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A wide shot revealing the whole Armory, lights on the court, dim everywhere else, all players on stage.

Ross Gay and Girard College present Be Holding

Poetry on breathing, basketball, and spectacle
Ross Gay’s libretto poem Be Holding connects an iconic basketball play from Dr. J with one of the most disturbing award-winning photographs in American history. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
Kyle V. Hiller

Kyle V. Hiller

Reviews 4 minute read
The Maitlands, Beetlejuice & Lydia appear in a fantastical, misty, purple & green lit house, Beetlejuice in his striped suit.

Kimmel Cultural Campus and the Schubert Organization present Beetlejuice

Not so strange and unusual
The national Broadway tour of Beetlejuice, the musical, stopping at the Academy of Music through Sunday, June 11, sands the dark edges off the original in favor of feel-good clichés. C.M. Crockford reviews.
C.M. Crockford

C.M. Crockford

Reviews 3 minute read
6 ensemble members in a motley range of costumes appear to be having a picnic on the black floor of the stage.

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Henry IV, Part 2

The “Extreme Shakespeare” Henriad continues
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival opens its 2023 season with Henry IV, Part 2, a joyous restaging that succeeds in ragtag style, despite a few dramatic missteps. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Kiran Pandey

Kiran Pandey

Reviews 4 minute read
Capanna and VillaMil, two white women, lie fully dressed side by side on a sofa bed, a white blanket partially covering them.

South Camden Theatre Company and the Strides Collective present Diane Son’s Stop Kiss

A Pride month miss
South Camden Theatre Company partners with the Strides Collective to produce Diane Son’s 1998 Stop Kiss for Pride month. But why do we need this story in 2023? Josh Herren reviews.
Josh Herren

Josh Herren

Reviews 3 minute read
9 cast members pose as if for a school picture in the gym, with bright differently styled clothes & varied exaggerated poses

Arden Theatre Company presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Not a winner
At the Arden, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee lingers on cheap jokes at the expense of adolescent self-discovery. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 3 minute read
A smiling Eisenhower sings in an ornate blue-and-black patterned coat. She has red hair, a feathered hat, and floral handbag.

Act II Playhouse presents Michael Stewart and Jerry Herman’s Hello, Dolly!

A smaller Dolly
Act II Playhouse produces the brassy Hello, Dolly! with top-notch local talent, but does the big show suit a small venue? Josh Herren reviews.
Josh Herren

Josh Herren

Reviews 2 minute read
Bonetti and Liao, in in richly textured jackets, sit next to each other in a friendly, intimate way.

Lantern Theater Company presents Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

Present mirth and present laughter
Lantern Theater Company offers a delightfully comic and effortlessly romantic new production of Twelfth Night to close its season. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 4 minute read
Stahler, in overalls, concentrates on a paper bag. Shiner gestures at him & Passer sits. They wear battered mismatched suits

Hedgerow Theatre presents Juliette Dunn’s The Puzzle

Portraying the lives of non-speaking people
Hedgerow marks its 100th season with the world premiere of Juliette Dunn’s The Puzzle, which reveals complex inner worlds for all of us, whether or not we communicate by speaking. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.
Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Reviews 5 minute read
In beautiful church clothes, the characters (all Black except for one white man) sit on pews with different avid expressions.

Bristol Riverside Theatre presents Douglas Lyons’s Chicken & Biscuits

Nothing new at the family funeral
Chicken & Biscuits at Bristol Riverside Theatre gathers common tropes of the family funeral genre, but its performances and design meld comedy and drama for a fun family night. An Nichols reviews.
An Nichols

An Nichols

Reviews 3 minute read
St. Clair, in a gray suit, and Dickinson, in a red dress, holding a fan, pose thoughtfully on low chairs onstage.

McCarter Theatre presents Pearl Cleage’s Blues for an Alabama Sky

What do we lose, when our folks “escape?"
Josephine Baker presides in spirit over McCarter’s new production of Blues for an Alabama Sky, in which friends in a 1930s Harlem tenement ask what we gain and lose when we stay or leave. Jeannine Cook reviews.
Jeannine A. Cook

Jeannine A. Cook

Reviews 3 minute read