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The book cover. Each letter of the title appears in a different color, next to an illustration of a hand pointing 1 finger up

True Biz, by Sara Nović

Real talk from the Deaf community
Philadelphia writer Sara Nović’s new novel follows the students and teachers of a school for the deaf, making the case that we all need a shared language. Kirsten Bowen reviews.
Kirsten Bowen

Kirsten Bowen

Reviews 4 minute read
Jose Andres and one other man hurry away from a just-landed helicopter. Andres carries two large aluminum trays of food.

The Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival presents We Feed People

Cooking from Haiti to Ukraine
This year’s Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival featured a new Ron Howard documentary about globetrotting humanitarian chef José Andrés. Stephen Silver reviews.
Stephen Silver

Stephen Silver

Reviews 4 minute read
A scene from Winter’s Tale. A bearded man wearing a hat that shades his face holds a swaddled baby. Another gestures warily.

Quintessence Theatre presents The Winter’s Tale and The Alchemist in repertory

Four centuries later, another pandemic pause
Drawing parallels between Covid-19 closures and a 1608 outbreak of the plague, Quintessence continues its 2022 return to the stage with two plays that reopened London theaters in 1610. Jill Ivey reviews.
Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Reviews 4 minute read
The book cover. The title and author text appears in white over a fractured-looking, abstract, photographic blue illustration

Below Torrential Hill, by Jonathan Koven

What the comet knew of Tristen
A 2021 novella from Philly author Jonathan Koven, published thanks to the Electric Eclectic Novella Prize, is a new entry in a hoary tradition, but not without poetic merits. Walter Bilderback reviews.
Walter Bilderback

Walter Bilderback

Reviews 3 minute read
A view of the PMA installation of Tanya Goel’s Index 2015/2020. Strips of faint blue on the wall rise taller than a person

The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents Fault Lines: Contemporary Abstraction by Artists from South Asia

Drawing from experience
This exhibition of spare yet complex, intimate, and nuanced works by South Asian artists explores disappearing traditions, language, loss, and a world of boundaries. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Reviews 6 minute read
A close-up on conductor Donald Nally, a bald white man, during a choir performance. He is smiling and wears a dark suitcoat.

The Crossing presents Stacy Garrop’s In a House Besieged

New music with a message
In its latest world-premiere program, the Crossing, Philadelphia’s superb chamber chorus, married radiant singing to words of stunning social and political relevance. Peter Burwasser reviews.

Peter Burwasser

Reviews 3 minute read
Nathanial Washington, on a dramatic blue-lit stage, plays the moment Lloyd Price first stepped up to the studio microphone.

People’s Light presents Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical

Oh-oh over and over
The world premiere of Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical sings an unsung entertainment hero at People’s Light. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 4 minute read
Ebony Pullum as Billie Holliday. She wears a black & white dress and sings passionately into a vintage mic under red light.

Curio Theatre Company presents Lanie Robertson’s Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill

God bless the child
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill at Curio Theatre offers a complex, entertaining portrait of Billie Holiday’s final Philadelphia performance. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 3 minute read
A scene from the play. An 8-person ensemble, some seated, some standing, all but one wearing white clothes and blindfolds.

EgoPo Classic Theater presents Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s Life Is a Dream

Poland, or anywhere else
Brenna Geffers and Felipe Vergara adapt a 17th-century Spanish classic to reflect our contemporary world of political turmoil and division. Kirsten Bowen reviews.
Kirsten Bowen

Kirsten Bowen

Reviews 3 minute read
A scene from the play, in 16th-century costume. Frank X puts his arms around Scallen and Hall, who look tenderly at him.

Lantern Theater Company presents Robert Bolt’s A Man for All Seasons

A play for this season
Lantern Theater Company’s A Man for All Seasons, starring Frank X and Anthony Lawton, is an old-school historical drama that still proves its worth. Josh Herren reviews.
Josh Herren

Josh Herren

Reviews 2 minute read