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The full ensemble in costume, posing like pop stars as they sing into handheld mics, with band behind in dramatic blue lights

Kimmel Cultural Campus and Shubert Organization present SIX the Musical

The queens and I

The new Tudor sensation is finally in Philly as the national tour of SIX lands at the Academy of Music. Is it “a women’s show?" And what does that really mean? Alaina Johns reviews.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Reviews 5 minute read
Kuerzi, a white woman dressed as Depp in the Pirates movies, lies on a poster of Depp in this role.

The BSR Podcast: season 7, episode 4: Philly Theatre Week 2023

Everything you need to know about the sixth annual Philly Theatre Week, March 23-April 2, 2023

Did you know Philly Theatre Week 2023 actually runs for 11 days (and some shows go even beyond that)? Plus, it's pay-what-you-can! BSR podcaster Darnelle Radford gets into it with Katherine Clark and Jenna Kuerzi.
Darnelle Radford

Darnelle Radford

Podcast 1 minute read
Crammed together in consternation, wearing a furry animal mask, Renaissance garb, Guy Fawkes mask, and pig nose, respectively

Curio Theatre Company presents Tim Crouch & Spymonkey’s The Complete Deaths

The rest is silence

Three years into the coronavirus pandemic, Curio Theatre Company’s production of The Complete Deaths shows us that sometimes death can be a laughing matter. Jill Ivey reviews.
Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Reviews 3 minute read
Onstage with chairs and tables, gray-haired Hargraves in shabby black suit & red-haired Quinn in beige blouse & green skirt

Irish Heritage Theatre presents Brian Friel’s The Bear and Afterplay

Chekhov with an Irish brogue

Brian Friel tackles the Russian master in The Bear and Afterplay, the latest double bill from Irish Heritage Theatre. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 3 minute read
Three actors conspiring in fanciful, somewhat creepy masks, two with hats and one with a wild gray curly wig.

Quintessence Theatre Group presents Shakespeare’s The Tempest

A well-masked effort

Quintessence Theatre Group combines creative casting, minimalistic design, and a whole lot of masks for its ambitious production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Jill Ivey reviews.
Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Reviews 3 minute read
Castro and Canales dance gleefully with arms outstretched, on a red & blue lit stage with leafy trees looming in the dark.

Azuka Theatre and Teatro del Sol present AZ Espinoza’s All My Mothers Dream in Spanish

A bilingual feast

Azuka teams with Teatro del Sol for the world premiere of AZ Espinoza’s All My Mothers Dream in Spanish, a magical exploration of ancestry and healing that’s also very much of the moment. Krista Mar reviews.
Krista Mar

Krista Mar

Reviews 4 minute read
Marable as Thurgood, in a blue suit & glasses, leans on a large table, the words Brown v Board of Education projected behind

People’s Light presents George Stevens Jr.’s Thurgood

Equal justice under the law

People’s Light stages this informative and engaging one-man drama about lawyer Thurgood Marshall, who became the first Black justice on the US Supreme Court. An Nichols reviews.
An Nichols

An Nichols

Reviews 2 minute read
A menacing, cigar-waving Greer, in a khaki suit, lectures a dismayed Scharfman, in blond coif and fancy floral dress..

The Walnut presents Tennessee Williams’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Life and death in the Deep South

Big Daddy steals the show in Walnut Street Theatre’s new production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 3 minute read
Mikel, a Black woman, costumed in green velvet as Franklin. Anderson and Gisela pose beyond in lush colonial garb.

The Kimmel Cultural Campus and the Shubert Organization present the new national tour of 1776

When “Cool, Considerate Men” aren’t men at all

It’s fitting that the new national tour of 1776 (without any cis men in the cast) is getting started here, in the city where it happened. Jill Ivey reviews.
Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Reviews 4 minute read
Gold and Soro stand close together in as similar pose, both pointing at and staring at something far away.

Inis Nua Theatre Company presents Zinnie Harris’s Meet Me at Dawn

Beyond the coastline

Inis Nua brings a popular Scottish playwright to the Philly stage with Meet Me at Dawn, but the performance is more moving than satisfying. C. M. Crockford reviews.
C.M. Crockford

C.M. Crockford

Reviews 3 minute read