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Pier Players Theatre Company presents Peter Fenton’s I Think We’re Lost
A new take on Peter Pan isn’t quite ready to fly
Pier Players Theatre Company continues its mission for new work with the world premiere of I Think We’re Lost, but great actors and design can’t save a script not ready for the stage. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.
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The 2026 Philly Theatre Week and Miniball pack Philly stages this April
Pay-what-you-can theater fills the city with a pair of spring festivals
This April, Philly Theatre Week and Miniball 2026 offer an exciting citywide roster of affordable shows, from Moliere to James Ijames, with memoir, comedy, clowning, historic drama, musicals, and more. Cameron Kelsall previews.
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Curio Theatre Company presents John Bellomo’s Sacco & Vanzetti: A Tragedia Dell’Arte
The true story of two immigrants on trial in the 1920s echoes America today
Curio mounts the world premiere of local playwright John Bellomo’s Sacco & Vanzetti: A Tragedia Dell’Arte, restaging a famous 20th-century trial with a 16th-century flair that still feels fresh. Walt Maguire reviews.
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Philadelphia Artists’ Collective presents Royall Tyler’s The Contrast
Love at first laugh
Philadelphia Artists’ Collective presents The Contrast, a late-18th-century comedy of manners that holds the title of America’s first comedy. Kiran Pandey previews.
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Bristol Riverside Theatre presents Jelly’s Last Jam
Exploring the life of an American music icon
Bristol Riverside Theatre’s new production of Jelly’s Last Jam, a lavish musical about the life of Jelly Roll Morton, holds back in some ways and delivers in others. An Nichols reviews.
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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.
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The BSR Podcast: Talking with Jelly's Last Jam director Tyrone L. Robinson
Darnelle Radford 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.
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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.
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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 Radford in the virtual studio.
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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.
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