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The Tempesta Chamber Players on February 2 at Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral. (Photo by Andrés Villalta.)

Tempesta di Mare presents ‘Broken Consort: Music from Elizabethan and Restoration Era London’

A heavenly noyse

Back in Renaissance and Restoration England, combining different instruments became all the rage in chamber concerts, and Tempesta di Mare captured the hits of the era. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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‘Mamma Mia’ it ain’t. (Image courtesy of Hella Fresh theater.)

Hella Fresh Theater presents John Rosenberg’s ‘Cana of Galilee’

A match made in Kensington

‘Cana of Galilee,’ the latest DIY offering from Kensington’s Hella Fresh Theater, considers growth and grief with surprising power. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Rich representations of Chekhov’s iconic sisters: Jahzeer Terrell and Andrew J. Carroll. (Photo by Kylie Westerbeck.)

EgoPo Classic Theater presents Reza de Wet’s ‘Three Sisters Two’

Chekhov at the end of the world

EgoPo Classic Theater powerfully explores the doomed Prozorov sisters, and the future of South Africa, in Reza de Wet’s ‘Three Sisters Two.’ Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Light but trenchant: Tariq Kanu and Satchel Williams in ‘Fabulation.’ (Photo by Mark Garvin.)

Temple Theaters presents Lynn Nottage’s ‘Fabulation’

Brooklyn's prodigal daughter

Temple Theaters revives ‘Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine,’ an early Lynn Nottage play that nods to 19th-century sentimental fiction. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Mayor Frank Rizzo in 1972. (Photo by Oliver F. Atkins, via Wikimedia Commons.)

‘Blue-Collar Conservatism: Frank Rizzo’s Philadelphia and Populist Politics’ by Timothy J. Lombardo

How we got here

Timothy J. Lombardo’s ‘Blue-Collar Conservatism’ follows an icon of late-20th-century Philadelphia politics and presages the rise of the right on America’s national stage. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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Should political statements come first? Carlo Campbell in ‘Hype Man.’ (Image courtesy of InterAct.)

InterAct Theatre Company presents Idris Goodwin’s ‘Hype Man: A Break Beat Play’

Fighting the beat

The important themes of ‘Hype Man: A Break Beat Play,’ at InterAct Theatre Company, too often get lost in the musical shuffle. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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They shine in comedy: Scott Greer, Ben Dibble, Frank Ferrante, and Jacob Tischler in the Walnut’s ‘A Comedy of Tenors.’ (Photo by Mark Garvin.)

Walnut Street Theatre presents Ken Ludwig’s ‘A Comedy of Tenors’

Comedy for comedy’s sake

With all the big ideas and Very Important Art flying around out there, sometimes we need to just take a seat and laugh — and the Walnut’s ‘Comedy of Tenors’ is waiting. Jill Ivey reviews.
Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

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Drucie McDaniel shines in the role of Dr. Ruth. (Photo courtesy of Act II Playhouse.)

Act II Playhouse presents Mark St. Germain’s ‘Becoming Dr. Ruth’

Meet America’s favorite sex therapist

Act II Playhouse’s ‘Becoming Dr. Ruth,’ featuring the indomitable Drucie McDaniel as America’s favorite sex therapist, proves it’s possible to tell the whole story with a one-woman show. Jill Ivey reviews.
Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

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“Take the world in your two hands and make it new.” DJ Gleason and Lawrence Pressman in ‘Awake and Sing!’ (Photo by Shawn May Photography.)

Quintessence Theatre Group presents Clifford Odets’s ‘Awake and Sing!’

American myths

‘Awake and Sing!’ is too often written off as a Depression-era period piece, but here it becomes a poignant and timely experience in the American winter of 2019. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.
Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

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A tiny house is as small as it is ephemeral. (Photo by Evan Krape.)

The Resident Ensemble Players present Michael Gotch’s ‘Minor Fantastical Kingdoms’

Tiny house, big ideas

Into the 21st-century woods we go with the Resident Ensemble Players' premiere of ‘Minor Fantastical Kingdoms’ at the University of Delaware. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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