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Shakespeare in Clark Park presents Hamlet, adapted by Tai Verley and Cassandra Alexander
When everyone is Hamlet
For its 21st anniversary production, Shakespeare in Clark Park tackles Hamlet for the first time in a stirring and creative adaptation that turns Hamlet into a literal everyman. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.
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5 minute read
Chris Davis and Lee Minora take us inside the Edinburgh Fringe
Go behind the scenes with two Fringe veterans, from bad reviews to performing abroad
Two veteran Philly Fringe artists, Chris Davis and Lee Minora, talk with Alaina Johns about what it takes to make the jump to Edinburgh, and why BSR coverage was key to the journey.
Features
7 minute read
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Shakespeare’s Coriolanus
“Extreme Shakespeare” returns to Center Valley
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Coriolanus in its Extreme Shakespeare style, staging the rarely performed tragedy to occasionally thrilling effect. Kiran Pandey reviews.
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3 minute read
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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3 minute read