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Mitchell, Benson & Byrd, in matching pink dresses, lean smiling by Xavier-Mack, spreading his arms in a silver glitter jacket

Theatre in the X presents Dreamgirls

Perfectly Philadelphia theater in the park
Theatre in the X brings its immersive, innovative take to the showbiz musical Dreamgirls at Malcolm X Park, celebrating Black artists and audiences. Josh Herren reviews.
Josh Herren

Josh Herren

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Norman, a young white man in striped shirt & cast on one arm, sits in profile on a bed, under a bright spotlight in the dark.

The Kimmel Cultural Campus and the Shubert Organization present the national tour of Dear Evan Hansen

Truth without consequences
Once a cultural phenomenon, Dear Evan Hansen now feels manipulative and misguided as its national tour plays Philadelphia. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 4 minute read
Scene from the show: photo from the back of the audience shows Lexi singing joyfully in a pink dress, against a red backdrop.

Lexi Schreiber presents Fitting In: Tales of the Fat Ingénue

Bringing fat representation to the Philly stage
With her new solo show, Philly performer Lexi Schreiber asks why fat actors have to create and star in their own shows, instead of simply being cast in roles that already exist. Alaina Johns reviews.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Reviews 4 minute read
Book cover. Title, in alternating black, yellow, & red text, over a vintage black & white photo of a political rally crowd.

If There Is No Struggle There Is No Progress: Black Politics in Twentieth-Century Philadelphia, edited by James Wolfinger

The rise of Philly’s Black political identity
A new book from editor James Wolfinger explores the rise of a Black political identity in Philadelphia, from the industrial influx of World War I to the Goode, Street, and Nutter administrations. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Reviews 6 minute read
Scene from the play: the actors face each other with melancholy expressions, holding a cardboard U-Haul box between them.

People’s Light presents Bess Wohl’s Grand Horizons

Gray divorcees
Grand Horizons at People’s Light explores the fallout from the end of a long marriage, but Bess Wohl’s boulevard comedy chooses cheap laughs over high stakes. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 3 minute read
Scene from Fences. All 5 adult cast members sit or stand on the back porch of a 2-story brick home, flanked by 2 large trees

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents August Wilson’s Fences

Uneven ‘Fences’
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s Fences has been waiting in the wings since 2020. Josh Herren reviews.
Josh Herren

Josh Herren

Reviews 3 minute read
Dusk falls on a scene from the play depicting a protest with the whole cast on the green lawn. Set pieces evoke rowhouses.

Shakespeare in Clark Park presents The Taming!

It was the patriarchy all along
For its 16th production, Shakespeare in Clark Park presents one of Shakespeare’s most problematic plays … and a refreshing antidote. Jill Ivey reviews.
Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

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Will Wilson’s How the West Is Won, described in the article text. Wilson’s expression in both profiles is engaged and serious

The Delaware Art Museum presents In Conversation: Will Wilson

A new Indigenous archive
An important new exhibition of portraits by Diné photographer Will Wilson at the Delaware Art Museum is both strongly historic and strikingly contemporary. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 4 minute read
Book cover. Title in pink at top left. Black & white drawing spoofs Julie Andrews singing in the mountains in Sound of Music

These Are a Few of My Least Favorite Things, by Shannon Frost Greenstein

The sound of my anxieties
Philadelphia writer Shannon Frost Greenstein’s new poetry collection, These Are a Few of My Least Favorite Things, chronicles a 21st-century life in which terror is part of daily existence. C.M. Crockford reviews.
C.M. Crockford

C.M. Crockford

Reviews 3 minute read
Book cover: illustration of a squirrel in a green park looking at a nut on a fishing rod, with the Philly skyline beyond

Exploring Philly Nature: A Guide for All Four Seasons, by Bernard S. Brown

The wild things are here
Philadelphians don’t have to leave the city—even its most urban corners—to enjoy a wealth of wildlife. Exploring Philly Nature, a new book by Bernard S. Brown, is an accessible and eye-opening guide. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Reviews 4 minute read