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Ramona and Metcalf, standing together looking grimly confused and wary in a high-school hallway.

The Philadelphia Film Society presents SpringFest 2023

Coming soon: reviews of Somewhere in Queens, Polite Society, and Sisu

This year’s PFS SpringFest featured 18 films in three days, including Ray Romano’s directorial debut, genre-bending action in Polite Society, and Sisu, about a violent rout of the Nazis in Finland. Stephen Silver reviews.

Stephen Silver

Apr 17, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Vaughn & Thomas, Black male actors, dance together. Vaughn has an afro & red button-down; Thomas is bald & wears a blazer.

Inis Nua Theatre Company presents Lolita Chakrabarti’s Hymn

Brotherly love

A pair of strangers learn to be brothers in Hymn, a tender two-hander from Inis Nua Theatre Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Apr 17, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Wallace, smiling with hands on hips, in board shorts & a Detroit football jersey, confronts Foy-Coles, in glasses & plaid.

InterAct Theatre Company presents Francisca da Silveira’s pay no worship

At home in the Atlantic

InterAct presents the world premiere of pay no worship, a play about very different cousins on a small Cape Verde island who grapple with the effects of climate change, despite too often being left out of the global conversation. Krista Mar reviews.

Krista Mar

Apr 11, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Evocative red, pink, blue, turquoise, and black image of young Kahlo, looking down thoughtfully, wearing chunky jewelry.

Delaware Art Museum presents Our Red Planet and Estampas de la Raza

One museum, two journeys

This spring, Delaware Art Museum boasts a pair of striking but very different exhibitions: Our Red Planet: Anna Bogatin Ott and Estampas de la Raza: Contemporary Prints from the Romo Collection. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Apr 11, 2023 Reviews 5 minute read

An oval shape of complex curving and connected geometric lines in a dusty reddish-brown tone.

Woodmere Art Museum presents JUST IN: Form + Space, Near + Far

An abstraction appetizer

A tight selection of abstract artists and works make an inviting but not necessarily cohesive show in Woodmere’s JUST IN: Form + Space, Near + Far. Jake Foster reviews.

Jake Foster

Apr 10, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Kanagawa, in denim shirt and suspenders, manipulates an emotive cow puppet, which Thompson, in a green jacket, sings to.

The Kimmel Cultural Campus presents the national tour of Into the Woods

Lost in the forest

The national tour of Into the Woods loses the thread of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s fairytale parable. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Apr 06, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

Liyou poses with hands near their head, in a voluminous white outfit. They're outdoors below a blue sky with white clouds.

Asian Arts Initiative presents Lucy Liyou in concert

A short trip with a sonic experimentalist

A genre-straddling musical performance from experimental artist Lucy Liyou makes a quick stop at Asian Arts Initiative. Aaron Pond reviews.

Aaron Pond

Apr 04, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Ohse, a white woman with her back to the camera, in a voluminous nightdress, opens a window with large wooden shutters.

OperaDelaware and Opera Baltimore present Verdi’s La traviata

Scaling opera's peak

In a world of operas known for romance and tragedy, La traviata really delivers the romance and tragedy in this co-production by OperaDelaware and Opera Baltimore. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Apr 04, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

Nally, on the podium at left foreground, conducts the black-clad orchestra and singers on Verizon Hall’s sleek wooden stage.

Philadelphia Orchestra presents John Luther Adams and Igor Stravinsky

An emotional premiere and an exciting debut

Philadelphia Orchestra teams with The Crossing for the world premiere of John Luther Adams’s poignant Vespers of the Blessed Earth, and conducting fellow Austin Chanu debuts in a spirited The Rite of Spring. Linda Holt reviews.

Linda Holt