Philadelphia Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations

Review: CARMEN AND BOLERO at Academy Of Music
by Scott Serio - October 10, 2025

After successful engagements in previous seasons, the Philadelphia Ballet brings back audience favorites in Carmen and Bolero to open the 2025-26 season. Running this weekend only, both ballets follow the tradition of rich music, with stunning costumes, and  perfection by a corps of dancers who exec...

Review: THE APPLE BOYS at Bucks County Playhouse
by Marakay Rogers - May 21, 2025

Though it be little - it’s short and slight - it’s mighty entertaining...

Review/Photos: SWAN LAKE at Academy Of Music
by Scott Serio - March 07, 2025

The Philadelphia Ballet always shines, but there is a certain sweet spot when Artistic Director Angel Corella has a chance to interpret Tchaikovsky works originally staged by choreographer Marius Petipa....

Review: Holiday Favorite THE NUTCRACKER at The Academy Of Music
by Scott Serio - December 07, 2024

What did our critic think of holiday favorite THE NUTCRACKER at The Academy Of Music?...

Review: GREASE Is the Word at Bucks County Playhouse
by Marakay Rogers - August 25, 2024

Grab your motorcycle jackets, your Brylcream and your poodle skirts and come hand jive with the best along the river....

Review: PHILADELPHIA BALLET'S SPRING FESTIVAL at Red Rose Farm In Villanova
by Scott Serio - May 31, 2024

The annual Spring Festival has become an much-anticipated event for the Philadelphia Ballet and their patrons. Held for the fifth time, this year, at Board Chairman David F. Hoffman's Red Rose Farm the Villanova suburb of Philadelphia, the intimate, outdoor setting showcased three pieces by the ball...

Review: GISELLE at The Academy Of Music
by Scott Serio - March 01, 2024

Philadelphia Ballet's GISELLE at The Academy Of Music in Center City...

Review: BALLETX IN BRYN MAWR at Goodhart Hall
by Scott Serio - December 04, 2023

BalletX Takes Contemporary Ballet To The Philadelphia Main Line...

Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at People's Light Theatre Company
by Tony Oriente - December 02, 2023

A truly unique, original, and moving piece of theater brilliantly presented in time for the Holiday Season....

Review: COMPANY National Tour Comes to Philadelphia's Forrest Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 30, 2023

Read BroadwayWorld's review of the National Tour of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company, currently playing at Philadelphia's Forrest Theatre....

Review: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at Walnut Street Theatre
by Tony Oriente - November 30, 2023

WIt’s time for a Broadway revival of this classic show, and this theatergoer believes this production is it! When a “Tale as old as time” is so richly and beautifully packaged in 2023, one can only melt into the lush and stellar production of  Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEASST currently playing at The...

Review: THE LIGHT at Theatre Exile
by G K Schatzman - February 10, 2023

Directed by J. Paul Nicholas and starring Abdul Sesay and Angela Bey, The Light centers on the hot-and-cold engagement night of two youngish Chicagoans as they wind up reliving their romantic pinnacles alongside their separate, secreted traumas around sexual assault. ...

Photos: Go Inside FORWARD MOTION at Perelman Theater
by Scott Serio - February 05, 2023

The New Works series for the Philadelphia Ballet brings Forward Motion to the stage with three new conceptualizations by highly respected choreographers. Check out our exclusive photos from the production here!...

Review: THE GLASS MENAGERIE Opens The Arden Theatre Company's 35th Anniversary Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 13, 2022

The Arden Theatre Company's 35th Anniversary season opened with Tennessee Williams' heart-wrenching memory play, The Glass Menagerie, and is marking the Arden's first post-pandemic return to a full five-show lineup. Read BroadwayWorld's review of The Glass Menagerie here!...

Review: TRAVESTIES at Lantern Theater
by G K Schatzman - October 05, 2022

Tom Stoppard's 'Earnest'-inspired smartypants play 'Travesties' finishes its run on October 9th at the Lantern Theater....