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Man-child or menace? Vince (Mark Christie) comes home to his parents (Damien J Wallace and Merci Lyons-Cox). (Photo by Kylie Westerbeck.)

EgoPo Classic Theater presents Sam Shepard’s ‘Buried Child’

A Shepard family comedy

EgoPo Classic Theater opens a season devoted to Sam Shepard with an intriguing but tonally unbalanced ‘Buried Child.’ Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Oct 27, 2019 Articles 5 minute read

Humor and heart: Campbell O’Hare and Brett Ashley Robinson face off in the Wilma’s ‘Dance Nation.’ (Photo by Johanna Austin.)

The Wilma Theater presents Clare Barron’s ‘Dance Nation’

Power in discovery

The Wilma Theater presents 'Dance Nation,' a bold comedy about a competitive dance troupe of teenage girls learning, growing, and evolving through self-discovery. Christina Anthony reviews.

Christina Anthony

Oct 27, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

Forced to find a new way of living: Bebe Neuwirth in PTC’s ‘A Small Fire.’ (Photo by Mark Garvin.)

Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Adam Bock's ‘A Small Fire’

‘Fire’ burns bright

Adam Bock’s nuanced, moving ‘A Small Fire’ is the most satisfying production Philadelphia Theatre Company has delivered in years. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Oct 27, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

Part memoir, part interrogation: ‘Even If Your Heart Would Listen.’ (Image courtesy of SparkPress.)

‘Even If Your Heart Would Listen,’ by Elise Schiller

Writing from wounds

‘Even If Your Heart Would Listen,’ exploring the loss of an adult child to addiction, is both memoir and an indictment of how our healthcare system is failing us. Anndee Hochman reviews.

Anndee Hochman

Oct 22, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

The organ at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in University City is one of many in Philly that need preserving. (Photo by Margaret Darby.)

The Playing and Preserving project aims to save Philly’s endangered historic organs

A national nonprofit is combining the forces of several music organizations to help 10 Philadelphia congregations preserve historic organs, launching a three-concert series to engage the public with these important instruments. Margaret Darby considers.

Margaret Darby

Oct 22, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

Newspaper clippings from the time show preparations to bury an unprecedented number of flu victims. (Image courtesy of the Mütter Museum.)

The Mütter Museum presents ‘Spit Spreads Death’

A world without vaccines

The influenza pandemic of 1918-19 killed millions of people around the globe, but Philadelphia was the hardest-hit of any major American city. The Mütter Museum explores this history, and its implications for modern public health, in ‘Spit Spreads Death.’ Michelle Nugent reviews.

Michelle Nugent

Oct 21, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

The illusion of weightlessness: Teresa Reichlen and Ask la Cour. (Photo courtesy of Stars of American Ballet.)

Annenberg Center Live and NextMove Dance present Stars of American Ballet

Stellar dance

A mixed program of classical and contemporary dance didn’t always cohere in a performance from Stars of American Ballet at the Annenberg, but the dancers never failed to delight. Melissa Strong reviews.

Melissa Strong

Oct 21, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

The Richardson Chamber Players celebrated the bicentennial of Clara Schumann. (Photo by David Kelly.)

The Richardson Chamber Players present ‘Clara Schumann at 200’

Absent no more

Among an abundance of male composers’ bicentennials, a world-class woman composer finally gets her due with a Princeton concert marking Clara Schumann’s birthday. Linda Holt reviews.

Linda Holt

Oct 21, 2019 Articles 5 minute read

You haven’t seen anything like this before: Sun-kyun Lee and Yeon-kyo Park in ‘Parasite.’ (Image Courtesy of NEON + CJ Entertainment.)

The Philadelphia Film Festival presents ‘Parasite’ and ‘Just Mercy’

Opening duo

Bong Joon-ho’s dark comedy ‘Parasite’ and American legal drama ‘Just Mercy’ kicked off this year's Philadelphia Film Festival, which runs through October 27. Stephen Silver reviews.