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Ferch, at left, holds a guitar while Earley embraces the other six kids, all in matching patterned clothes & white knee socks

Ensemble Arts Philly and the Shubert Organization present The Sound of Music

Familiar music, timeless message
Back on tour in a lavish new production, The Sound of Music combines evergreen entertainment with a potent anti-fascist stance. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 3 minute read
View from the top level of a 19th-century stairwell with a large arched window, walls covered with a psychedelic mural.

Meg Saligman presents The Ministry of Awe

Dozens of artists turn capitalism upside down inside a historic Philly bank
The Ministry of Awe, a wild, self-guided experience from Philly artist Meg Saligman and dozens of local creators, has taken over a Frank Furness bank in Old City. Anndee Hochman reviews.
Anndee Hochman

Anndee Hochman

Reviews 5 minute read
Lifesize door in a brick wall with a welcome message, between two displays of many small 18th-century artifacts.

The National Constitution Center presents America’s Founding

From aspiration to nation
The National Constitution Center joins the 250th celebrations with America’s Founding, featuring immersive new galleries that take us inside life in Philly before and during the Revolution. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Reviews 6 minute read
In 18th-century garb, the 2 actors lie side by side in a curtained bed, Boykin in a white nightdress. Briggs speaks to her

The Wilma presents James Ijames’s The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington

The first First Lady goes on trial
As the celebration of America’s Semiquincentennial draws near, the Wilma revives James Ijames’s polemical satire The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 4 minute read
Alsop, at the conductor’s podium with orchestra standing around her, faces the audience, smiling with hand on her heart.

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Marin Leads Rachmaninoff and Schumann

Celebrating Women’s History Month with new work by Ukrainian composer Iryna Aleksiychuk
Women conductors still face an uphill fight for representation in the classical music world, but Marin Alsop is changing that. She appeared in Philly for a March program including Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Linda Holt reviews.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

Reviews 4 minute read
Carboni, a white man in black tee, khakis, and a green backpack, speaks to the viewer against a surreal hotel-room backdrop

Theatre Exile’s Philly GRIT presents Bastion Carboni’s A Vacation

A travel influencer takes his wildest trip yet
A Vacation, a Philly GRIT solo show from local performer and director Bastion Carboni, follows a travel influencer who is in over his head at his latest controversial destination: Purgatory. Alaina Johns reviews.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Reviews 4 minute read
Bowersox and Moore, a white couple who appear to be in their 60s, look skyward in a wash of blue light.

TheatreXP presents Donald Margulies’s Lunar Eclipse

An authentic look at aging together
TheatreXP crafts an intimate production of Lunar Eclipse by Pulitzer-winning playwright Donald Margulies, about an aging couple looking to the stars as they grapple with loving and letting go. SaraKay Smullens reviews.
SaraKay Smullens

SaraKay Smullens

Reviews 4 minute read
The dancers, in sheer leotards, stand in a line & lean forward with hips thrust out, arms bent to create a graceful wavy line

BalletX presents its 2026 Spring Series

Philly’s contemporary ballet company deserves its growing national profile
BalletX’s 2026 Spring Series is a creative master class, featuring three works by cofounder Matthew Neenan that show the company’s impressive arc. Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

Reviews 4 minute read
Rock sits at a small table with Quinn, smiling and leaning toward her with a shot glass. She looks wary, holding a wineglass.

Irish Heritage Theatre presents Conor McPherson’s The Weir

A woman walks into a bar
Conor McPherson’s The Weir is a ghost story about the living, now onstage with Irish Heritage Theatre at Plays and Players. Walt Maguire reviews.

Walt Maguire

Reviews 4 minute read
Rectangular wall piece with dynamic crowd of slats, tiny bottles, structures & clothespins, with dark, earthy graphite finish

The Woodmere presents Planting in Place, Time, and Memory

A retrospective for Philly treasure Syd Carpenter
New galleries at the Woodmere in Chestnut Hill host a ceramics retrospective showcasing more than 50 years of sculptures by notable Philly artist Syd Carpenter. K.A. McFadden reviews.
K.A. McFadden

K.A. McFadden

Reviews 4 minute read