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Photo of a performance in a community gym, with audience members wearing masks sitting around the two featured actors.

Delaware Shakespeare presents Twelfth Night, O Lo Que Quieras

A truly bilingual musical
This touring Shakespearean reinvention turns Twelfth Night into a winning bilingual musical, integrating script, songs, English, and Spanish into a uniquely accessible and timely performance. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 4 minute read
The floor of the police station: Kern, bruised and bleeding, reaches out to Romano, who bends over with his hands to his head

Hedgerow Theatre Company presents Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman

The stories we live on
Hedgerow’s production of Martin McDonagh’s disturbing and thought-provoking drama The Pillowman is a worthy Philly-area destination this October. C.M. Crockford reviews.
C.M. Crockford

C.M. Crockford

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Sturtridge and Stoller, in orange flight jumpsuits, pose by a ladder in a room covered with media clippings and artwork.

Anastassia Vertjanova and Annemarie Branco present The Living Gallery at Launch Point and Unorthodox Methods of Cosmic Flight

Artful astronauts
The Living Gallery, an immersive, walk-through art installation, hosts Fringe performances of Unorthodox Methods of Cosmic Flight, a charmingly maximalist experience following a pair of wannabe cosmonauts. Jill Ivey reviews.
Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Reviews 3 minute read
Close-up on Timur’s open-mouthed singing face on the big screen; Timur singing live with 8 musicians in front, lit in blue

Philly Fringe 2022 and Festival O22: Opera Philadelphia and Beth Morrison Projects present Black Lodge

Reimagining the operatic form
Opera Philadelphia closed out Festival O22 with the premiere of Black Lodge by composer David T. Little and librettist Anne Waldman, with live music by Timur and the Dime Museum and the Opera Philadelphia String Quartet. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 4 minute read

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On the chancel of a Philly cathedral, six musicians in black, in a semicircle, play different Renaissance wind instruments.

Piffaro welcomes new director Priscilla Herreid with Passing the Torch

Legacies and a new beginning
In the spirit of passing the torch, the season opener for Philly’s illustrious Renaissance band celebrated 15th- and 16th-century teachers and mentors who became musical colleagues. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 4 minute read
The orchestra in concert with Nézet-Séguin conducting and Trifonov playing a shiny grand piano. Other musicians surround them

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Daniil Trifonov in its 2022-23 season opener

Unity and showmanship
The dynamic pianist Daniil Trifonov headlined the Philadelphia Orchestra’s musically diverse and satisfying opening weekend concerts. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 3 minute read
A photo taken from behind of a woman with dark skin and turquoise-tipped hair facing a door too narrow for her wheelchair

TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image presents If We Never Get Better

New attitudes through art
TILT mounts its largest exhibition of the last two years with If We Never Get Better, a group show of queer and/or trans artists of color who focus on healthcare, collective grief, disability, and healing. Gary Day reviews.
Gary L. Day

Gary L. Day

Reviews 3 minute read
Small on the large stage, Izard & X reach to each other from opposite sides, dozens of different empty chairs in rows between

Quintessence Theatre Group presents Eugène Ionesco’s The Chairs

A seat for the absurd
The Chairs, an early one-act masterpiece of absurdist theater from Eugène Ionesco, opens the 13th season of Mt. Airy’s Quintessence Theatre Group. Corey Qureshi reviews.
Corey Qureshi

Corey Qureshi

Reviews 2 minute read
Spangler, in clown makeup, hunches over a bathroom sink. They have a curly mop of hair and wear a white button-down shirt

Philly Fringe 2022: Eat Purple Theater Co. presents Collin Spangler’s Facepaint

Serious clowning
Eat Purple Theater Co. takes the bit and runs when a clown walks into a funeral in Facepaint, the company's first Fringe production. Helen Walsh reviews.
Helen Walsh

Helen Walsh

Reviews 3 minute read
On a purple backdrop, 5 dancers wearing suspenders move in unison, curving their upright bodies with arms over their heads.

Philly Fringe 2022: Humble Materials presents Jess Noel’s Scarlet Letter

A is for...
Four historical figures, two time-travelers, and one figure whose story is yet to be told, dance their way across the centuries Bill & Ted-style in a dance-theater piece about life, art, and reproductive rights. Jill Ivey reviews.
Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Reviews 3 minute read