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In a small green kitchen with wooden cabinets, Finister admonishes Chichester, who sits at the table, looking uncertain.

Theatre Exile presents James Ijames’s Abandon

Another mother and son

As James Ijames’s Pulitzer-winning and Tony-nominated FAT HAM continues on Broadway, his latest world premiere, Abandon, gets a stand-out cast at Theatre Exile. Alaina Johns reviews.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Reviews 3 minute read
The cast sits together for a group photo, musical instruments accompany them as they look into the camera

CSz Philly’s Off the Record is a different type of improv

Making the band

CSz Philly’s Off the Record is a mockumentary musical improv featuring a unique performance with each showing. Daralyse Lyons previews.

Daralyse Lyons

Previews 2 minute read
Abandon cast: Finister, in pink nightgown at center, fearfully holds a bat indoors. A man behind her stills it with his hand.

The BSR Podcast: Season 7, episode 6: Theatre Exile presents James Ijames's Abandon

The Philly Pulitzer winner's latest world premiere is happening here

It's something Philly will never get tired of saying: "Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames." BSR podcaster Darnelle Radford sits down with cast members of his latest premiere, happening at South Philly's Theatre Exile.
Darnelle Radford

Darnelle Radford

Podcast 1 minute read
Talese, a Black woman in white formal dress & a red lip & nails, sings passionately into a standing mic, hands on her middle.

Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Lanie Robertson’s Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill

“Like an old sweet song, the lasting time”

There’s a surprise in the staging of Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, which takes place just a few blocks from the venue that inspired it. Jill Ivey reviews.
Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Reviews 3 minute read
Gliko in white feathers, stands in front of a circular blue-lit window. Rishard & Kidwell sit on a beanbag looking at Pierce.

Wilma Theater presents Nathan Alan Davis’s Eternal Life Part 1

The times we create

Eternal Life Part 1, in its world premiere at the Wilma, offers a vision of the near future that is as strange and wondrous as it is relatable. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Kiran Pandey

Kiran Pandey

Reviews 3 minute read
Langdon sings, arms outstretched in a warm spotlight, with 8 ensemble members, playing instruments, lit in blue around him.

Delaware Theatre Company presents Man of La Mancha

Music, morality, and multiplicity

Delaware Theatre Company closes its 43rd season with a thoughtful, inventive, and dazzling rendition of the classic musical with the triple-decker story, Man of La Mancha. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 4 minute read
Vaughn & Thomas, Black male actors, dance together. Vaughn has an afro & red button-down; Thomas is bald & wears a blazer.

Inis Nua Theatre Company presents Lolita Chakrabarti’s Hymn

Brotherly love

A pair of strangers learn to be brothers in Hymn, a tender two-hander from Inis Nua Theatre Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 3 minute read
Wallace, smiling with hands on hips, in board shorts & a Detroit football jersey, confronts Foy-Coles, in glasses & plaid.

InterAct Theatre Company presents Francisca da Silveira’s pay no worship

At home in the Atlantic

InterAct presents the world premiere of pay no worship, a play about very different cousins on a small Cape Verde island who grapple with the effects of climate change, despite too often being left out of the global conversation. Krista Mar reviews.
Krista Mar

Krista Mar

Reviews 3 minute read
Kanagawa, in denim shirt and suspenders, manipulates an emotive cow puppet, which Thompson, in a green jacket, sings to.

The Kimmel Cultural Campus presents the national tour of Into the Woods

Lost in the forest

The national tour of Into the Woods loses the thread of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s fairytale parable. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 4 minute read
Braithwaite as Felix, a white man sitting on top of his desk looking exhausted. McFillin hesitates in the office door.

Act II Playhouse presents Craig Wright’s Mistakes Were Made

The show must go on

Director and star Tony Braithwaite shines in Act II Playhouse’s Mistakes Were Made, a surprisingly emotional farce about the chaotic, horrible, hilarious reality of being a Broadway producer. C.M. Crockford reviews.
C.M. Crockford

C.M. Crockford

Reviews 3 minute read