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PHILADANCO! presents The Continuum
A family reunion at PHILADANCO!
The fall season performance from PHILADANCO! welcomed three world premieres and one Philly premiere, displaying the feeling and technical excellence fans have come to expect. Eileen B. Fisher reviews.
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Act II Playhouse presents Mark St. Germain’s Eleanor
Spotlight on the First Lady of the World
Actor Penelope Reed brings iconic First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to life in the regional premiere of this powerful one-woman show by Mark St. Germain, now onstage at Act II. SaraKay Smullens reviews.
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Curio Theatre Company presents Johnna Adams’s Gidion’s Knot
An untangled knot
Sensitive subjects get short shrift in Gidion’s Knot, which opens the season at Curio Theatre Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Inis Nua Theatre Company presents Yasmine Akram’s 10 Dates with Mad Mary
A date worth keeping
Inis Nua’s Pop-Up Play in a Pub series returns with new leadership, and the lively American premiere of 10 Dates with Mad Mary. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Arthur Ross Gallery presents John E. Dowell: Paths to Freedom
Feeling is believing
John E. Dowell's exhibit photographs and soundscapes cotton fields at night, conjuring the spirits of his enslaved ancestors. Pamela E. Forsythe reviews.
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Delaware Theatre Company presents Layon Gray’s Black Angels Over Tuskegee
A brilliant brotherhood
Delaware Theatre Company mounts writer/director Layon Gray’s Black Angels Over Tuskegee, a show about the men who trained to become the US Air Force’s first Black pilots. Jeannine Cook reviews.
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The Philadelphia Film Festival presents Decision to Leave, The Banshees of Inisherin, and Armageddon Time
PFF celebrates 31 years
Three films featured at this year’s Philadelphia Film Festival, which runs through Sunday, October 30, 2022, are headed to local cinemas soon. Stephen Silver reviews.
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Arden Theatre Company presents Tennessee Willliams’s The Glass Menagerie
Broken glass
The Glass Menagerie is a delicate masterpiece, but falls flat due to misunderstanding in the Arden’s season opener production. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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The Delaware Contemporary presents Through a Glass, Darkly
Stop taking glass for granted
This wandering, wide-ranging exhibition at the Delaware Contemporary is a rare extravaganza of diverse works all in one medium: glass. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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The Walnut Street Theatre presents Rocky the Musical
Predictable entertainment
The short-lived Broadway musical adapted from the iconic film comes to the Walnut Street Theatre eight years after its limited Broadway run. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.
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