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A strong yet vulnerable mom, citizen, and artist: Kim James Bey in ‘Sleep Deprivation Chamber.’ (Image Courtesy of Round House Theatre.)

Round House Theatre, Howard University, and McCarter present ‘Sleep Deprivation Chamber’

A medium and moment for Adrienne Kennedy

In ‘Sleep Deprivation Chamber,’ part of the virtual Adrienne Kennedy festival from McCarter and Round House Theatre, a decades-old play gets new life in the painfully perfect moment. Josh Herren reviews.

Josh Herren

Dec 01, 2020 Reviews 2 minute read

Memorable and engrossing: Jefferson Mays in his adaptation of ‘Christmas Carol.’ (Image courtesy of A Christmas Carol Live.)

A stream of Jefferson Mays’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ benefits regional theaters

A Christmas miracle

Actor Jefferson Mays offers a thrilling, one-person ‘Christmas Carol’ as a benefit for theaters across the country. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Nov 30, 2020 Reviews 3 minute read

When everything feels monumental: Hannah Gaffney, Michelle Tsai, and Tori Lewis in PTC’s ‘The Wolves.’ (Photo by Anthony Werhun.)

Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Sarah DeLappe’s ‘The Wolves’

Perfect match

Philadelphia Theatre Company brings ‘The Wolves,’ a stunning portrait of adolescent self-discovery, to the digital stage. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Nov 30, 2020 Reviews 3 minute read

Thanks are due to everyone who’s helping the Philadelphia Orchestra keep playing this year. (Photo by Jeff Fusco.)

The Philadelphia Orchestra streams Samuel Barber and Florence Price

A Price premiere in Philly

The livestreaming Philadelphia Orchestra tackled Barber’s attractive but morose ‘Adagio for Strings’ and the Philly premiere of Florence Price’s serene but engaging Symphony No. 1 in E minor. Linda Holt reviews.

Linda Holt

Nov 30, 2020 Reviews 3 minute read

Pianist Jonathan Biss understands Beethoven’s healing vision. (Photo by Benjamin Ealovega.)

PCMS presents a Beethoven livestream from Jonathan Biss

Blankets and Beethoven

Honoring Beethoven’s 250th birthday, pianist Jonathan Biss concluded a livestreamed PCMS recital with an inspired finale to the composer’s Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110. Linda Holt reviews.

Linda Holt

Nov 30, 2020 Reviews 5 minute read

Randall Mitsuo Goosby, Khari Joyner, Myra Huang, Alexander Laing, and Lawrence Brownlee perform in ‘Cycles of My Being.’ (Photo by Dominic M. Mercier.)

Opera Philadelphia presents ‘Cycles of My Being’

Songs for hope in Black America

Tyshawn Sorey’s ‘Cycles of My Being’ is a gripping, haunting opera that seeks answers to America’s long history of oppression. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.

Kyle V. Hiller

Nov 24, 2020 Reviews 4 minute read

The winningest Jewish girl ever: Rachel Brosnahan as Midge Maisel. (Image courtesy of Amazon Studios.)

Not so marvelous: Why I’m done with ‘Mrs. Maisel’

Not like other (((girls)))

With the third season of Amazon’s ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ recently released, Wendy Rosenfield finds the trouble with the streaming sensation, from its casting to the script's erasure of Jewish identities.

Wendy Rosenfield

Jan 07, 2020 Reviews 5 minute read

Book cover: Title appears a center in yellow, superimposed on a red-haired woman in a drab dress.

Lilli de Jong: A Novel, by Janet Benton

For Mother's Day, a mother's tale

Janet Benton's debut novel, 'Lilli de Jong,' offers a view of single motherhood in late-19th-century Philadelphia. Maria Corley reviews.

Maria Thompson Corley

May 09, 2017 Reviews 4 minute read