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Mitchell, Benson & Byrd, in matching pink dresses, lean smiling by Xavier-Mack, spreading his arms in a silver glitter jacket

Theatre in the X presents Dreamgirls

Perfectly Philadelphia theater in the park

Theatre in the X brings its immersive, innovative take to the showbiz musical Dreamgirls at Malcolm X Park, celebrating Black artists and audiences. Josh Herren reviews.

Josh Herren

Aug 19, 2022 Reviews 3 minute read

The Kimmel Cultural Campus and the Shubert Organization present the national tour of Dear Evan Hansen

Truth without consequences

Once a cultural phenomenon, Dear Evan Hansen now feels manipulative and misguided as its national tour plays Philadelphia. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Aug 18, 2022 Reviews 4 minute read

Scene from the show: photo from the back of the audience shows Lexi singing joyfully in a pink dress, against a red backdrop.

Lexi Schreiber presents Fitting In: Tales of the Fat Ingénue

Bringing fat representation to the Philly stage

With her new solo show, Philly performer Lexi Schreiber asks why fat actors have to create and star in their own shows, instead of simply being cast in roles that already exist. Alaina Johns reviews.

Alaina Johns

Aug 16, 2022 Reviews 4 minute read

Scene from the play: the actors face each other with melancholy expressions, holding a cardboard U-Haul box between them.

People’s Light presents Bess Wohl’s Grand Horizons

Gray divorcees

Grand Horizons at People’s Light explores the fallout from the end of a long marriage, but Bess Wohl’s boulevard comedy chooses cheap laughs over high stakes. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Aug 15, 2022 Reviews 3 minute read

Scene from Fences. All 5 adult cast members sit or stand on the back porch of a 2-story brick home, flanked by 2 large trees

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents August Wilson’s Fences

Uneven ‘Fences’

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s Fences has been waiting in the wings since 2020. Josh Herren reviews.

Josh Herren

Aug 01, 2022 Reviews 3 minute read

Dusk falls on a scene from the play depicting a protest with the whole cast on the green lawn. Set pieces evoke rowhouses.

Shakespeare in Clark Park presents The Taming!

It was the patriarchy all along

For its 16th production, Shakespeare in Clark Park presents one of Shakespeare’s most problematic plays … and a refreshing antidote. Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Jul 28, 2022 Reviews 4 minute read

A still of Davis, in a black t-shirt with a black backdrop, claps expressively, possibly looking out into a crowd

The 2022 Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival

Art and wellness for the “Head and HeART”

The 2022 Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival focuses on mental health with seven new plays by local playwrights, a wellness fair, and a works-in-progress presentation addressing parenting artists. Melissa Strong previews.

Melissa Strong

Jul 27, 2022 Previews 4 minute read

5 ensemble members onstage after dark, in dynamic poses threatening a swordfight, bathed in pink and blue light.

Delaware Shakespeare presents The Tempest

Something rich and strange

Delaware Shakespeare celebrates its 20th year of the Bard in Rockwood Park with a strange and satisfying production of The Tempest. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Jul 19, 2022 Reviews 4 minute read

Atticus, with gray hair and a tan suit, speaks to Scout, with short brown hair and denim overalls. She looks worried.

The Kimmel Cultural Campus presents the national tour of Aaron Sorkin’s To Kill a Mockingbird

Shockingly relevant

A new, nonlinear retelling of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, stopping in Philly on its national tour, makes us face an America that never really changed. Marta Rusek reviews.

Marta Rusek