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Woodsy view from the ground, looking far up the trunk into the multicolored autumn foliage against a blue sky.

The Museum for Art in Wood presents To Understand a Tree

Our arboreal family

A new exhibition by woodworker and interdisciplinary artist Gina Siepel at the Museum for Art in Wood asks what happens when we regard trees as “you” rather than “it.” Anndee Hochman reviews.

Anndee Hochman

Apr 16, 2024 Reviews 5 minute read

From the waist up, a woman leans face-down on a white table, framed by the angle of one slender arm in a long white glove

Delaware Art Museum presents In Focus

Where women photographers wield intimate power

In a small gallery away from its usual bustle, Delaware Art Museum presents In Focus, a gathering of powerful works by women photographers featured from the museum collection. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Apr 15, 2024 Reviews 3 minute read

Wright, a smiling Black dancer leaps in strappy brown sandals & a magenta dress, the skirt billowing up around her hips.

PHILADANCO! presents Roots and Reflections

A vivid history of late 20th-century Black choreography

With its spring program, Roots and Reflections, PHILADANCO! drew on popular works from past decades to prove that the vivid history of Black choreography still speaks to us today. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.

Camille Bacon-Smith

Apr 15, 2024 Reviews 4 minute read

Title and promo quotes appear in neon light-purple over a dark field, with a person silhouetted against a static-filled TV

SpringFest 2024 presents In a Violent Nature, The Idea of You, and I Saw the TV Glow

Honoring the cinematic legacy of the 1990s

The Philadelphia Film Society’s annual SpringFest brings popular films from Sundance and other festivals to town. This year, three prominent films paid homage to the cinematic legacy of the 1990s. Stephen Silver reviews.

Stephen Silver

Apr 15, 2024 Reviews 4 minute read

Ngo, in a white embroidered dress & veil, sits looking thoughtful while a multiracial ensemble crowds around in various poses

The Wilma Theater presents Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Setzuan

Reversing Orientalist tropes

Kindhearted Shen Te invents a ruthless businessman alter-ego when her generosity overtakes her wallet in The Good Person of Setzuan, presented in this “radically reclaimed” production at the Wilma centering Asian artists. Mina Reinckens reviews.

Mina Reinckens

Apr 09, 2024 Reviews 3 minute read

Against a white backdrop, Jeter, a Black dancer, poses on tiptoe, bending & gesturing to a black wicker object on the ground

Gary W. Jeter II presents Filaments

A Philly dancer becomes a choreographer of note

Philadelphia dancer and choreographer Gary W. Jeter II presents Filaments, a work exploring connections between humans and the structure of the universe. Melissa Strong reviews.

Melissa Strong

Apr 09, 2024 Reviews 4 minute read

Zion, in a gray tee, sits on a couch by Hodge, in a plaid bathrobe. Satie, in white sheath & headwrap, stands behind them

InterAct Theatre Company presents Deborah Zoe Laufer’s The Last Yiddish Speaker

Imagining life for Jews after a successful insurrection

Deborah Zoe Laufer’s The Last Yiddish Speaker, getting its world premiere at InterAct, offers a striking glimpse into the specificity of Jewish generational trauma, but it needs something more. Josh Herren reviews.

Josh Herren

Apr 09, 2024 Reviews 3 minute read

Bergen, in the foreground, shares a park bench with DaPonte. Both men look outward with worried, contemplative expressions

Plays & Players presents Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story

Paper tiger

Plays & Players presents Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story in a flat restaging that fails to capture the play’s primal power. Kiran Pandey reviews.

Kiran Pandey

Apr 08, 2024 Reviews 4 minute read

Painting of 9 Black women in dresses around the edge of a sunflower quilt with Van Gogh beside, sunflowers all around them.

Delaware Art Museum presents There Is a Woman in Every Color: Black Women in Art

A better picture of Black women in American history

Current representations of Black women in American history are improving, and a traveling exhibition now at Delaware Art Museum is a welcome addition to the trend. An Nichols reviews.