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Two men in suits stand at the sides of a woman in a suit, all straight-faced at the viewer, purple and pink tones the shot

Inis Nua Theatre presents Sonya Kelly's Once Upon a Bridge

Bridging perspectives, onstage and off
Theater-making couple anchors Inis Nua’s East Coast premier of Once Upon a Bridge. Dara McBride previews.

Dara McBride

Previews 3 minute read
Scene from the musical: the four actors sit smiling around a simply set wooden table, against a black backdrop.

Ensemble Arts Philly and the Schubert Organization present Conor McPherson and Bob Dylan’s Girl from the North Country

A new kind of jukebox musical
Girl from the North Country, a Bob Dylan jukebox musical set during the Depression by acclaimed Irish playwright Conor McPherson, defies expectations. It stops in Philly on its North American tour. Josh Herren reviews.
Josh Herren

Josh Herren

Reviews 2 minute read
Two singers. Dressed in all black, singing on stage towards the audience.

Marian Anderson Museum presents Porgy and Bess

Preserving a legendary Philadelphia institute
The Marian Anderson Historical Society will host a performance of Porgy and Bess and looks to continue the museum’s challenging reconstruction project. An Nichols previews.
An Nichols

An Nichols

Previews 2 minute read
Three Black women in modest bathing suits & sarongs dance together in a living room, washed with blue light.

People’s Light presents Christina Anderson’s the ripple, the wave that carried me home

A deep dive into the fight for desegregation
Christina Anderson’s the ripple, the wave that carried me home, which explores a family on the front lines of desegregation in Kansas, gets its regional premiere at People’s Light. Krista Mar reviews.
Krista Mar

Krista Mar

Reviews 3 minute read
In a blue dress, Lewis-Michelson as Cline sings spotlit on a yellow lightbulb-framed wooden stage in front of the band.

Delaware Theatre Company presents Ted Swindley’s Always… Patsy Cline

Live country all the way
Delaware Theatre Company’s new production of Always… Patsy Cline, with spot-on casting and design, feels like a night in the company of the real country-music legend. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 4 minute read
Close-up on Dardaris, a white woman with curly gray hair, standing with arms ecstatically outstretched, in a red blouse.

Hedgerow Theatre Company Presents Enda Walsh’s The New Electric Ballroom

A haunting nightly dance
With Enda Walsh’s The New Electric Ballroom, Hedgerow Theatre spotlights women characters with existential storylines, a relative rarity in absurdist theater. Melissa Lin Sturges reviews.
Melissa Lin Sturges

Melissa Lin Sturges

Reviews 3 minute read
Black & white photo of Page, a Black man wearing a facemask and a plaid scarf, seen in profile.

The BSR Podcast: season 8, episode 2: talking with director Jeffrey L. Page

Directing, disability, and other enduring conversations about PTC's Cost of Living
Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with busy director Jeffrey L. Page for a wide-ranging conversation about his recent work, including PTC's new production of Martyna Majok's Cost of Living.
Darnelle Radford

Darnelle Radford

Podcast 1 minute read
Beschler tenderly inclines his head toward Handler, who lies in a white bathtub, face and one soapy arm visible.

Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Martyna Majok’s Cost of Living

Necessary intimacies
The Philly nonprofit Art-Reach, which
connects our disability community to our cultural scene, partners with Philadelphia
Theatre Company for Cost of Living, a show about the complexities of caregiving. Alaina Johns reviews.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Reviews 5 minute read
In a messy room with fiberglass insulation and graffiti showing, the characters argue center stage. Cochran holds a gun.

Passage Theatre Presents Richard Bradford and Anthony Martinez-Briggs’s Ghetto Gods in Divineland

A mixed-media world premiere in Trenton
Ghetto Gods in Divineland, now getting its world premiere in Trenton, has successful interdisciplinary elements of music, poetry, and dance, but the script doesn’t follow through on its ambitious concepts. An Nichols reviews.
An Nichols

An Nichols

Reviews 4 minute read
In a worn, dark suit, Peakes sits and gestures broadly in a wooden folding chair on a darkened stage of wooden planks.

Lantern Theater Company presents Brian Friel’s Faith Healer

Acts of faith
The line between truth and memory blurs in Brian Friel’s Faith Healer, given a riveting revival by Lantern Theater Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 4 minute read