70 upcoming #Theatre events in the city

February Long Shot is bringing two wildly different, never-before-seen performances to Vox Populi. Join Chelsea A. Flowers forTrivia with Chelsea A., a participatory comedy-trivia hybrid where the questions get personal, political, and a little unhinged. Plus, Charles Steele presentsPitch Day, a part-play, part-PowerPoint in which Don Draper comes out of retirement to save advertising as we know it.

February 24 – March 29 Mainstage Running Time: 2 HOURS & 30 MINS INCLUDING INTERMISSION In Edward Albee’s A DELICATE BALANCE, on an otherwise uneventful night, long-time friends arrive at the front door unannounced and terrified and ask if they can stay. An unexplained fear has gripped them, and they have turned to old friends as their first and last resort. What will they do? Edward Albee won the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes for this American classic, an absorbing look into the everyday hopes, fears, and secrets we all so delicately balance. See highlighted dates below for special performances and offers! ‡

Experience the power of AILEY - a cultural force that transcends dance. With every performance, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates the African American spirit and moves audiences around the world with unmatched passion and artistry. Now entering a bold new era under Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack, the company honors Alvin Ailey's pioneering legacy while charging forward with fresh vision. Expect timeless works from the Ailey repertory that have inspired and uplifted fans for decades — including the soul-stirring Revelations , the ultimate anthem to resilience and joy, alongside groundbreaking new works by contemporary choreographers that promise to propel dance in exhilarating new directions — pushing the boundaries of what the human body can do and what the human spirit can achieve. Whether you're a longtime fan or new to the Ailey magic, this is dance that speaks to the heart, defies limits, and stays with you long after the curtain falls. Repertory Friday, February 27 - 7:30PM Blink of an Eye A Case of You Embrace Revelations Saturday, February 28 - 2:00PM Jazz Island Difference Between Song of the Anchorite Revelations Saturday, February 28 - 7:30PM Blink of an Eye A Case of You Embrace Revelations Sunday, March 1 - 2:00PM Jazz Island Difference Between Song of the Anchorite Revelations

Theatre Exile invites you to a fun trivia night with beer, cider, and a private brewery tour—all in support of the theater company! Tickets are $25 and include one complimentary pint of beer or cider, trivia fun, and the brewery tour.

February at At My House is stacked—love, anti-love, friendship, comedy, and collage! The debut of our new storytelling series Story Salon: LOVE / ANTI-LOVE, hosted by Kassie Caines.

GRAMMY Award-winner Kurt Elling is without question today's preeminent male jazz vocalist, renowned for a signature, rich sound and an inventive and individualized body of work. With a one-of-a-kind brand of contemporary beat lyricism and vocalese-writing ingenuity, the Chicago-based musician has extended the parameters of vocal jazz and enlarged its vocabulary. Over a twenty-five year career of touring and recording, Elling has won three Prix du Jazz Vocal Awards (France), two German Echo Awards, two Dutch Edison Awards, and has been nominated for a GRAMMY Award sixteen times. He has had a 14-year run atop the DownBeat Critics and Readers polls, and has won twelve Jazz Journalists Awards for "Male Vocalist of the Year." Jazz Series Packages This show is part of our 2025-26 Jazz Series. Save when you choose two or more shows from our exciting jazz season!

February 24 – March 29 Mainstage Running Time: 2 HOURS & 30 MINS INCLUDING INTERMISSION In Edward Albee’s A DELICATE BALANCE, on an otherwise uneventful night, long-time friends arrive at the front door unannounced and terrified and ask if they can stay. An unexplained fear has gripped them, and they have turned to old friends as their first and last resort. What will they do? Edward Albee won the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes for this American classic, an absorbing look into the everyday hopes, fears, and secrets we all so delicately balance. See highlighted dates below for special performances and offers! ‡

The Golden Gays present OMG Totally 90s Drag Brunch — a throwback party you'll never forget. All your favorite 90s songs, dope costumes encouraged, food & drink for purchase.

February 24 – March 29 Mainstage Running Time: 2 HOURS & 30 MINS INCLUDING INTERMISSION In Edward Albee’s A DELICATE BALANCE, on an otherwise uneventful night, long-time friends arrive at the front door unannounced and terrified and ask if they can stay. An unexplained fear has gripped them, and they have turned to old friends as their first and last resort. What will they do? Edward Albee won the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes for this American classic, an absorbing look into the everyday hopes, fears, and secrets we all so delicately balance. See highlighted dates below for special performances and offers! ‡

February 24 – March 29 Mainstage Running Time: 2 HOURS & 30 MINS INCLUDING INTERMISSION In Edward Albee’s A DELICATE BALANCE, on an otherwise uneventful night, long-time friends arrive at the front door unannounced and terrified and ask if they can stay. An unexplained fear has gripped them, and they have turned to old friends as their first and last resort. What will they do? Edward Albee won the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes for this American classic, an absorbing look into the everyday hopes, fears, and secrets we all so delicately balance. See highlighted dates below for special performances and offers! ‡

February 24 – March 29 Mainstage Running Time: 2 HOURS & 30 MINS INCLUDING INTERMISSION In Edward Albee’s A DELICATE BALANCE, on an otherwise uneventful night, long-time friends arrive at the front door unannounced and terrified and ask if they can stay. An unexplained fear has gripped them, and they have turned to old friends as their first and last resort. What will they do? Edward Albee won the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes for this American classic, an absorbing look into the everyday hopes, fears, and secrets we all so delicately balance. See highlighted dates below for special performances and offers! ‡

Sold out. To join the waitlist, contact the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society at boxoffice@pcmsconcerts.org or 215-569-8080. “There is no finer ensemble in the world, expressively and technically,” than the Takács Quartet ( Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ). Formed in Budapest in 1975, this peerless ensemble returns to Philadelphia to perform a new work by Brazilian-American composer Clarice Assad, as well as Haydn’s charming Rider Quartet and Beethoven’s profound and groundbreaking Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131—which he considered his favorite achievement in the genre. Pre-Concert Talk: In the Saddle with Haydn and Beethoven: The Topic of Horse Riding in Their String Quartets with Karl Middleman in Comcast Circle, 1:45 pm

February 24 – March 29 Mainstage Running Time: 2 HOURS & 30 MINS INCLUDING INTERMISSION In Edward Albee’s A DELICATE BALANCE, on an otherwise uneventful night, long-time friends arrive at the front door unannounced and terrified and ask if they can stay. An unexplained fear has gripped them, and they have turned to old friends as their first and last resort. What will they do? Edward Albee won the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes for this American classic, an absorbing look into the everyday hopes, fears, and secrets we all so delicately balance. See highlighted dates below for special performances and offers! ‡

In Crowd Pleaser , Yotam Ottolenghi blends live cooking, storytelling, and audience interaction in a warm, insightful stage event that explores the pleasures and pressures of feeding others. Seated between an armchair and a cooking station, Ottolenghi unpacks a "Mary Poppins" bag of ingredients while delving into the emotional and practical challenges home cooks face — from impressing in-laws to accomodating picky eaters. The evening moves between cooking demonstrations, humorous audience polls, and confessional slides drawn from real followers' dilemmas. Ottolenghi shares personal anecdotes about his children, kitchen failures, and shifting culinary ideals, offering reassurance and tactical advice in equal measure. He champions a modular, stress-free approach to meals built on a few dependable dishes like roasted chicken, potatoes, and vinaigrettes, all elevated by vibrant condiments. With warmth and wit, he encourages experimentation, celebrates imperfection, and emphasizes that cooking — at its best — is an act of love. The show ends with a finished meal, simple and celebratory, proving that pleasing everyone doesn't mean losing yourself.

February 24 – March 29 Mainstage Running Time: 2 HOURS & 30 MINS INCLUDING INTERMISSION In Edward Albee’s A DELICATE BALANCE, on an otherwise uneventful night, long-time friends arrive at the front door unannounced and terrified and ask if they can stay. An unexplained fear has gripped them, and they have turned to old friends as their first and last resort. What will they do? Edward Albee won the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes for this American classic, an absorbing look into the everyday hopes, fears, and secrets we all so delicately balance. See highlighted dates below for special performances and offers! ‡

Following her triumphant triple-extended New York run, a box office record-breaking run at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, a six-week London run which Dame Judi Dench called "spectacular," and sold out runs in San Francisco and Seattle, Eddie Izzard performs her solo performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet in Philadelphia. Hamlet marks Eddie's second solo show following her sold-out run of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations , which played to rave reviews in New York and at The Garrick Theatre in London's West End. Eddie's performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet sees her take on 23 characters in a very unique re-telling of the iconic play. The King of Denmark is dead and Prince Hamlet is determined to take revenge, initiating a cascade of events that will destroy both family and state. Eddie will be portraying men, women, ghosts, scholars, tyrants, courtiers, lovers, and fools. Known as an actor, multi-lingual comedian, multi-marathon runner, and activist, Eddie Izzard's career pushes boundaries and defies description with record-breaking tours and critically acclaimed film, TV, and theatre performances. The design team is Tom Piper (set), Tyler Elich with Anthony Forchielli (lighting), Eliza Thompson (music), Tom Piper and Libby DaCosta (costume stylists), and Didi Hopkins (Movement Director). It is produced by WestBeth Entertainment, Mick Perrin Worldwide, and John Gore.

February 24 – March 29 Mainstage Running Time: 2 HOURS & 30 MINS INCLUDING INTERMISSION In Edward Albee’s A DELICATE BALANCE, on an otherwise uneventful night, long-time friends arrive at the front door unannounced and terrified and ask if they can stay. An unexplained fear has gripped them, and they have turned to old friends as their first and last resort. What will they do? Edward Albee won the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes for this American classic, an absorbing look into the everyday hopes, fears, and secrets we all so delicately balance. See highlighted dates below for special performances and offers! ‡

Don’t miss this one-night-only celebration of George Gershwin’s most iconic masterpieces! Experience the irresistible energy and unmistakable style of one of America’s greatest musical voices as The Philadelphia Orchestra brings Gershwin’s brilliance to life. Rising international sensation Hayato Sumino—the extraordinary Japanese pianist making headlines everywhere he performs—takes center stage in Rhapsody in Blue. Praised for his “musical courage and the quest to push boundaries” (Classic FM), Sumino brings a fresh, boldly expressive voice to Gershwin’s genre-blending masterpiece, from its iconic opening clarinet glissando to its exuberant final flourish.

February 24 – March 29 Mainstage Running Time: 2 HOURS & 30 MINS INCLUDING INTERMISSION In Edward Albee’s A DELICATE BALANCE, on an otherwise uneventful night, long-time friends arrive at the front door unannounced and terrified and ask if they can stay. An unexplained fear has gripped them, and they have turned to old friends as their first and last resort. What will they do? Edward Albee won the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes for this American classic, an absorbing look into the everyday hopes, fears, and secrets we all so delicately balance. See highlighted dates below for special performances and offers! ‡

Winners of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 14th Banff International String Quartet Competition, the New York City-based Isidore String Quartet has been praised for “focus and command beyond their years” ( Violinist.com ). Their PCMS debut program features works by Haydn and Dvořák and the Philadelphia premiere of GRAMMY Award-winning composer Billy Childs’s Quartet No. 4. Pre-Concert Talk with Catherine Hughes in Comcast Circle, 6:30 pm

February 24 – March 29 Mainstage Running Time: 2 HOURS & 30 MINS INCLUDING INTERMISSION In Edward Albee’s A DELICATE BALANCE, on an otherwise uneventful night, long-time friends arrive at the front door unannounced and terrified and ask if they can stay. An unexplained fear has gripped them, and they have turned to old friends as their first and last resort. What will they do? Edward Albee won the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes for this American classic, an absorbing look into the everyday hopes, fears, and secrets we all so delicately balance. See highlighted dates below for special performances and offers! ‡

February 24 – March 29 Mainstage Running Time: 2 HOURS & 30 MINS INCLUDING INTERMISSION In Edward Albee’s A DELICATE BALANCE, on an otherwise uneventful night, long-time friends arrive at the front door unannounced and terrified and ask if they can stay. An unexplained fear has gripped them, and they have turned to old friends as their first and last resort. What will they do? Edward Albee won the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes for this American classic, an absorbing look into the everyday hopes, fears, and secrets we all so delicately balance. See highlighted dates below for special performances and offers! ‡

Dan Soder is a stand-up comedian, actor, and radio personality known for his sharp wit and effortless storytelling. His latest projects are making major waves — his podcast, Soder , has been a huge success, and his recent YouTube special, Dan Soder: On The Road , has already racked up over 2.7 million views. He's currently developing the animated series Bar Kids with Dan St. Germain at FOX. From 2015 to 2023, Dan co-hosted SiriusXM's hit show The Bonfire alongside Big Jay Oakerson, building a loyal fan base with his quick humor and down-to-earth style. As an actor, he played Dudley "Mafee" on Showtime's Billions for seven seasons and had memorable roles on Inside Amy Schumer and Paradise PD. His film credits include Trainwreck and Drunk Parents . His stand-up career speaks for itself. He made his mark with Not Special (Comedy Central, 2016), followed by a standout set on Netflix's The Standups , and his HBO special, Son of a Gary , cemented his place as one of the sharpest voices in comedy today.

February 24 – March 29 Mainstage Running Time: 2 HOURS & 30 MINS INCLUDING INTERMISSION In Edward Albee’s A DELICATE BALANCE, on an otherwise uneventful night, long-time friends arrive at the front door unannounced and terrified and ask if they can stay. An unexplained fear has gripped them, and they have turned to old friends as their first and last resort. What will they do? Edward Albee won the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes for this American classic, an absorbing look into the everyday hopes, fears, and secrets we all so delicately balance. See highlighted dates below for special performances and offers! ‡