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A multiracial group of five cast members create a happy, dynamic wedding-day tableau against a blue backdrop.

New Light Theatre presents Thornton Wilder’s Our Town

Less is more in Grover’s Corners
An overly busy production of Our Town at New Light Theatre impedes the play’s flawless structure. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Closeup on Trifonov, a white man with brown hair, wearing a gray blazer, playing piano in a dramatic industrial building

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents a solo recital by pianist Daniil Trifonov

An awkward solo debut
Pianist Daniil Trifonov demonstrated his customary brilliance in a solo recital at Marian Anderson Hall, along with a few quirks. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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In front of a brilliant red Japanese maple, Howard sits in a chair and DeLaurier, smiling, sits in a wheelchair.

Delaware Theatre Company presents Mitch Albom and Jeffrey Hatcher’s Tuesdays with Morrie

“Are you at peace with yourself?”
The enduringly popular memoir-turned-play Tuesdays with Morrie gets a thoughtful and sensitive production from Matt Silva, marking his last show in the role of artistic director at Delaware Theatre Company. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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Raviv smiles sadly at a hospital bedside, where Ishibashi looks critically ill. Hager stands in the background.

Philadelphia Theatre Company and American Repertory Theater present the Lazours’ Night Side Songs

A model for mass obedience?
Night Side Songs, a new musical from the Lazour brothers based on real-life interviews with doctors, patients, and caregivers, gets its official world premiere at PTC. You might leave on the verge of tears … or something worse. Aaron Pond reviews.
Aaron Pond

Aaron Pond

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Finister, a Black woman with shoulder-length gray curls, wears a turquoise dress and smiles, holding a mug.

People’s Light presents Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun

An enduring portrait of American life
Lorraine Hansberry’s enduring classic A Raisin in the Sun returns to People’s Light in an entertaining but uneven production starring longtime company member Melanye Finister. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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In sumptuous period costumes, Peakes and Hernandez sit side by side sharing a longing look, lightly touching hands

Lantern Theater Company presents Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing

A dependable modern recipe for a venerable rom-com
Lantern Theatre Company presents William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, a conventionally delightful staging of Shakespeare’s original rom-com. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Kiran Pandey

Kiran Pandey

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In a dilapidated apartment, St. Pierre wears a purple sit. He sits on a chair & hands money to Merchant, in a turquoise suit

Passage Theatre presents Suzan-Lori Parks’s Topdog/Underdog

A theatrical topdog in Trenton
Trenton proves itself as a destination for theater with this excellent staging of the Pulitzer-winning Topdog/Underdog, about two brothers struggling between love and one-upmanship. An Nichols reviews.
An Nichols

An Nichols

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Eight people in 1920s evening wear sit on couches with various expression on a sumptuous, high-windowed living room set

Walnut Street Theatre presents Noël Coward’s Hay Fever

Low-grade fever
Walnut Street Theatre’s revival of Hay Fever lacks the brilliant displays of wit one expects from a Noël Coward comedy of manners. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Briggs & Pierce sit on a set of 3 curved steps with subtle orange lighting, in a mirrored pose smiling and extending one hand

Wilma Theater presents Inua Ellams’s The Half-God of Rainfall

Art to guide us through a violent political reality
Bolstered by a talented ensemble and the lyricism of playwright Inua Ellams, the Wilma’s Half-God of Rainfall, about a Nigerian/Greek demigod who joins the NBA, unifies playfulness and social messaging. nat čermák reviews.

nat čermák

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Large square artwork of a colorful collage of letters cut from campaign signs spelling out the First Amendment.

The National Liberty Museum presents Word Powered

Using their words
The National Liberty Museum presents the second of three exhibitions in its aspirationally titled “Year of Free Speech.” Word Powered examines this human right through a juried selection of multidisciplinary visual art. Wendy Rosenfield reviews.
Wendy Rosenfield

Wendy Rosenfield

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