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Arden Theatre Company presents August Wilson’s Radio Golf
An open letter to Mr. Wilson
This new production of August Wilson’s Radio Golf, the final work of an epic 10-play opus spanning 100 years, is perfectly positioned in the Philly season as we face the primary election for Philly’s 100th mayor. Jeannine Cook reviews.

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Philly Theatre Week 2023: Jenna Kuerzi and Val Dunn’s Johnny Depp: A Retrospective on Late-Stage Capitalism
Anti-hero worship
After performances running from Philly to the UK and back, Jenna Kuerzi retires her irreverent and enlightening solo show Johnny Depp: A Retrospective on Late-Stage Capitalism. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Penn Live Arts presents The Crossing and PRISM Quartet
Writers in song
The Crossing joined with PRISM Quartet to present the world premiere of Martin Bresnick’s austere, literary Self-Portraits 1964, Unfinished. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Bristol Riverside Theatre presents John Kander and Fred Ebb’s Cabaret
Successful menace
Cabaret has deep roots and a long life beyond its 1966 Broadway premiere, and a new production at Bristol Riverside Theatre honors the original creators’ intentions. Stephen Silver reviews.

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Kimmel Cultural Campus and Shubert Organization present SIX the Musical
The queens and I
The new Tudor sensation is finally in Philly as the national tour of SIX lands at the Academy of Music. Is it “a women’s show?" And what does that really mean? Alaina Johns reviews.

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Curio Theatre Company presents Tim Crouch & Spymonkey’s The Complete Deaths
The rest is silence
Three years into the coronavirus pandemic, Curio Theatre Company’s production of The Complete Deaths shows us that sometimes death can be a laughing matter. Jill Ivey reviews.

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Twelve Gates Arts presents Numb Images
Undoing the visual tools of oppression
Three artists with roots in Pakistan, the Philippines, and Iran, offer reality checks on the stories we’re told in a powerful mixed-media exhibition at Twelve Gates Arts in Old City. Emily B. Schilling reviews.

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ICA Philadelphia presents Carolyn Lazard’s Long Take
Somatic and spiritual
Carolyn Lazard examines accessibility, care, and interdependence, with an interdisciplinary installation at ICA that de-emphasizes sight in favor of many other senses. Hanae Mason reviews.

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Brandywine Museum of Art presents Andrew Wyeth: Home Places
Wyeth’s most enduring legacy
This new exhibition studies the way Andrew Wyeth saw his favorite buildings, honoring the artist’s abstract work, as well as the better-known representational. Gail Obenreder reviews.

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UPenn’s Arthur Ross Gallery presents At the Source: A Courbet Landscape Rediscovered
One painting, many stories
A painting by Gustave Courbet, a fascinating 19th-century French artist, was lost in a Philly basement for decades. Now it gets its due at Arthur Ross Gallery. Emily B. Schilling reviews.

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