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The show title above a performer dressed as a bald, graying man, looking bemused and holding a human skull.

Philly Fringe 2023: inFLUX Theatre Collective presents Bite the Dust

Ashes to ashes

inFLUX Theatre Collective’s Philly Fringe show Bite the Dust focuses on the impermanence of life, and the permanence of art. Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Sep 05, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Large rectangular photo of a much-used blackboard covered with abstract-seeming swirls, shapes & numbers in colored chalk.

UArts presents Dan Levenson: SKZ Monochrome Classrooms and L’école at the Philadelphia Art Alliance

Schools of imagination and memory

Kicking off the academic year with two uplifting shows about how we communicate, learn, and teach, the Philadelphia Art Alliance at UArts welcomes SKZ Monochrome Classrooms and L’école. Emily B. Schilling reviews.

Emily Schilling

Aug 29, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

In earthy tones of brown, white & gray, a mournful, compelling scene of a river on a cloudy day & white house in the distance

Brandywine Museum of Art presents Andrew Wyeth: Abstract Flash

Andrew in the abstract

Andrew Wyeth is not widely known as an abstract artist, but maybe he should be. A beautifully configured exhibition at the Brandywine Museum of Art looks closer. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Aug 28, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

Dlamini, in dramatic white red yellow & blue face paint & stylized baboon costume sings in front of a gazelle puppet ensemble

The Kimmel Cultural Campus and the Schubert Organization present Disney’s The Lion King

The circle of life is going strong onstage

Disney’s first large-scale musical returns to Philadelphia with big puppets and bigger talents worthy of the spectacle. Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Aug 21, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

The cast poses together, wearing ordinary clothes, against a beige background, some serious, some sad, some worried.

Theatre in the X presents Charles Fuller’s Zooman and the Sign

Timely, audacious Philly theater

Theatre in the X celebrates its 10th anniversary with Zooman and the Sign, a tremendous rumination on community violence in Philadelphia that is all too resonant today. Kiran Pandey reviews.

Kiran Pandey

Aug 18, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

View from above of a colorfully clothed, multiracial crowd sitting in a packed theater.

The 2023 BlackStar Film Festival presents Going to Mars, Know Your Place, and Dancing the Stumble

New places with BlackStar

The BlackStar Film Festival landed in Center City for the first time this August. Hanae Mason reviews Going to Mars, Know Your Place, and Dancing the Stumble, three films examining our relationship to space and place.

Hanae Mason

Aug 15, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

A black & white photo of McClintock outdoors in middle age, placing paper bags on corn blossoms in a cornfield.

American Philosophical Society presents Pursuit & Persistence: 300 Years of Women in Science

Defying bias

For centuries, science was not an acceptable pursuit for women. But as a new exhibition at the American Philosophical Society shows, these groundbreaking scientists didn’t get the memo. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Aug 15, 2023 Reviews 5 minute read

A bedroom scene: Rodriquez, in a shirt and jeans, ecstatically lifts Baldwin, wearing a yellow dress. They’re both barefoot.

Bucks County Playhouse presents The Bridges of Madison County

The beginning of things

Bucks County Playhouse presents a star-studded Bridges of Madison County that delivers all the thrill of awakening love. Josh Herren reviews.

Josh Herren

Aug 14, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Domingo, drinking a beer in a leather jacket, looks away while De Silva regards him from his seat at the kitchen table

People’s Light presents Sam Shepard’s True West

East meets West

A highly conceptualized production of True West at People’s Light offers striking visuals but scant drama. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Aug 14, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

A Black woman, a white man, and an Asian person lie blissfully on the grass with their heads together and hands joined.

Shakespeare in Clark Park presents Two Gentlemen of Verona: The Musical

A summer stunner

Politically charged yet emotionally joyous, a 1971 musical adaptation of Two Gentlemen of Verona knocks it out of Clark Park. Cameron Kelsall reviews.