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Arden Theatre Company presents R. Eric Thomas’s Backing Track
Family play
In Backing Track, a world premiere at the Arden, R. Eric Thomas offers a warm, witty portrait of a multigenerational Black queer family. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Delaware Theatre Company presents Hunter Bell’s Other World
A show for all worlds
Delaware Theatre Company’s world-premiere musical spans diverse digital and real-life communities with astounding visuals and sparkling songs. Helen Walsh reviews.
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Theatre Horizon presents James Ijames’s TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever
Rewriting the antebellum script
TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever, a regional premiere from James Ijames at Theatre Horizon, asks its characters, and its audience, to wrestle with the complicated concept of inheritance. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Azuka Theatre presents Val Dunn’s Carroll County Fix
A hometown transformed
Val Dunn’s world-premiere play reckons with changes to Carroll County, Maryland, amidst the opioid epidemic and the suburbanization of once-outlying small towns. Jill Ivey reviews.
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Isis Productions presents Marsha Norman’s ’Night, Mother
The long goodbye
Despite strong performances, Marsha Norman’s ’Night, Mother shows its age in a staging from Isis Productions. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Walnut Street Theatre presents Bill Van Horn's Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Whatever remains is the truth
Following protests by a cohort of Philadelphia artists taking aim at the Walnut’s leadership, the theater produces a shlocky, self-indulgent, and sometimes cringeworthy adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. Jill Ivey reviews.
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Lyric Fest presents Yiddishe Nightingale, A Short History of the American Yiddish Theater
The stars of Yiddish song
Lyric Fest’s presentation of a musical history of American Yiddish Theater makes compelling and poignant listening, especially as all eyes are on Ukraine. Wendy Rosenfield reviews.
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Dreadful Sorry: Essays on an American Nostalgia by Jennifer Niesslein
Chasing completeness
In Pennsylvania native Jennifer Niesslein’s deeply personal new essay collection, she grapples with the personal, political, and cultural myths of America today. Grace Kennedy reviews.
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Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Choir Boy
A singing performance
Philadelphia Theatre Company closes out its 2021-2022 season with Choir Boy, combining must-see artistry with characters and stories that need more space on our city’s stages. Jill Ivey reviews.
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The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia presents Brandenburg & the Baroque
A Baroque tour of Europe
Conductor Jeffrey Brillhart and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia highlighted the diversity of early modern music, showing how much vigor still resides in these oft-dismissed compositions. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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