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Ensemble Arts Philly and the Shubert Organization present the national tour of The Notebook
We tell ourselves stories in order to live
The beloved romance of The Notebook makes an uneasy transition to the musical stage as the national tour stops at the Academy of Music through August 2, 2026. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
Behind the Philly boom of pay-what-you-can theater tickets
Theaters are experimenting with ticket prices. What does this mean for artists and audiences?
As Philly theater festivals experiment with "pay-what-you-can" ticketing structures, how does this really affect companies, artists, and audiences? Gauri Mangala finds out.
Features
8 minute read
People’s Light and Arkansas Repertory Theatre present Fats Waller’s Ain’t Misbehavin’
The joint is jumpin’
A tribute to Fats Waller and his contemporaries, People’s Light’s Ain’t Misbehavin’ is a high-energy love letter to the Harlem Renaissance and Black joy. Mina Reinckens reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
Theatre Horizon and the Wilma Theater tap new artistic directors
Prolific Philly theater artists Amina Robinson and Lindsay Smiling step into new leadership roles
It’s rare for an artistic director job to come open at a Philly-area theater, but Theatre Horizon and the Wilma each had big news this spring. Cameron Kelsall speaks with newly minted leaders Amina Robinson and Lindsay Smiling.
Features
5 minute read
Indecorous Theatre presents Shakespeare’s As You Like It
Transforming Roxborough into the Forest of Arden
Indecorous Theatre lives up to its name by leading the audience of its new As You Like It into the woods, where Shakespeare competes with the crickets. Josh Herren reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
ArtPhilly’s What Now Festival presents Andrea Clearfield and Cookie Diorio’s Long Live the Queen: A Herstory of Drag
“The light of limitless love is a possibility”
The inaugural Art Philly: What Now Festival brought composer Andrea Clearfield and multidisciplinary drag artist Cookie Diorio together for an exciting, genre-defying new work. Krista Mar reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
Pig Iron Theatre Company presents Dan Rothenberg and Robert Quillen Camp’s Franklin’s Key
A spectacular romp for families celebrating 250
After a successful premiere last year, Pig Iron revives Franklin’s Key, a fantastical, Philly-centric, family-friendly stage adventure about a pair of teens on a quest for Ben Franklin’s biggest secret. Walt Maguire reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read
Playhouse West Philadelphia presents Stephen Belber’s Tape
A 1990s drama holds up in the post-truth era
Playhouse West Philadelphia, an acting school that stages plays and other events, offers a darkly funny production of the 1996 play Tape, with hazardous morals that resonate in our current era. C.M. Crockford reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
People’s Light presents Jennifer Childs and Scott Greer’s Two Outta Three
Exploring the constant evolution of artists and parents
At People’s Light, long-married actors Jennifer Childs and Scott Greer consider what it means to become empty nesters in their new original show, Two Outta Three. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read
The BSR Podcast: Dive into June theater with The Great Privation at Theatre Exile and Franklin's Key at Pig Iron
Go behind the scenes of two exciting early summer productions
Darnelle Radford dives into June 2026 theater with a pair of interviews featuring directors Ontaria Kim Wilson and Dan Rothenberg, and actor Jameka Monet Wilson.
Podcast
2 minute read