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Bucks County Playhouse presents Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Fifty years later, Rocky Horror is still relevant
For the third and final year, Bucks County Playhouse revives its popular new production of The Rocky Horror Show starring Frankie Grande. An Nichols reviews.
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The Wharton Esherick Museum presents Working at a Joyous Creative Thing: Weaving, Making and Material Culture in Letty Esherick’s Legacy
The wife of a famous woodworker finally gets her due
Letty Esherick, the wife of world-famous woodworker Wharton, opens up in an exhibition of textile works and letters discovered almost 50 years after her death, paired with contemporary artwork they inspired. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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The Clay Studio presents Clay as Care: Ceramic Art and Wellbeing
Clay as power, healing, and catharsis
With Clay as Care, the Clay Studio welcomes four very different ceramic artists to explore the ways attention to art and the work of our hands can heal, empower, and connect us. Anndee Hochman reviews.
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Walnut Street Theatre presents Cole Escott and Floyd Mutrux’s Million Dollar Quartet
One famous night at Sun Records
The Walnut opens the 2025-26 season with a fun production of Million Dollar Quartet, a glossy look back at one famous night with Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis. C.M. Crockford reviews.
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Delaware Shakespeare’s 2025 Community Tour presents The Two Gentlemen of Verona
A spirited, accessible Shakespeare production goes on tour
For its eighth annual Community Tour production—visiting schools, prisons, libraries, and other unconventional spaces—Delaware Shakespeare tackles Two Gents with an ensemble of six. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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Arden Theater Company presents William Finn and James Lapine’s Falsettos
Dark complexities meet heartfelt music
The Arden kicks off its new season with a thoughtful production of the complex musical Falsettos, featuring a powerhouse cast directed by Kevin Glaccum. Mina Reinckens reviews.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra presents John Adams’s The Rock You Stand On, Bartók, and Prokofiev
A Philly thing at the orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra and visiting conductor Marin Alsop premiered John Adams’s The Rock You Stand On in a program that included Bartók’s last concerto and selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. Peter Burwasser reviews.
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The Print Center presents False Dawn and Memory, Loss
Why memories matter
Iranian-born, New York-based artist Nazanin Noroozi explores history and memory with a multimedia Print Center exhibition plunging viewers into the journey of African migrants heading for Europe. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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People’s Light presents Kathryn Grody’s The Unexpected 3rd
The optimism of staying alive
Kathryn Grody premieres her third autobiographical play, kickstarting the 2025-2026 season at People’s Light with a brilliant marathon of a monologue. Emily Schilling reviews.
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Theatre Horizon presents Savannah Reich’s Oedipus in Seattle
Going off-script with Oedipus, Jocasta, Sam, and Annie
Playwright Savannah Reich pushes the boundaries of theatrical experience with her mashup of Oedipus and Sleepless in Seattle, two stories about fate, featuring new actors every night who have never seen the script. David Block reviews.
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