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Makoto, an Asian man, kneels and flamboyantly holds out a plate to Claire, a white woman, in front of their large beige couch

Philadelphia Theatre Company's Empathitrax is an unrealistic and irresponsible portrayal of mental illness

Spreading the anguish

The regional premiere of Empathitrax, now onstage at Suzanne Roberts, deals in troubling tropes of depression without preparing its audience. Alaina Johns considers.

Alaina Johns

Feb 21, 2023 Editorials 6 minute read

In a large gray living room, a woman huddles miserably on the couch while a man pulls a large curtain on the back wall.

Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Ana Nogueira’s Empathitrax

Better loving through chemistry

Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Empathitrax tests the limits of love and pharmaceutical intervention. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Feb 17, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Hall & Jackson, playing 2 Black teens in 90s wear, face each other in a bedroom, hands touching in what might be a greeting

Hedgerow Theatre Company presents Ngozi Anyanwu’s Good Grief

How do we document sorrow?

Good Grief, in its regional premiere at Hedgerow Theatre Company, offers a sometimes touching, mostly frustrating, portrayal of grief. Kiran Pandey reviews.

Kiran Pandey

Feb 14, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Sesay and Bey, two Black actors, speak intently to each other while sitting on a yellow couch, their hands clasped together.

Theatre Exile presents Loy A. Webb’s The Light

It should be a wonderful night for Rashad and Genesis, but the couple’s complicated pasts come to the surface as they face their future in Theatre Exile’s production of The Light. Corey Qureshi reviews.

Corey Qureshi

Feb 13, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Allen, playing a drag queen with red curls and a tight black & white dress, puts an arm around a confused-looking Sandberg.

South Camden Theatre Company presents Matthew López’s The Legend of Georgia McBride

Drama, but with drag

South Camden Theatre Company puts the “amp” in “camp” and the “art” in heart in its production of Matthew López’s The Legend of Georgia McBride. Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Feb 13, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

Fayle tries to explain something to Peakes, who looks indignant. Between them, a fridge with a hand-drawn paper diagram on it

Lantern Theater Company presents The Lifespan of a Fact

When the truth gets in the way

The Lifespan of a Fact, now onstage at Lantern Theater, considers the chasm between journalistic integrity and artistic license. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Feb 09, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Ominous lighting on four characters, two look directly at camera. Two men in business attire, two women in sleepwear

Eagle Theatre presents Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party

How to be wildly safe

Angela Longo and Hannah Deprey-Severance discuss The Wild Party, soon to premiere at Eagle Theatre. What happens “behind the curtain” promises to uphold the agency, creativity, and safety of the artists involved. Melissa Lin Sturges previews.

Melissa Lin Sturges

Feb 08, 2023 Previews 3 minute read

Gleason, in white apron, stands grinning with one hand raised as if in a classroom. He clutches a metal pot full of fake fish

Delaware Theatre Company presents Richard Bean’s One Man, Two Guvnors

A comic valentine

After a decade at the helm of Delaware Theatre Company, Bud Martin says goodbye with an uproarious, perfectly orchestrated production of One Man, Two Guvnors, true to its commedia roots. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Feb 07, 2023 Reviews 4 minute read

The four actors on a turquoise sofa by a yellow table, each gesturing & focusing uniquely; hands to face or reaching out.

Wilma Theater presents Guillermo Calderón’s Kiss

Bold, original, complex, and contemporary

A Western take on a Syrian soap opera gets a surprising twist in Guillermo Calderón’s Kiss, by turns hilarious and wrenching. Krista Mar reviews.

Krista Mar

Feb 06, 2023 Reviews 3 minute read

Howard, wearing black and frowning in the foreground. Walton, Weintzweig, & Moyer comfort each other sadly in the background.

InterAct Theatre Company presents Stephanie Satie’s The Last Parade

Echoes of Chekhov

InterAct Theatre Company’s 35th
anniversary season continues with a world premiere about a distinctly Jewish emigrant experience set not in the Ukraine of 2023, but the post-Soviet Ukraine of 1992. Jill Ivey reviews.