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Ferch, at left, holds a guitar while Earley embraces the other six kids, all in matching patterned clothes & white knee socks

Ensemble Arts Philly and the Shubert Organization present The Sound of Music

Familiar music, timeless message

Back on tour in a lavish new production, The Sound of Music combines evergreen entertainment with a potent anti-fascist stance. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 3 minute read
Jellys Last Jam pod header

The BSR Podcast: Talking with Jelly's Last Jam director Tyrone L. Robinson

Darnelle dives into Bristol Riverside Theatre's new production of Jelly's Last Jam

Director Tyrone L. Robinson joins Darnelle Radford in the virtual studio to take you behind the scenes of the regional premiere of the Tony-winning musical Jelly's Last Jam.
Darnelle Radford

Darnelle Radford

Podcast 1 minute read
In 18th-century garb, the 2 actors lie side by side in a curtained bed, Boykin in a white nightdress. Briggs speaks to her

The Wilma presents James Ijames’s The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington

The first First Lady goes on trial

As the celebration of America’s Semiquincentennial draws near, the Wilma revives James Ijames’s polemical satire The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 4 minute read
Close-up on three Black women in opening-night outfits smiling together.

The BSR Podcast: Hit the Philly theater scene with DemBruceGals

Keeping theater in the family

DemBruceGals are becoming a fixture of our local theater scene. These five Philly sisters have made it their mission to see as many shows as possible and share the journey with their followers. They join Darnelle in the virtual studio.
Darnelle Radford

Darnelle Radford

Podcast 1 minute read
Carboni, a white man in black tee, khakis, and a green backpack, speaks to the viewer against a surreal hotel-room backdrop

Theatre Exile’s Philly GRIT presents Bastion Carboni’s A Vacation

A travel influencer takes his wildest trip yet

A Vacation, a Philly GRIT solo show from local performer and director Bastion Carboni, follows a travel influencer who is in over his head at his latest controversial destination: Purgatory. Alaina Johns reviews.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Reviews 4 minute read
Bowersox and Moore, a white couple who appear to be in their 60s, look skyward in a wash of blue light.

TheatreXP presents Donald Margulies’s Lunar Eclipse

An authentic look at aging together

TheatreXP crafts an intimate production of Lunar Eclipse by Pulitzer-winning playwright Donald Margulies, about an aging couple looking to the stars as they grapple with loving and letting go. SaraKay Smullens reviews.
SaraKay Smullens

SaraKay Smullens

Reviews 4 minute read
Moore-Dunson, a Black man, in a formal white shirt and black pants, in mid-movement on a stage, solo, against a blue backdrop

Dominic Moore-Dunson taps into Philly’s energy for Miz Martha Washington

The language of movement

Dominic Moore-Dunson is new to Philly but is already making waves, including in the upcoming production of James Ijames’ The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington. Ellen Chenoweth profiles.
Ellen Chenoweth

Ellen Chenoweth

Profiles 3 minute read
Headshot of Boscov, a woman with salt and pepper hair, wears a dark blue sweater with large white buttons

Prescribing the Best Medicine with Philly’s own Ellen Boscov

From improv to Hollywood

Ellen Boscov talks her recurring role on the American medical comedy drama Best Medicine, what Philly improv taught her throughout her career, and how aspiring performers can get the role of their dreams. An Nichols profiles.
An Nichols

An Nichols

Profiles 5 minute read

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Rock sits at a small table with Quinn, smiling and leaning toward her with a shot glass. She looks wary, holding a wineglass.

Irish Heritage Theatre presents Conor McPherson’s The Weir

A woman walks into a bar

Conor McPherson’s The Weir is a ghost story about the living, now onstage with Irish Heritage Theatre at Plays and Players. Walt Maguire reviews.

Walt Maguire

Reviews 4 minute read
In warm, vivid lighting the lovers smirk flirtatiously at each other, Juliet in lacy pink dress; Romeo in billowy white shirt

The Arden Theatre presents Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

Sweetness and violence

A new Romeo and Juliet at the Arden, directed by Amina Robinson, finds its beating heart in the violent adult world’s intrusion on a childlike love. Josh Herren reviews.
Josh Herren

Josh Herren

Reviews 3 minute read