Name: Cotter Interactive
Price range: $

Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night by Morgan Parker

The intricacies of Black America

Poet, essayist, and novelist Morgan Parker’s Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night is a poetry collection exploring Black identity through humor, trivialities, power, vulnerability, and grief. Christina Anthony reviews.

Christina Anthony

Aug 30, 2021 Reviews 3 minute read

Four Wolfthicket dancers sit playing in a circle on the floor. On the sides, two standing dancers move with arms outstretched

Lily Kind presents Wolfthicket

Fun and games at the club

Choreographer Lily Kind presents an evening of club dancing, contemporary dance, and child’s play with Wolfthicket, a real pre-Fringe find. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.

Camille Bacon-Smith

Aug 24, 2021 Reviews 3 minute read

Sculpture Queen Anne’s Lace Pod by Ian Stabler, in a green meadow. It evokes a giant upside-down tulip made of wood pieces

The Brandywine River Museum of Art presents Ian Stabler’s Queen Anne’s Lace Pod

Nature’s engineering

Ian Stabler’s magical sculpture, thoughtfully constructed in a Chadds Ford meadow, is the latest site-specific artwork commissioned by the Brandywine River Museum of Art. Gail Obenreder visits.

Gail Obenreder

Aug 23, 2021 Reviews 3 minute read

An art gallery view of 11 decorative balls in different colors and textures, from baseball size up to large bowling balls

The Fabric Workshop and Museum presents Hard/Cover

Creative disruption

Artist residencies at the Fabric Workshop and Museum often mark important shifts in artistic practice, explored in the exhibition Hard/Cover. Pam Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Aug 20, 2021 Reviews 4 minute read

A side-view from below of the Commodore Barry statue on what looks like a sunny winter day.

Real Philly History, REAL FAST by Jim Murphy

Baths, burials, and Commodore Barry

Tour guide and writer Jim Murphy brings his passion to overlooked corners of our city's history in Real Philly History, REAL FAST. Pam Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Aug 17, 2021 Reviews 5 minute read

The book cover, with a b&w photo of Miss Bishop in her 50s, smoking a cigarette at a desk, wearing a patterned shirt

Studying with Miss Bishop: Memoirs from a Young Writer’s Life, by Dana Gioia

The private lives of readers and writers

In Studying with Miss Bishop, acclaimed writer Dana Gioia revisits six people who helped set him on his literary path. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Aug 17, 2021 Reviews 4 minute read

Three people in vaguely Elizabethan costumes stare curiously into space. Behind them is an aerialist in a sparkling leotard

Shakespeare in Clark Park presents Pericles, Prince of Tyre

Did I just enjoy Pericles?

For its 15th production, Shakespeare in Clark Park takes one of the Bard’s weaker plays to the circus. Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jul 29, 2021 Reviews 3 minute read

Against a black background, Greg Wood wears army-style fatigues. He has white hair, and raises his palms questioningly

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare’s An Iliad

Homer, then and now

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents An Iliad, a modern-day adaptation of Homer's classic. David Block reviews.

David Block

Jul 26, 2021 Reviews 3 minute read

A stage with ornate armchairs & purple-peach backdrop. A man with a shocked face wearing a sweater vest holds a stone wheel

Quintessence Theatre Group presents Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth

Humanity and its discontents

The Skin of Our Teeth, Thornton Wilder’s timeless exploration of society’s follies, receives a digital staging from Quintessence Theatre Group that meets our moment. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Jul 20, 2021 Reviews 4 minute read

A drawing of a seated woman from the waist up. She looks tense but confident. She has bushy shoulder-length purple hair.

The Delaware Art Museum presents Collecting and Connecting: Recent Acquisitions 2010-2020

Artists unite

How does a museum add to its collection? And why? Delaware Art Museum’s Collecting and Connecting: Recent Acquisitions 2010-2020 has adventurous answers. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Jul 19, 2021 Reviews 4 minute read