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Not experimental, but it doesn’t have to be: Sean Close in ‘One Man, Two Guvnors.’ (Photo by Linda Johnson.)

Quintessence Theatre Group presents Richard Bean’s ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’

No statements needed

Quintessence Theatre Group stages Richard Bean’s madcap adaptation of a Commedia classic. If the execution is a bit uneven, the laughs more than make up for it. Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jun 11, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

The carillon at Longwood Gardens is a huge, complex instrument inside a stone tower. (Photo by Gail Obenreder.)

Longwood Gardens presents carillonneur Janet Tebbel

Heavenly sounds from stone

Bells are ringing over the trees and fountains of Longwood Gardens this summer thanks to an instrument that's very large and very rare, at least on this side of the pond. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Jun 10, 2019 Articles 3 minute read

They’ve got the form; the rest is coming. Grace Kimble and Santiago Paniagua of Bryan Koulman Dance Company. (Photo by Lauren Hirsh.)

Bryan Koulman Dance Company presents its 2019 Spring Show

Ballet on the beat

Featuring a mixed bill of disparate artists, Bryan Koulman Dance Company grounded its spring show in the classical ballet tradition. Kat J. Sullivan reviews.

Kat J. Sullivan

Jun 10, 2019 Articles 2 minute read

Joshua “Super Josh” Culbreath is still dazzling with Rennie Harris. (Image courtesy of the Kimmel Center.)

The Kimmel Center presents ‘Rennie Harris: Funkedified’

Party at Rennie Harris’s

Choreographer and Philadelphia native Lorenzo “Rennie” Harris honors the history of hip-hop with a funk-filled dance party onstage at the Merriam in ‘Rennie Harris: Funkedified.’

Camille Bacon-Smith

Jun 10, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

What happens when a parent’s return to work is less than glamorous? Brandi Burgess and Angelica Jackson in ‘Cry It Out.’ (Photo by Daniel Kontz.)

Simpatico Theatre Company presents Molly Smith Meltzer’s ‘Cry It Out’

American people give birth—and what happens next, in a nation with little support for parents? The Philadelphia premiere of ‘Cry It Out’ at Simpatico brings these families’ struggles to life. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Jun 10, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

Proving himself to a calculating coach: Richard Chan and Justin Jain in ‘The Great Leap.’ (Photo courtesy of InterAct Theatre Company, 2019.)

InterAct Theatre Company presents Lauren Yee’s ‘The Great Leap’

Courtside at Tiananmen Square

‘The Great Leap’ at InterAct Theatre aims high, but the staging falls just a little short. Meerabelle Jesuthasan reviews.

Meerabelle Jesuthasan

Jun 09, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

Marshall Allen, a living “jazz deity.” (Image courtesy of sunraarkestra.com.)

Union Transfer presents 'Marshall Allen’s 95th Birthday Celebration'

The spirit of the day, for almost a century

Close your airlock and engage your warp drive to find out why “Space Is the Place” where you’ll find “Cosmo Aliens” dancing to “Interplanetary Music.” The Sun Ra Arkestra is coming to Philly for Marshall Allen’s 95th birthday tour. Suzanne Cloud talks to the ones who know him best.

Suzanne Cloud

Jun 06, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

A pure love story: Michaela Shuchman as Chana and Leah Walton as Halina in the Arden’s ‘Indecent.” (Photo by Ashley Smith, Wide Eyed Studios.)

Arden Theatre Company presents Paula Vogel’s ‘Indecent’

A poor welcome?

After 1906’s ‘God of Vengeance’ toured successfully throughout Europe, it had a very different reception on Broadway. Paula Vogel’s ‘Indecent’ tells the story of this important piece of theater. Catherine Smith reviews.

Catherine Smith

Jun 06, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

The Print Center presents two exhibitions of typewriter art

The quick brown fox becomes an artist

Typewriters are making a comeback, but not always in the ways you might expect. The Print Center showcases artists who work their magic with the mechanically written word. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Jun 04, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

Don’t they have children of their own? A scene from ‘Las Madres de Berks.’ (Image courtesy of Familias Separadas.)

Michelle Angela Ortiz’s ‘Las Madres de Berks’

It’s happening here

A new documentary, ‘Las Madres de Berks,’ confronts the human cost of detaining immigrant families—not just at our country's southern border but right here in Pennsylvania. Anndee Hochman reviews.

Anndee Hochman

Jun 03, 2019 Articles 4 minute read

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