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Our American Family zooms in on addiction in one real-life Philly home
A brave family
Substance abuse and addiction are common topics onscreen, but a new documentary about family life while striving for sobriety is an essential and intimate look at the struggle. Stephen Silver reviews.
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Aurora Classical of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia presents “Bon Appétit!” By Julia Child and Lee Hoiby (During a Pandemic!)
From screen to stage to screen
Recording a Fringe performance means you can air it again in future festivals. But as “Bon Appétit!” By Julia Child and Lee Hoiby (During a Pandemic!) shows, that’s not always a good thing. Jill Ivey reviews.
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Woodmere Art Museum presents The Photo Review Best of Show
The magic of accidents
A juried selection of photographs from under-represented artists at Woodmere Art Museum champions the creativity of older, more mercurial art forms. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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Theatre with a View presents Skylar Fox and Simon Henriques’s The Grown-Ups
Back to summer camp
The Grown-Ups, a thrilling new play developed in a Brooklyn backyard during the pandemic, gets its Pennsylvania premiere at Pottstown’s Theatre with a View. Josh Herren reviews.
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Following the Philadelphia Orchestra to its summer residency in Saratoga Springs, NY
It’s their orchestra, too
After a season of covering the Philadelphia Orchestra at Verizon Hall, music critic Cameron Kelsall followed it to Saratoga Springs, New York. Programs spanning Beethoven to Barber and Valerie Coleman set a high standard for summer performances.
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Theatre in the X presents Dreamgirls
Perfectly Philadelphia theater in the park
Theatre in the X brings its immersive, innovative take to the showbiz musical Dreamgirls at Malcolm X Park, celebrating Black artists and audiences. Josh Herren reviews.
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The Kimmel Cultural Campus and the Shubert Organization present the national tour of Dear Evan Hansen
Truth without consequences
Once a cultural phenomenon, Dear Evan Hansen now feels manipulative and misguided as its national tour plays Philadelphia. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Lexi Schreiber presents Fitting In: Tales of the Fat Ingénue
Bringing fat representation to the Philly stage
With her new solo show, Philly performer Lexi Schreiber asks why fat actors have to create and star in their own shows, instead of simply being cast in roles that already exist. Alaina Johns reviews.
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If There Is No Struggle There Is No Progress: Black Politics in Twentieth-Century Philadelphia, edited by James Wolfinger
The rise of Philly’s Black political identity
A new book from editor James Wolfinger explores the rise of a Black political identity in Philadelphia, from the industrial influx of World War I to the Goode, Street, and Nutter administrations. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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People’s Light presents Bess Wohl’s Grand Horizons
Gray divorcees
Grand Horizons at People’s Light explores the fallout from the end of a long marriage, but Bess Wohl’s boulevard comedy chooses cheap laughs over high stakes. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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