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6 actors in contemporary clothes on a set like a suburban kitchen make a toast to Lamm at center, wearing a blue jumper

People’s Light presents Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles

Celebration of life

Superbly produced by People’s Light, Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles sensitively balances the sentimental and the profound as it follows one extraordinary, ordinary woman through her long life. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Apr 14, 2025 Reviews 3 minute read

The three women sing in lavish sequined purple gowns that have capes lined with huge crinoline boas.

The Walnut Street Theatre presents Tom Eyen and Henry Krieger’s Dreamgirls

Glitter, glam, and heart

A new production of Dreamgirls at the Walnut brings powerful vocals to a show that will offer fresh insights even for longtime fans of the story. Maya Arthur reviews.

Maya Arthur

Apr 08, 2025 Reviews 3 minute read

The BSR Podcast: Talking Philly Theatre Week 2025 with Theatre Philadelphia's CJ Higgins

Go behind the scenes of Philly's spring theater fest (it's pay-what-you-can!)

BSR Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with Theatre Philadelphia's CJ Higgins to talk all things Philly Theatre Week 2025 (the eighth annual), including shows, workshops, and other industry events.

Darnelle Radford

Mar 31, 2025 Podcast 1 minute read

Smith, a white man in a white tee, points intensely in front of him. He’s splattered with red paint like wet blood.

Hedgerow Theatre Company presents Tim Crouch’s I, Banquo

What would you do with a powerful prophecy?

Tim Crouch’s I, Banquo, onstage at Media’s Hedgerow Theatre, asks us in the words of Macbeth’s slain best friend what we would do if someone gave us a prophecy of absolute power. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Mar 31, 2025 Reviews 3 minute read

Wicks, a white woman, stands back to back with Webb, a Black woman. They wear Renaissance garb with contemporary styling

Ensemble Arts Philly and the Shubert Organization present the national tour of & Juliet

Baby one more time

The musical & Juliet flips the script on Shakespeare in the most delightful way, and it’s easily one of the most enjoyable and important Broadway exports that Philly has seen in years. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Mar 27, 2025 Reviews 3 minute read

Next to a vintage boombox, Ngo spreads a map and looks worriedly at Tan sitting beside her, talking happily.

Theatre Horizon presents Lauren Yee’s Young Americans: A Play in Two Road Trips

Americans on the road

In Lauren Yee’s Young Americans, onstage at Theatre Horizon, members of one family take a cross-country road trip 20 years apart, exploring how they understand each other as family and as Americans. Emily Esten reviews.

Emily Esten

Mar 24, 2025 Reviews 3 minute read

Knight, a white man in a blue jersey and backwards cap, gestures wildly while Fauzer, in a green dress, looks on, surprised.

Fever Dream Repertory presents Bruce Walsh’s james

A Taptacular transformation

Fever Dream Repertory presents the world premiere of Bruce Walsh’s james at the upstairs Skinner Studio at Plays and Players about an everyman who wins a makeover at the Super Bowl. Joshua Herren reviews.

Josh Herren

Mar 24, 2025 Reviews 2 minute read

In a variety of poses, sitting and standing, the ensemble looks to the left with awe, decked out in flowered bodices.

Quintessence presents Shakespeare’s Midsummer and Antony & Cleopatra in rep

Passion’s slaves: the Reckless Romance Repertory

Mt. Airy’s Quintessence welcomes spring with repertory productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Antony & Cleopatra, an ambitious and ultimately successful undertaking by director Alex Burns. C.M. Crockford reviews.

C.M. Crockford

Mar 24, 2025 Reviews 3 minute read

The three actors, in different costumes for their era, are grouped together onstage with concerned expressions.

Hedgerow Theatre presents Stef Smith’s Nora: A Doll’s House

The lives of our mothers

Nora: A Doll’s House, now getting its American premiere at Hedgerow Theatre, takes the Ibsen classic and reimagines Nora’s life in 1920, 1973, and 2018. Isabel Soisson reviews.