Shakespeare in Clark Park presents Hamlet, adapted by Tai Verley and Cassandra Alexander
When everyone is Hamlet
For its 21st anniversary production, Shakespeare in Clark Park tackles Hamlet for the first time in a stirring and creative adaptation that turns Hamlet into a literal everyman. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.
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A new museum about medicine opens at Pennsylvania Hospital
Explore the foundations of modern medicine at a historic Philly hospital
The new Pennsylvania Hospital Museum, a permanent exhibition now open in the historic Pine Building of Pennsylvania Hospital, explores the history of modern medicine in Philly. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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