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Mikel, a Black woman, costumed in green velvet as Franklin. Anderson and Gisela pose beyond in lush colonial garb.

The Kimmel Cultural Campus and the Shubert Organization present the new national tour of 1776

When “Cool, Considerate Men” aren’t men at all

It’s fitting that the new national tour of 1776 (without any cis men in the cast) is getting started here, in the city where it happened. Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Feb 21, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

Gold and Soro stand close together in as similar pose, both pointing at and staring at something far away.

Inis Nua Theatre Company presents Zinnie Harris’s Meet Me at Dawn

Beyond the coastline

Inis Nua brings a popular Scottish playwright to the Philly stage with Meet Me at Dawn, but the performance is more moving than satisfying. C. M. Crockford reviews.

C.M. Crockford

Feb 21, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Museum of the American Revolution presents Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia

Three generations of seeking justice

A new exhibition revealing 100 years and three generations of the Forten family in Philadelphia is a must-see. Crystal Sparrow visits.

Crystal Sparrow

Feb 21, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

In a large gray living room, a woman huddles miserably on the couch while a man pulls a large curtain on the back wall.

Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Ana Nogueira’s Empathitrax

Better loving through chemistry

Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Empathitrax tests the limits of love and pharmaceutical intervention. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Feb 17, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Hall & Jackson, playing 2 Black teens in 90s wear, face each other in a bedroom, hands touching in what might be a greeting

Hedgerow Theatre Company presents Ngozi Anyanwu’s Good Grief

How do we document sorrow?

Good Grief, in its regional premiere at Hedgerow Theatre Company, offers a sometimes touching, mostly frustrating, portrayal of grief. Kiran Pandey reviews.

Kiran Pandey

Feb 14, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

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

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.