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Arden Theatre Company presents R. Eric Thomas’s Backing Track
Family play
In Backing Track, a world premiere at the Arden, R. Eric Thomas offers a warm, witty portrait of a multigenerational Black queer family. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
The Weekly Roundup, March 9-16
Celebrating Lloyd Price, the Print Center’s 96th International Competition, and Quiet Boy
The Print Center closes its international solo exhibit, Personality from People’s Light honors an unsung leader in music, and Elizabeth Bergeland illustrates the male body in a different light. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
Previews
5 minute read
Delaware Theatre Company presents Hunter Bell’s Other World
A show for all worlds
Delaware Theatre Company’s world-premiere musical spans diverse digital and real-life communities with astounding visuals and sparkling songs. Helen Walsh reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read
Theatre Horizon presents James Ijames’s TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever
Rewriting the antebellum script
TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever, a regional premiere from James Ijames at Theatre Horizon, asks its characters, and its audience, to wrestle with the complicated concept of inheritance. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
Azuka Theatre presents Val Dunn’s Carroll County Fix
A hometown transformed
Val Dunn’s world-premiere play reckons with changes to Carroll County, Maryland, amidst the opioid epidemic and the suburbanization of once-outlying small towns. Jill Ivey reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read
The Kimmel Cultural Campus presents the Rent 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour
Why take Gen Z to a 90s icon?
After a BSR podcast conversation between Gen X and Gen Z Rent lovers, Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer takes her teenager to experience Rent live, finding out whether Jonathan Larson speaks to a new generation.
Essays
5 minute read
Isis Productions presents Marsha Norman’s ’Night, Mother
The long goodbye
Despite strong performances, Marsha Norman’s ’Night, Mother shows its age in a staging from Isis Productions. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read
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Walnut Street Theatre presents Bill Van Horn's Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Whatever remains is the truth
Following protests by a cohort of Philadelphia artists taking aim at the Walnut’s leadership, the theater produces a shlocky, self-indulgent, and sometimes cringeworthy adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. Jill Ivey reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
The Weekly Roundup, March 2-9
Sisterhood Sit-in, Everyday Futures, and TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever
Theatre Horizon hosts James Ijames’s TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever, Harriett’s Bookshop trolleys to Black women-owned businesses, and the future of South Philly highlight the week. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
Previews
4 minute read
Philadelphia Orchestra presents Fiddler on the Roof
Raising the ceiling with new takes
Chuck Cooper talks about Philadelphia Orchestra's upcoming production of the legendary show, returning to the stage, and how Fiddler reflects the times. Stephen Silver previews.
Previews
3 minute read