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Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Erin Courtney and Max Vernon’s The Tattooed Lady
The body as a canvas
Philadelphia Theatre Company launches its 2022–2023 season with new artistic directors and a world premiere musical that shines bright despite a disappointing performance from its celebrity star. Jill Ivey reviews.
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Resident Ensemble Players presents Arsenic and Old Lace
A trip back in time
Does the legendary play Arsenic and Old Lace hold up for today's audiences? Gail Obenreder reviews.
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Azuka Theatre presents Inda Craig-Galván’s A Hit Dog Will Holler
Activist opposites
The Philly premiere of A Hit Dog Will Holler, onstage at Azuka, contrasts the online and IRL realms of today’s social activists with a special lens on Black women in these spaces. Krista Mar reviews.
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Theatre Exile presents Hansol Jung’s Wolf Play
Ahead of the pack
Theatre Exile presents Hansol Jung’s Wolf Play, a poetically elliptical exploration of family bonds and casual trauma. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Act II Playhouse presents Mark St. Germain’s Eleanor
Spotlight on the First Lady of the World
Actor Penelope Reed brings iconic First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to life in the regional premiere of this powerful one-woman show by Mark St. Germain, now onstage at Act II. SaraKay Smullens reviews.
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Curio Theatre Company presents Johnna Adams’s Gidion’s Knot
An untangled knot
Sensitive subjects get short shrift in Gidion’s Knot, which opens the season at Curio Theatre Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Inis Nua Theatre Company presents Yasmine Akram’s 10 Dates with Mad Mary
A date worth keeping
Inis Nua’s Pop-Up Play in a Pub series returns with new leadership, and the lively American premiere of 10 Dates with Mad Mary. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Delaware Theatre Company presents Layon Gray’s Black Angels Over Tuskegee
A brilliant brotherhood
Delaware Theatre Company mounts writer/director Layon Gray’s Black Angels Over Tuskegee, a show about the men who trained to become the US Air Force’s first Black pilots. Jeannine Cook reviews.
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Arden Theatre Company presents Tennessee Willliams’s The Glass Menagerie
Broken glass
The Glass Menagerie is a delicate masterpiece, but falls flat due to misunderstanding in the Arden’s season opener production. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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The Walnut Street Theatre presents Rocky the Musical
Predictable entertainment
The short-lived Broadway musical adapted from the iconic film comes to the Walnut Street Theatre eight years after its limited Broadway run. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.
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