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The Kimmel Cultural Campus and the Shubert Organization present the national tour of Company
Still in good company with Sondheim
Sondheim still abounds despite his recent passing, and the new tour of Company takes a gender swap to the 1970 story, with uneven results that nevertheless keep the joy of the show alive. Kiran Pandey reviews.
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4 minute read
1812 Productions presents This Is the Week That Is
Satire wanted
A Philly tradition since 2006, This Is the Week That Is attempts to wring mirth from the news, but this year’s iteration ranges from offensive to baffling. Emily Schilling reviews.
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3 minute read
The Wilma Theater presents James Ijames’s Fat Ham
High on the hog
Fat Ham comes home in this new production at the Wilma, onstage as it was meant to be, after the company debuted a filmed version in 2021. Everyone is welcome to the cookout. Hanae Mason reviews.
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6 minute read
Quintessence Theatre Group presents The Fantasticks
Try to remember
In Quintessence Theatre Group’s December production of The Fantasticks, complex poetries meet deceptively simple story and design, honoring both youthful sparks and older gratitude. C.M. Crockford reviews.
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3 minute read
The Lantern Theater presents Lynn Nottage’s Crumbs from the Table of Joy
Feasting on Crumbs
Crumbs from the Table of Joy, a lesser-known early work by Lynn Nottage, one of America’s most popular playwrights, still feels relevant in this Lantern Theater production. Krista Mar reviews.
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3 minute read
Inis Nua Theatre Company presents Rosa Hesmondhalgh’s Madame Ovary
Comedy equals cancer plus time
Based on the lived experience of playwright Rosa Hesmondhalgh’s cancer diagnosis, Inis Nua’s Madame Ovary is equal parts funny and tragic. Jill Ivey reviews.
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2 minute read
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Resident Ensemble Players presents John Ball’s In the Heat of the Night
A cracking good detective story
Resident Ensemble Players at the University of Delaware continues its season with In the Heat of the Night, a world-class whodunit that doesn’t shy away from its story’s disturbing roots in 1962 Alabama. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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5 minute read
Azuka Theatre presents Priyanka Shetty’s The Elephant in the Room
A story as unique as the immigrant experience
Priyanka Shetty’s The Elephant in the Room, a solo autobiographical show about an Indian software engineer turned theater artist,
is proving the creator’s performance chops in its Philly debut at Azuka Theatre. Krista Mar reviews.
is proving the creator’s performance chops in its Philly debut at Azuka Theatre. Krista Mar reviews.
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2 minute read
Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Whitney White’s Macbeth in Stride
A fun but flawed feminist take on the Scottish play
Macbeth in Stride, a new adaptation of the Shakespeare classic now onstage at Philadelphia Theatre Company, rocks but doesn’t dig its daggers deep enough. C.M. Crockford reviews.
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3 minute read
Theatre Exile presents Bess Wohl’s Camp Siegfried
Tomorrow belongs to them
Then and now, fascism feels like an easy fix for any psychic fissure. With Camp Seigfried, Theatre Exile takes us to a Nazi summer camp in 1938 New York. Wendy Rosenfield reviews.
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3 minute read