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Sesay and Bey, two Black actors, speak intently to each other while sitting on a yellow couch, their hands clasped together.

Theatre Exile presents Loy A. Webb’s The Light

A difficult proposal

It should be a wonderful night for Rashad and Genesis, but the couple’s complicated pasts come to the surface as they face their future in Theatre Exile’s production of The Light. Corey Qureshi reviews.

Corey Qureshi

Feb 13, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Allen, playing a drag queen with red curls and a tight black & white dress, puts an arm around a confused-looking Sandberg.

South Camden Theatre Company presents Matthew López’s The Legend of Georgia McBride

Drama, but with drag

South Camden Theatre Company puts the “amp” in “camp” and the “art” in heart in its production of Matthew López’s The Legend of Georgia McBride. Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Feb 13, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

Fashion Brand Stories, by Joseph H. Hancock II

Great branding = quality + mythology

Drexel professor and fashion journal editor Joseph H. Hancock II’s Fashion Brand Stories was originally written for students of the industry, but with its third edition, the book proves of much wider interest. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Feb 13, 2023 Reviews 5 minute read

Fayle tries to explain something to Peakes, who looks indignant. Between them, a fridge with a hand-drawn paper diagram on it

Lantern Theater Company presents The Lifespan of a Fact

When the truth gets in the way

The Lifespan of a Fact, now onstage at Lantern Theater, considers the chasm between journalistic integrity and artistic license. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Feb 09, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Black and white portrait photos are lined up in two rows on a white wall in an exhibit hall

iMPeRFeCT Gallery presents Terrell Halsey's Ascend: Beyond the Veil

Portraiture on the rise

Terrell Halsey’s Ascend: Beyond the Veil is a breath of fresh air for “street portraits,” featuring a collection of photography of Center City Philadelphia from 2015-2020. Hanae Mason reviews.

Hanae Mason

Feb 07, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Baca Y Mayara, small on stage wreathed with white fog, pose together with hands joined, each with one leg extended upwards

Philadelphia Ballet presents Forward Motion

Up close with the past, present, and future of dance

The three world premieres in Philadelphia Ballet’s Forward Motion reflect diverse visions of contemporary ballet onstage at the Kimmel's intimate Perelman Theater. Melissa Strong reviews.

Melissa Strong

Feb 07, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Gleason, in white apron, stands grinning with one hand raised as if in a classroom. He clutches a metal pot full of fake fish

Delaware Theatre Company presents Richard Bean’s One Man, Two Guvnors

A comic valentine

After a decade at the helm of Delaware Theatre Company, Bud Martin says goodbye with an uproarious, perfectly orchestrated production of One Man, Two Guvnors, true to its commedia roots. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Feb 07, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

The four actors on a turquoise sofa by a yellow table, each gesturing & focusing uniquely; hands to face or reaching out.

Wilma Theater presents Guillermo Calderón’s Kiss

Bold, original, complex, and contemporary

A Western take on a Syrian soap opera gets a surprising twist in Guillermo Calderón’s Kiss, by turns hilarious and wrenching. Krista Mar reviews.

Krista Mar

Feb 06, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Howard, wearing black and frowning in the foreground. Walton, Weintzweig, & Moyer comfort each other sadly in the background.

InterAct Theatre Company presents Stephanie Satie’s The Last Parade

Echoes of Chekhov

InterAct Theatre Company’s 35th
anniversary season continues with a world premiere about a distinctly Jewish emigrant experience set not in the Ukraine of 2023, but the post-Soviet Ukraine of 1992. Jill Ivey reviews.