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Pig Iron Theatre Company presents Robert Quillen Camp and Dan Rothenberg’s Franklin’s Key
Discovering shared power in Philadelphia
An ambitious new interdisciplinary stage show from Pig Iron imagines a pair of modern Philly teens who uncover a power source hidden since the days of Ben Franklin, and fight the forces of evil who want to control it. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.
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The Wilma presents Jon Fosse’s A Summer Day, translated by Sarah Cameron Sunde
A day to remember
Spare and devastating, the Wilma Theater’s A Summer Day, available to stream through July 27, gives eloquent expression to the complexity of grief. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Mickle Maher, Merel van Dijk, and Anthony Barilla's Small Ball
Foul ball
Small Ball, a fairy-tale musical about pint-sized basketball players, still needs a major assist. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Go behind the scenes of June theater on the BSR Podcast with Square Go, Small Ball, and Glitter in the Glass
Artists of Inis Nua, Philadelphia Theatre Company, and Theatre Exile sit down with Darnelle
Dive deep into three shows closing out the 2024-25 theater scene. Darnelle sits down with the artists behind Inis Nua's Square Go, PTC's Small Ball, and Theatre Exile's Glitter in the Glass.
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Quintessence Theatre Group Presents James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room, adapted by Benjamin Sprunger and Paul Oakley Stovall
The first-ever stage adaptation of a James Baldwin novel comes to Mt. Airy
With exclusive rights to the first stage adaptation ever approved by the Baldwin estate, Quintessence Theatre Group delivers a steamy, affecting treatise on the politics of queer love and desire with Giovanni’s Room. nat čermák reviews.
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Theatre Exile presents R. Eric Thomas’s Glitter in the Glass
Siblings face off under the legacy of a Confederate monument
R. Eric Thomas’s Glitter in the Glass gets its East Coast premiere at South Philly’s Theatre Exile in a hilarious and thought-provoking production directed by Ontaria Kim Wilson. Krista Mar reviews.
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Inis Nua and Tiny Dynamite present Kieran Hurley and Gary McNair’s Square Go
Two popular pub-style theater series collide
In their first collaboration, Inis Nua and Tiny Dynamite unite their popular pub-themed performance styles with the Philly premiere of Square Go, a production about two Scottish teen boys facing a fight. Chhaya Nayyar reviews.
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The Arden Theatre presents Jonathan Larson’s Rent
Rent is still relevant
The Arden leans into the political urgency and community spirit of Rent’s roots with a new production featuring interactive couch seats available only with $20 rush tickets. Josh Herren reviews.
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Lantern Theater Company presents The 39 Steps, adapted by Patrick Barlow
From bored to Bond
This stage adaptation of the classic story about an ordinary man plunged into the life of a spy fleeing across the Scottish Highlands gets an inventive and hilarious production at the Lantern. Mina Reinckens reviews.
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Ensemble Arts and the Shubert Organization present the national tour of Some Like It Hot
Joy without irony
The national tour of Some Like It Hot draws from the golden era of musical theater. Its full-throttle charm and commitment to the form, instead of winking at the audience, is a rare feat among movie-adapted musicals. Josh Herren reviews.
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