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Davis and Buchanan, both Black men, stand together in ordinary clothes, looking satisfied and holding Mai Tais.

Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Eboni Booth’s Primary Trust

Chronicle of a quiet life

Eboni Booth’s Primary Trust, a play about the quiet dignity of an ordinary bookstore worker, won the 2024 Pulitzer for drama. Now it makes its local debut at Philadelphia Theatre Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 3 minute read
Grinberg, a white man, and Moore, a Black woman, strike a mirrored pose, standing close together with one bicep flexed.

Philly Fringe 2025: Almanac Projects presents Rhonda Moore and Ben Grinberg’s Helpful Hints for Strength and Health for Busy People

When did you last feel pleasure and ease?

Rhonda Moore and Ben Grinberg’s Helpful Hints for Strength and Health for Busy People, part of the Cannonball Festival, is a unique and remarkable physical duet exploring how and why we inhabit our bodies. Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

Reviews 3 minute read
Five people work together in a crowded music studio full of amps, laptops, foot pedals, and instruments.

Philly Fringe 2025: Leftovers Collective presents Angela Harmon’s Terms of Use: A Millennial Farce

Do you like logging in?

Terms of Use: A Millennial Farce, a new Fringe show promising to examine Millennials’ relationship with the Internet, isn’t quite ready for the stage. But it poses questions worth building on. Alaina Johns reviews.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Reviews 3 minute read
The actors lounge on a couch reading a play together, O’Hare wearing red-checked bathrobe, one hand entwined with Hernandez’s

The Lantern Theater presents Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing

Has this thing appeared again tonight?

The Lantern opens its 2025-2026 season with a smooth and engaging production of Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing. AJ Sabatini reviews.
AJ Sabatini

AJ Sabatini

Reviews 3 minute read
On a set of tree stumps and TV sets, Lally, wearing hockey pads, talks avidly to Gordon, who wears a mustard-colored jacket.

Delaware Theater Company presents Ray Didinger’s Spinner

From the rink to the stage: the real-life story of a small-town NHL star

Spinner, a new play by hall-of-fame sportswriter, author, and playwright Ray Didinger, explores a father-son relationship through the life of a real Canadian hockey star who went from small-town roots to the NHL. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 3 minute read
Markham, a white person with shoulder-length purple hair, holds a tiny lantern while looking at black tarot cards.

Philly Fringe 2025: Megan Markham presents Witch with Her Skirt on Fire

Pagan storytelling for today’s world

Traveling solo artist Megan Markham celebrates edgy, accessible storytelling in Witch with Her Skirt on Fire, an expertly performed trio of tales that reclaim the word “witch” and the women who challenge power. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.
Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Reviews 3 minute read

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Snapp, a white woman with long brown hair, stands spreading her arms in a hospital gown.

Philly Fringe 2025: Anna Snapp presents I Found That the Sun Will Rise Tomorrow

Healing through storytelling

After years of performing a solo show about her own medical and mental health struggles (for international Fringe audiences as well as doctors), Anna Snapp brings I Found That the Sun Will Rise Tomorrow to the Philly Fringe. A. Lewis reviews.

A. Lewis

Reviews 3 minute read
Five dancers in pajama-like outfits strike different dance moves in dim light on a dark stage.

Philly Fringe 2025: Heather Dutton and Grace Yi-Li Tong present SHEBANG

A dance double bill tackles adolescence from queer and Asian perspectives

A double bill from a pair of Brooklyn-based choreographers explores adolescence through queer and Asian American lenses, with You’re Actually the Last Person I Wanted to See Today and ZOO! Krista Mar reviews.
Krista Mar

Krista Mar

Reviews 3 minute read
The six actors, most in semi-formal outfits, are all caught in different dance moves on a set that looks like a kitchen.

Philly Fringe 2025: 1812 Productions presents Tanaquil Márquez and Eliana Fabiyi’s La Otra

An ambitious bilingual world premiere

In a first for 1812 and an exciting move for the Curated Fringe, Tanaquil Márquez and Eliana Fabiyi’s ambitious, funny, and magical new play La Otra, a bilingual production, comes to the Arden’s Arcadia Stage. Anna Fiscarelli-Mintz reviews.
Anna Fiscarelli-Mintz

Anna Fiscarelli-Mintz

Reviews 3 minute read
The three actors sit squished together on a small sofa, chatting happily.

Bristol Riverside Theatre presents Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Nodding to Chekhov in New Hope

An unhappy family with Chekhovian undertones takes center stage in Bristol Riverside Theatre’s handsome production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 4 minute read