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Ali & Zarif in brown Afghan clothes & Ayer in jeans and white tee face off tensely in a small living room with a red couch

InterAct Theatre Company presents Sylvia Khoury’s Selling Kabul

The price of freedom

Selling Kabul, a Pulitzer Prize finalist at InterAct Theatre Company, wrestles with the human cost of occupation and war. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 3 minute read
Valli sings triumphantly as Elphaba, with green skin, black robes, and a broomstick, in dramatic shafts of light.

Kimmel Cultural Campus and Shubert Organization present the national tour of Wicked

Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road

The national tour of Wicked returns to Philadelphia for the first time in six years. How’s it holding up? Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 3 minute read
McCall, in tan tank & shoes; Wallace, in long black priest’s robe; & Lallie, in bright patterned tribal garment, sit on boxes

EgoPo Classic Theater and Abrahamse and Meyer Productions present Lorraine Hansberry’s Les Blancs

Still ahead of her time

EgoPo Classic Theater opens a season of international perspectives with Lorraine Hansberry’s Les Blancs, co-produced by South Africa’s Abrahamse and Meyer Productions. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 4 minute read
On a plush blue chaise under blue lights, Ladd, in shirt, pants & suspenders, yells at curly-haired Niebauer, who leans away

Quintessence Theatre Group presents Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit

An eternity of being known

Quintessence Theatre Group conjures a classic vision of hell with Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit in a new translation by Alex Burns. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Kiran Pandey

Kiran Pandey

Reviews 4 minute read
Grande poses flamboyantly in front of the dancing ensemble, in black stiletto boots, stockings & garters, and rainbow corset

Bucks County Playhouse presents Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show

Let’s do the Time Warp again

Peripatetic reality star Frankie Grande takes center stage in this new revival of The Rocky Horror Show at Bucks County Playhouse. Josh Herren reviews.
Josh Herren

Josh Herren

Reviews 2 minute read
Michele in character, taking game show signs down from a screen lit with decorative vintage bulbs in a living room

Camden Repertory Theater presents Desi P. Shelton’s Child Support

A game nobody wins

Camden Rep presents the world premiere of Child Support by Desi P. Shelton, a site-specific, immersive play that explores the emotional, financial, and relational repercussions of playing the child support game. Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

Reviews 4 minute read
Surrounded by rapt children in the audience, Alexander pretends to sleep on a board while Valdez kneels, scheming.

Delaware Shakespeare presents its Community Tour production of Cymbeline

A tricky pick shines in this touring Shakespeare production

Tales of long ago find inspiration right at hand in Delaware Shakespeare’s vibrant Community Tour production of the rarely produced Cymbeline. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 5 minute read
Petropolous stands on a table, hands on hips in a tight white outfit; Brendel & Smith appear to worship her on either side.

The Kimmel Cultural Campus and the Shubert Organization present the national tour of Tina Fey’s Mean Girls

So you agree, you think this is really funny?

Mean Girls has been a sensation since the original film premiered in 2004—but it’s as funny as it is problematic. The Broadway musical, now on its national tour, is even more offensive, with none of the film’s charm. Alaina Johns reviews.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Reviews 5 minute read
Scene from the play: Jones, Wallace & Stewart sit at a round dominoes table; Robinson stands and looks away, worried.

People’s Light presents Steve H. Broadnax III’s Bonez

Social horror on stage

People’s Light brings social horror to the stage with the world premiere of Steve H. Broadnax III’s Bonez, which boasts eerie technical wizardry but is stymied by a script that too often gets in its own way. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Kiran Pandey

Kiran Pandey

Reviews 4 minute read
Graham, a white man with white stubble, wearing an Eagles jersey & Phillies hat, sits in a bar holding a beer bottle.

Hedgerow Theatre Company presents Bruce Graham’s The Philly Fan

The story at the heart of the game

The Philly Fan, in an updated version at Hedgerow Theatre starring playwright Bruce Graham, surveys 50 years of Philadelphia sports through the thoughtful perspective of one man in a bar. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Kiran Pandey

Kiran Pandey

Reviews 4 minute read