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In dramatic blue lighting, actor Desirée Hall seems to fly in a dragon costume with giant wings, beside a cinderblock wall.

Brian Sanders’ JUNK presents Dragonbutter

The art of the game

Dragonbutter is an inventive hour-long experience from Brian Sanders’ JUNK that inserts participants into a hands-on science-fiction video-game quest. Melissa Strong reviews.

Melissa Strong

Jul 13, 2021 Reviews 4 minute read

Jared Chichester as Moses (left) and Davon Johnson as Kitch contemplate what’s waiting for them on the other side. (Photo by Paola Nogueras.)

Theatre Exile and Theatre in the X present Antoinette Nwandu’s ‘Pass Over’

Surviving to the promised land

Theatre Exile and Theatre in the X present ‘Pass Over,’ a story about two young Black men looking to pass over into their imagined promised land. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.

Kyle V. Hiller

Jun 22, 2021 Reviews 4 minute read

There’s nothing like the polish and precision of a large comedy cast: the ensemble of ‘It’s Only a Play’ at George Street Playhouse. (Image courtesy of George Street Playhouse.)

George Street Playhouse presents Terrence McNally’s ‘It’s Only a Play’

Curtain up on comedy

Terrence McNally’s Broadway-insider comedy ‘It’s Only a Play,’ from George Street Playhouse, will make theater lovers laugh till they cry. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Jun 21, 2021 Reviews 3 minute read

Quintessence presents Thornton Wilder’s ‘The Seven Deadly Sins’

The wonders of late Wilder

Quintessence Theatre Group presents ‘The Seven Deadly Sins,’ a rare cycle of Thornton Wilder one-acts, in a radio drama production. Josh Herren reviews.

Josh Herren

Jun 15, 2021 Reviews 3 minute read

Chemistry, grace, and flexibility: Kyle Driggs and Andrea Murillo in ‘Eventide.’ (Photo by Johanna Austin.)

Hand to Hand Circus Festival presents 3AM Theatre’s ‘Eventide’ at FringeArts

In-person performance is back, and the Hand to Hand Circus Festival kicked off the reopening at FringeArts with 3AM Theatre’s ‘Eventide,’ a modern circus performance about a young couple discovering themselves. Blair Krassen reviews.

Blair Krassen

Jun 15, 2021 Reviews 2 minute read

Sharing a special language: Joilet Harris and Mary Martello in ‘Sisters!’. (Image courtesy of Arden Theatre Company.)

The Arden presents ‘Joilet Harris and Mary Martello: Sisters!’

Such devoted sisters

Stalwart Philadelphia performers chronicle their decades-long friendship in 'Sisters!,' a virtual cabaret
produced by Arden Theatre. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Jun 01, 2021 Reviews 4 minute read

A masterclass in emotional vulnerability: Laiona Michelle as Sugar in 'Tiny Beautiful Things.' (Image courtesy of George Street Playhouse.)

George Street Playhouse presents Nia Vardalos’s ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’

Discovering Dear Sugar

The power of truth-telling is on display in ‘Tiny Beautiful Things,’ the stage adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s best-selling book. Brad Rothbart reviews.

Brad Rothbart

May 18, 2021 Reviews 3 minute read

Bringing us into virologist Nathan Wolfe’s psyche: William DeMeritt in ‘The Catastrophist.’ (Image courtesy of People’s Light.)

People’s Light presents Lauren Gunderson’s ‘The Catastrophist’

A scientist’s psyche

America’s most-produced playwright, Lauren Gunderson, wrote a play about her famous virologist husband during the pandemic. Josh Herren reviews.

Josh Herren

May 17, 2021 Reviews 3 minute read

Oh no, not an ice-breaker: Tanaquil Márquez, Bi Jean Ngo, Jennifer Childs, and Melanie Cotton in ‘The Way I Walk.’ (Photo by Bob Levan.)

1812 Productions presents ‘The Way I Walk’

CPR for Zoom fatigue

After 14 months of social distancing, 1812 Productions injects life into Zoom ubiquity with ‘The Way I Walk.’ Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

May 11, 2021 Reviews 4 minute read

A scene from Fat Ham. A close-up on two Black men, one tenderly holding the other's head on his shoulder.

The Wilma presents James Ijames’s ‘Fat Ham’

A story all its own

The ‘Hamlet’-inspired ‘Fat Ham,’ James Ijames’s latest Wilma premiere, could have gone the route of tragedy porn, but it doesn’t end the way you expect. Hanae Mason reviews.

Hanae Mason

May 04, 2021 Reviews 3 minute read

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