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2025
2024
- Best Theater of 2024 – The Washington Post
December 12, 2024 · The Washington Post
- (Review) The Comeuppance
November 26, 2024 · Zoe Writes Theatre
- ‘The Comeuppance’ at the Wilma is a probable antidote to our existential dread
November 26, 2024 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- ‘The Comeuppance’ brings laughter and reflection to The Wilma Theater
November 25, 2024 · Philly Voice
- Morgan Green and Taysha Canales discuss “The Comeuppance” by playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
November 21, 2024 · A.D. Amorosi's Theater in the Round
- Wilma Welcomes ‘Can I Be Frank?’ A New ‘Solo’ Performance by Morgan Bassichis
October 24, 2024 · Philadelphia RowHome Magazine's Blog
- ‘Can I Be Frank?’ pays tribute to comedian Frank Maya
October 24, 2024 · Philadelphia Gay News
- Artist Spotlight: Morgan Bassichis
October 24, 2024 · Zoe Writes Theatre
- The Comeuppance, Who Knew Substance Could Be So Funny
October 21, 2024 · Port of Harlem
- Mortality, Chaos, and Aging Millennials: ‘Comeuppance’ at Woolly Mammoth
October 21, 2024 · DC Trending
- Regional Reviews: Washington, D.C.
October 21, 2024 · Talkin' Broadway
- ‘The Comeuppance’ is a Masterful, Modern Danse Macabre
October 21, 2024 · MetroWeekly
- Theatre Review: ‘The Comeuppance’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, a co-production with The Wilma Theater
October 21, 2024 · MD Theatre Guide
- ‘The Comeuppance’ comes home to DC at Woolly Mammoth
October 21, 2024 · DC Theater Arts
- Dance With Death: The Comeuppance Gives DMV Natives of a Certain Age Their Due
October 21, 2024 · Washington City Paper
- Review: THE COMEUPPANCE at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
October 21, 2024 · BroadwayWorld
- Elder millennials face off against death. Guess who wins?
October 21, 2024 · The Washington Post
- In Woolly Mammoth’s ‘The Comeuppance,’ a D.C.-born playwright’s work comes home
October 21, 2024 · WAMU 88.5
- Over $10 Million in New Funding to Strengthen Philadelphia-Area Cultural Groups and Artists
September 26, 2024 · The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage
- Top 2024 Destinations: Arts & Culture Guide to Philadelphia
September 13, 2024 · ABC7 Washington
- Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater is honored with a regional Tony
June 26, 2024 · The New York Times
- The Tonys honor Wilma Theater’s ‘vibrant and bold’ art
June 26, 2024 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Time Out of Mind: The Welkin and Hilma
June 24, 2024 · Vulture
- HILMA (Review)
June 24, 2024 · RnD Young-Howze Theatre Journal
- A Vibrant and Musical Look at the Art of Hilma af Klint
June 24, 2024 · Philadelphia RowHome Magazine
- ‘Hilma’ at the Wilma and More Philly Delving
June 24, 2024 · The Georgetowner
- The Wilma Theater staging world premiere of ‘Hilma’ through June 23
June 10, 2024
- Midweek News Podcast, Rose Luardo, Scott Kipp, Hilma at the Wilma and travel talk
June 10, 2024 · Artblog
- Wilma Theater creatives talk new opera and Tony Award
June 5, 2024 · Metro Philadelphia
- The Wilma’s Tony reminds us to keep fighting for Philly’s arts community
June 3, 2024 · Broad Street Review
- Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater to Receive 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award Alongside $25,000 Grant
June 3, 2024 · Hoodline
- ‘HILMA’: 20th-century queer visionary artist inspires 21st-century opera
May 30, 2024 · Philadelphia Gay News
- Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater wins a Tony Award
May 22, 2024 · WHYY
- The Wilma Theater to Receive 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award
May 22, 2024 · Theatrely
- Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater to Receive 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award
May 22, 2024 · Theater Mania
- Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater Wins 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award
May 22, 2024 · Playbill
- Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater To Receive 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award
May 22, 2024 · Deadline
- The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia Receives 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award
May 22, 2024 · BroadwayWorld
- Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater to receive 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award
May 22, 2024 · Broadway News
- The Wilma Theater to Receive 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award
May 22, 2024 · Talkin' Broadway
- Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater takes home Tony award
May 22, 2024 · PhillyVoice
- Wilma Theater receives special Tony Award for regional theatre
May 22, 2024 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater takes home Tony Award for Regional Theatre
May 22, 2024 · KYW Newsradio
- Wilma Theater in Center City wins 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award
May 22, 2024 · 6abc Action News
- 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award
May 22, 2024
- Reimagining Brecht and Being a ‘Good Person’ in 21st Century Capitalism
May 3, 2024 · thINKingDANCE
- On a mission: Making Philly theaters more sustainable, less wasteful
April 17, 2024 · Billy Penn
- Review: The Good Person of Setzuan
April 10, 2024 · Zoe Writes Theatre
- ‘The Good Person of Setzuan’: Local director Justin Jain talks Wilma Theater production
April 10, 2024 · Philadelphia Gay News
- Wilma Theater spoofs Asian cultural ignorance with a wall of trash
April 10, 2024 · WHYY
- INTERVIEW: On stage at the Wilma Theater, ‘The Good Person of Setzuan’ examines the idea of ‘goodness’
April 10, 2024 · 6ABC
- Review: The Good Person of Setzuan
April 10, 2024 · Broad Street Review
- Review: MY MAMA AND THE FULL SCALE INVASION at Woolly Mammoth Theatre
February 21, 2024 · BroadwayWorld
- Two Comic Playwrights Find Dark Humor in Russian Aggression
February 15, 2024 · The New Yorker
- Hope for Mama and the Rest of Us
January 17, 2024
2023
- What a Piece of Work is ‘Fat Ham’ at the Wilma
December 4, 2023 · delcoculturevultures.com
- Pulitzer-winning spin on ‘Hamlet’ to open at Wilma Theater
December 1, 2023 · Philly Voice
- ‘Fat Ham’ dramaturgy
November 27, 2023
- Morgan Asks Kate and Robert to Talk About the Process of Writing HILMA
October 5, 2023
- In ‘My Mama’ at Woolly Mammoth, Zelensky and Putin meet their match
September 21, 2023 · The Washington Post
- ‘An active social act’: the Ukrainian playwright paying tribute to her mother on stage
September 18, 2023 · The Guardian
- Exciting News for the Wilma Education Program
September 6, 2023
- American Theatre: Hope for Mama and the Rest of Us
September 5, 2023
- Fall 2023: Performing Arts And Live Music Take Center Stage in Philadelphia
September 5, 2023
- BEST OF PHILLY: 2023 Hot Ticket
September 5, 2023
- Top Theatres Around the US
June 28, 2023 · AAA World
- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Love Wins at the Wilma’s ‘Twelfth Night'”
June 16, 2023 · Play Shakespeare
- Consulting on gender and intimacy in “Twelfth Night”
June 16, 2023 · The Philadelphia Gay News
- “The most fun I have had all year”
June 15, 2023 · Talkin' Broadway
- ‘Twelfth Night’ has taken over Philly theaters this season. But why?
June 15, 2023 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Twelfth Night, but with Disco Balls, Shines on the Wilma Stage
June 14, 2023 · Philadelphia RowHome Magazine
- Review: The Wilma Theater presents William Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’
June 13, 2023 · Broad Street Review
- Review: ‘Twelfth Night’
June 12, 2023 · Phindie
- Why do we return to Shakespeare?
June 8, 2023
- Which Jersey Shore Are You?
June 8, 2023
- The Story of Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’
June 8, 2023
- “What I Am and What I Would: Shakespeare and Non-binary Imagination”
June 1, 2023
- Top 5 Stage Performances to Stream This Weekend
May 10, 2023 · TDF
- ‘Fat Ham’ earns five Tony Award nominations, including best play
May 3, 2023 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- ETERNAL LIFE PART 1 at The Wilma Theater Now Streaming
May 3, 2023 · BroadwayWorld
- The Wilma is Tony-nominated! FAT HAM nominated for Best Play, four other awards
May 2, 2023
- “Fresh and inventive”
May 1, 2023 · Talkin' Broadway
- Review: Living Forever Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be in ‘Eternal Life Part 1’
April 25, 2023 · TheatreMania
- ‘Eternal Life Part 1’ set to hit the Wilma Theater stage
April 24, 2023 · 6ABC
- Review of ETERNAL LIFE PART 1
April 24, 2023 · Talkin' Broadway
- Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater Will Present Fat Ham, World Premieres, More in Upcoming Season With New Co-Artistic Director
April 21, 2023 · Playbill
- Review of “Eternal Life Part 1”
April 18, 2023 · Broad Street Review
- ‘Fat Ham’ comes to Philly in November
April 14, 2023 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- The Wilma announces new season and leadership changes
April 14, 2023 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Announcing 2023-24 Season, and Lindsay Smiling as new Co-Artistic Director
April 14, 2023
- ‘Eternal Life Part 1,′ directed by Morgan Green, makes its world premiere at the Wilma
April 12, 2023 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Amid Exile and Fire, a Revered Russian Theater Director Is Reborn
April 7, 2023 · The New York Times
- Wilma Theater showcases the beauty of living in ‘Eternal Life Part 1’
April 6, 2023 · The Philadelphia Tribune
- Listen to an interview with Director Morgan Green
April 5, 2023 · PhillyCam
- ‘Eternal Life Part 1’ dramaturgy
April 4, 2023
- Q&A: South Philly’s Pulitzer-Winning Playwright James Ijames on His Big Broadway Debut
March 21, 2023 · Philadelphia Magazine
- Wilma Theater Presents ETERNAL LIFE PART 1, April 11- 30
March 17, 2023 · Broadway World
- The best theater in Philly this spring
March 13, 2023 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- “KISS combines the raw forms of entertainment while educating and brining a strong call to action. It moved you from laughter to tears and it was beautifully executed.”
February 18, 2023 · ToiTime
- ‘Kiss,’ a daring play about migrants
February 16, 2023 · Al Dia
- “An extraordinary production and a must-see for anyone in Philadelphia”
February 15, 2023 · Talkin' Broadway
- ‘Kiss’ Is More Than It Seems
February 14, 2023 · NBC10 Philadelphia
- The Syrian Soap Opera
February 14, 2023
- “I would recommend this hilarious, gut-wrenching, and provocative production of ‘Kiss’ to everyone. “
February 6, 2023 · Broad Street Review
- KISS Review
February 6, 2023 · Philadelphia RowHome Magazine
- In ‘Kiss,’ actors try a Syrian soap opera with cringey results — and that’s the point
January 25, 2023 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- A Note from KISS Director Fadi Skeiker
January 24, 2023
- VIDEO: About “Kiss”
January 23, 2023 · YouTube
- Guillermo Calderón’s KISS to be Presented at The Wilma Theater This Month
January 17, 2023 · BroadwayWorld
- 5 Philly theater experts on what to see in 2023
January 4, 2023 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
2022
- It’s So I Don’t Kill Myself: Millennial Playwrights Seek Beauty in the Despair
December 19, 2022 · Transitions
- Yesterday is Done: Best Theater of 2022
December 19, 2022 · A Work Unfinishing Blog
- “Fat Ham” by James Ijames goes to Broadway
December 5, 2022 · New York Times
- “Charming from start to finish … very hilarious … beautifully heartbreaking. It is absolutely worth your time and money to see this production.”
November 17, 2022 · Talkin' Broadway
- “Be prepared to have a good time while you learn.”
November 16, 2022 · ToiTime
- “Milo Cramer’s ‘School Pictures’ will open your eyes on the public school system”
November 14, 2022 · Go Home Philly Blog
- Inhabiting the lives of students in “School Pictures”
November 9, 2022 · Philadelphia Gay News
- “Endearing and quietly moving … a highly valuable snapshot of life on the front lines of modern education.”
November 8, 2022 · Broad Street Review
- “School Pictures” Dramaturgy
November 1, 2022 · The Wilma AllStars
- Welcome to “School Pictures” from Lead Artistic Director Morgan Green
October 31, 2022
- THOSE WITH 2 CLOCKS review
October 18, 2022 · Philadelphia Weekly
- “Hilariously funny and profoundly insightful”
October 14, 2022 · -Talkin' Broadway
- “Join the anti-patriarchal party”
October 11, 2022 · Broad Street Review
- “Truly, this is an awesome night out.”
October 10, 2022 · Philadelphia RowHome Magazine
- ‘2 Clocks’ disassembles toxic masculinity with humor
October 7, 2022 · WHYY
- Jennifer Kidwell Knows What Time It Is
September 20, 2022 · American Theatre Magazine
- Read the Wilma Safety plan for Fall
September 14, 2022
- Pulitzer Prize-winning play ‘Fat Ham’ takes ‘Hamlet’ in unexpected directions
July 19, 2022 · NPR
- The Stunning Reconsiderations of FAIRVIEW at the Wilma Theatre — Review
June 16, 2022 · Theatrely
- Pulitzer Prize-winning Fairview Challenges Wilma Theatre Audiences to do Something
June 14, 2022 · Philadelphia RowHome Magazine
- “POWERFUL … YOU WILL NOT LEAVE THE SAME … I NEED YOU TO SEE THIS TRANSFORMATIVE WORK”
June 9, 2022 · ToiTime
- “The power of live theater has never felt more immediate”
June 6, 2022 · Broad Street Review
- Commentary: How Anton Chekhov became the playwright of the moment
June 6, 2022 · Los Angeles Times
- A Pulitzer Prize winner’s modern take on Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’
June 6, 2022 · PBS NewsHour
- Philly’s James Ijames, fresh off a Pulitzer win, on directing another Pulitzer-winner, ‘Fairview’
May 31, 2022 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Plenty of buzz for ‘Fairview’ at the Wilma Theater
May 25, 2022 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- ‘Fairview’ Director’s Note
May 23, 2022 · Director James Ijames
- Lighting The Way: LD Thom Weaver Brings Order To The Cherry Orchard
May 20, 2022 · Live Design
- World Premieres of SCHOOL PICTURES and ETERNAL LIFE PART 1 & More Announced for The Wilma Theater 22/23 Season
May 17, 2022 · Broadway World
- The Wilma Theater Announces 2022-2023 Season, Including School Pictures, Twelfth Night, More
May 17, 2022 · Playbill
- Lead Artistic Director Morgan Green introduces the 2022-23 Season
May 17, 2022
- James Ijames on the ‘Wildest Dream’ of His Pulitzer Win—and Reinventing ‘Hamlet’ in ‘Fat Ham’
May 16, 2022 · The Daily Beast
- A profile of ‘Fairview’ star Melanye Finister
May 16, 2022 · The Philadelphia Tribune
- South Philadelphia playwright wins 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
May 12, 2022 · 6ABC
- Philly playwright James Ijames wins the Pulitzer Prize
May 11, 2022 · WHYY
- Q&A: Philly Playwright James Ijames on Winning the Pulitzer
May 10, 2022 · Philadelphia Magazine
- James Ijames on Winning a Pulitzer and Making ‘Hamlet’ a Comedy
May 9, 2022 · The New York Times
- James Ijames wins Pulitzer Prize in Drama for FAT HAM
May 9, 2022
- “I loved every minute of it”
May 3, 2022 · ToiTime
- “This adaptation of ‘The Cherry Orchard’ is chaotic and beautiful and astoundingly funny and achingly sad.”
April 27, 2022 · Broad Street Review
- “The Cherry Orchard” featured on BBC World Service
April 24, 2022 · BBC World Service
- Home Is Gone: Dmitry Krymov’s ‘Cherry Orchard’ at the Wilma
April 18, 2022 · American Theatre Magazine
- Russian director reimagines classic Russian play “The Cherry Orchard” for the Wilma Theater
April 17, 2022 · WHYY
- A Russian director’s ‘Cherry Orchard’ shakes a theater to its roots
April 17, 2022 · Washington Post
- Russian director reimagines classic Russian play “The Cherry Orchard” for the Wilma Theater
April 17, 2022 · WHYY
- “The Cherry Orchard” is unique, funny, and a must-see this season at Wilma Theater
April 16, 2022 · Go Home Philly Blog
- Home Is Gone: Dmitry Krymov’s ‘Cherry Orchard’ at the Wilma
April 16, 2022 · American Theatre Magazine
- A Russian director’s ‘Cherry Orchard’ shakes a theater to its roots
April 16, 2022 · Washington Post
- “The Cherry Orchard” is unique, funny, and a must-see this season at Wilma Theater
April 16, 2022 · Go Home Philly Blog
- Russian director leads Wilma production of ‘Cherry Orchard’ and worries about the fate of his own nation
April 11, 2022 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Profile of “Cherry Orchard” performer Lindsay Smiling
April 9, 2022 · The Philadelphia Tribune
- Acclaimed director Dmitry Krymov leading original adaptation of Russian play at Wilma Theater
April 5, 2022 · KYW Newsradio
- What it’s like to be a Russian artist now
April 4, 2022 · Washington Post
- Wilma Theater presents a contemporary Ukrainian play about war
March 22, 2022 · WHYY
- The Wilma Theater to Present Benefit Reading of Natal’ya Vorozhbit’s BAD ROADS
March 18, 2022 · Broadway World
- We stand with Ukraine
March 2, 2022
- Wilma Theater to Present New Adaptation of THE CHERRY ORCHARD
February 23, 2022 · BroadwayWorld
- Review: The Floor Wipers
February 15, 2022 · Token Theatre Friends
- The Floor Wipers: A Comedy’s Call for Action
January 24, 2022 · thINKingDANCE
2021
- “Fat Ham” named Best of the Year by the New York Times
December 13, 2021 · New York Times
- “Minor Character,” “Fat Ham,” and “Clay” called among the year’s best
December 12, 2021
- Inside “The Cherry Orchard” Workshop
November 24, 2021
- Wilma Theater’s “Minor Character” Available For Streaming
October 22, 2021 · Broadway World
- In fits and starts, live shows are coming back to Philly theaters
October 22, 2021 · WHYY
- Theater to see this month: Spring Awakening, Minor Character, and more
October 13, 2021 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- A backstage pass to the reopening of Philadelphia’s Avenue of the Arts
October 13, 2021 · KYW News
- Philly’s Wilma Theater Brings ‘Minor Character’ to Stage With ‘Mare of Easttown’ Actress
October 12, 2021 · NBC 10 Philadelphia
- “Absolutely should not be missed”
October 11, 2021 · Philadelphia RowHome Magazine
- “WORTH THE WAIT … A COMIC GEM”
October 10, 2021 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Curtains Rise Again For Live Performances At Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater With COVID Precautions In Place
October 5, 2021 · CBS Philly
- Wilma Theater welcomes back first live shows since pandemic began
October 4, 2021 · 6ABC
- Theater Suli Holum: From Winslet to the Wilma
October 4, 2021 · Philly Metro
- Suli Holum from ‘Mare of Easttown’ takes on Chekhov
September 29, 2021 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- “I am so excited about ‘Minor Character’ because I feel like it’s the perfect way to welcome back audiences into our theater,” notes Co-Artistic Director James Ijames.
September 1, 2021 · BroadwayWorld
- Wilma Theater Announces Return to Live Performances with Regional Premiere of MINOR CHARACTER
September 1, 2021 · Philadelphia RowHome Magazine
- Tickets now on sale for “Minor Character”
September 1, 2021
- “The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia perfected beautiful film-stage hybrids”
August 19, 2021 · New York Times
- What Wilma has in store
August 18, 2021 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- After 40 Years, a Luminary of Theater’s Avant-Garde Departs
August 3, 2021 · New York Times
- The Wilma Theater Announces Return To Live Performances With 2021-22 Season, Featuring Stories About Families & Communities
July 27, 2021 · BroadwayWorld
- Wilma’s HotHouse Shorts: Short But Deep
July 21, 2021 · University City Review
- Get them while they’re HotHouse
July 21, 2021 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Wilma Co-Artistic Director Blanka Zizka to Step Back After 40 Years
July 6, 2021 · American Theatre Magazine
- Wilma Theater co-founder Blanka Zizka announces Emeritus status in 2021
July 5, 2021 · Metro Philadelphia
- Blanka Zizka, a giant of Philadelphia theater, will retire from the Wilma
June 30, 2021 · WHYY
- Wilma Theater guiding spirit Blanka Zizka is stepping down
June 30, 2021 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Co-Founder Blanka Zizka to become Artistic Director Emeritus
June 30, 2021
- The New York Times reviews “The Floor Wipers”
June 15, 2021 · The New York Times
- Billie Awards: “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” nominated as best Socially Distant Showstopper
May 27, 2021 · Billy Penn
- How Six Philly Artists and Organizations Pivoted and Thrived During the Pandemic
May 23, 2021 · Philadelphia Magazine
- What a Piece of Work is FAT HAM at Wilma Theater
May 22, 2021 · BroadwayWorld
- Fat Ham: To Be or Not to Be Tragic
May 19, 2021 · Gay City News
- In a Broadway Minute Reviews ‘Fat Ham’
May 11, 2021 · WWFM
- The New Yorker calls FAT HAM “UPROARIOUS”
May 7, 2021 · The New Yorker
- A Story all its own
May 5, 2021 · Broad Street Review
- A New Hamlet Centers Black and Queer Characters
May 5, 2021 · ThINKingDANCE
- James Ijames on ‘Fat Ham,’ the South, and Embodying the Story
May 4, 2021 · Southern Review of Books
- FAT HAM Playwright James Ijames interviewed on The Feed at Night
April 30, 2021 · FOX SOUL
- “Fat Ham” is a New York Times Critics’ Pick
April 29, 2021 · New York Times
- Brennen S. Malone: Hamming it up
April 29, 2021 · Philadelphia Gay News
- “Wildly inventive”
April 27, 2021 · The Olympian
- HotHouse Acting Company member Lindsay Smiling interviewed about “Fat Ham” and Philly Theatre Week
April 27, 2021 · PHL17
- How Philly playwright James Ijames envisioned ‘Fat Ham,’ a Black queer retelling of ‘Hamlet’
April 22, 2021 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- These are the shows that Philly theater insiders can’t wait to see this spring
April 21, 2021 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Cooking Up a Gumbo
April 19, 2021 · Le Bon Chef Blog
- The 2021 Fête is “packing local star power”
April 8, 2021 · WHYY
- Wilma Theater’s Fête Fundraiser to be headlined by Low Cut Connie
April 5, 2021 · Philly Metro
- ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’ nominated for a Drama League Award
March 30, 2021 · BroadwayWorld
- ‘Fat Ham’ puts a contemporary spin on Shakespeare’s classic ‘Hamlet’
March 22, 2021 · 6ABC
- Streaming Date Change for Wilma Theater’s Fat Ham
March 19, 2021 · Playbill
- Philly theater shows to check out this spring season
March 18, 2021 · Metro
- Putting a Black queer spin on Shakespeare
March 16, 2021 · Philadelphia Gay News
- Philly actors, musicians, and artists wondered if they’d ever work again. Then life unfolded in surprising ways, some profound.
March 15, 2021 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Sharing the Load: Adapting to the Pandemic in a Shared Leadership Role
March 3, 2021 · HowlRound
- Short innovations
March 3, 2021 · Broad Street Review
- Review: Series explores theater roads less traveled
February 28, 2021 · NorthWest Herald
- Low Cut Connie Headlines Wilma Theater’s Digital Fête
February 25, 2021 · BroadwayWorld
- James Ijames’ ‘Fat Ham’ Gets Digital Premiere
February 25, 2021 · Playbill
- Wilma Theater Announces World Premiere Digital Production Of James Ijames’ FAT HAM
February 24, 2021 · BroadwayWorld
- “Perfect for a mid afternoon break” – CLAY review
February 22, 2021 · Brenda on Broad
- A theatrical laboratory
February 16, 2021 · Broad Street Review
- The Story Behind Wilma Theater’s ‘Code Black Planet’ Short
February 5, 2021 · NBC10 Philadelphia
- HotHouse Shorts and Fat Ham listed in best of spring shows by Philadelphia Inquirer
February 3, 2021 · Philadelphia Inquirer
- Explore new theater every week in February with Wilma’s HotHouse Shorts
January 25, 2021 · Metro
- The Wilma Theater Presents Four Original Hothouse Shorts This February
January 20, 2021 · BroadwayWorld
- AMNY names “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” one of the best shows of the year
January 12, 2021 · AMNY
2020
- Token Theatre Friends review “Heroes of the Fourth Turning”
December 17, 2020 · Token Theatre Friends
- Wall Street Journal calls “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” one of the Best Theater of 2020
December 15, 2020 · Wall Street Journal
- “A flawless, impressively well-cast production of a work of singular distinction, one for which the word ‘remarkable’ is, if anything, an understatement.”
December 10, 2020 · Wall Street Journal
- The New York Times calls HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING “unmissable” with an “excellent cast”
December 10, 2020 · New York Times
- Truth outside the bubble: Review of ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’
December 8, 2020 · Broad Street Review
- How ‘Wolves’ and ‘Heroes’ Are Saving Pandemic Theater
December 6, 2020 · New York Times
- In a Broadway Minute Reviews Wilma Theater’s ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’
December 6, 2020 · WWFM
- Wilma Theatre puts on bubble play with ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’ virtual show
December 2, 2020 · 6ABC
- Wilma Theater’s lacerating ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’ is a drama full of our moment
December 1, 2020 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Recording HEROES: Wilma’s Kellie Mecleary talks about producing a digital, site-specific production
November 30, 2020 · Phindie
- The Best Live Theater to Stream This Week
November 29, 2020 · Time Out New York
- Wilma Theater created the season’s hottest show in a quarantine bubble in the woods
November 27, 2020 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Philadelphia’s performing arts industry goes virtual to survive pandemic
November 25, 2020 · 6ABC
- Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater is putting on Will Arbery’s “Heroes of the Fourth Turning”
November 18, 2020 · New York Times
- The Show Goes on for These Philly-Area Theater Companies
November 17, 2020 · NBC10
- How to Have Difficult Conversations
November 16, 2020 · Wilma Theater Blog
- Love and Grit podcast features Wilma Theater’s Managing Director Leigh Goldenberg
November 10, 2020 · Visit Philly
- Wilma Theater takes ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’ on the road and performs in artistic bubble
November 1, 2020 · KYW News
- Inside the Wilma Bubble
October 29, 2020 · Wilma Blog
- Unexpected Hero
October 27, 2020 · Wilma Theater Blog
- The Wilma Theater is a recipient of a 2020 Pew Center for Arts and Heritage Grant
October 21, 2020 · The Center
- The Wilma Theater and Arlekin Players Theatre Presents Live Interactive Art Experiment STATE VS. NATASHA BENINA
October 16, 2020 · BroadwayWorld
- The Wilma has been making creative adjustments for the 20/21 season
October 12, 2020 · Metro
- An Update to Our 2020-21 Season
October 6, 2020
- ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’ is one of Philly theater insiders’ top pick for the digital fall season
October 4, 2020 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Wilma Hybrid Model
October 1, 2020
- The best things to do in Philly this week
September 24, 2020 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Play about Belarus uprising on stage in Philly, and around the world
September 24, 2020 · WHYY
- The Wilma Theater Participates In Worldwide Reading Of Andrei Kureichik’s INSULTED. BELARUS(SIA)
September 23, 2020 · BroadwayWorld
- Philly officials say theaters can reopen, but many are unsure that will happen
September 8, 2020 · KYW Radio
- Don’t expect theater to return to Philly Sept. 8 just because city says it can
September 2, 2020 · Philadelphia Inquirer
- Philly arts venues to go red for live events workers
September 1, 2020 · WHYY
- Philadelphia Theater, Music Venues Will Glow Red To Raise Awareness Of Hardships Facing Entertainment Industry
September 1, 2020 · CBS Philly
- Multi-talented artist shows off skills in the Wilma Theater’s ‘Code Blue’
August 24, 2020 · Philadelphia Tribune
- Take the Stage
August 18, 2020 · Hospitality Design
- Theater at a social distance: But is it even theater if it’s Zoom (or Disney+) where it happens?
August 17, 2020 · Philadelphia Inquirer
- The Wilma Theater Seeking Paper Cranes For Special Installation At Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission
August 17, 2020 · BroadwayWorld
- Here are some only-in-Philly ways to warm up kids’ brains for school (or whatever it’s called now)
August 17, 2020 · Philadelphia Inquirer
- Renovation Rethink?
August 12, 2020 · Wall Street Journal
- The show must go on: how the Wilma Theater is coping with the fallout from the coronavirus
August 4, 2020 · NPR's The Indicator
- Review: ‘Is God Is’
August 3, 2020 · Token Theatre Friends
- When Revenge Is Bitter : Wilma Theater’s IS GOD IS
July 29, 2020 · Philadelphia Free Press
- Column: Theater box seats are poised to become fashionable again during the COVID-19 era
July 29, 2020 · Chicago Tribune
- “Is God Is” Review: “Powerful and Impressive Theater”
July 26, 2020 · Broadway in a Minute, WWFM
- Philly’s Wilma Theater Makes a Historic Move with its First Aural Drama, “Is God Is”
July 24, 2020 · dosage Magazine
- Close your eyes and pretend you’re in the theater
July 24, 2020 · Thrillist
- “Is God Is” Review: Sounds of revenge
July 23, 2020 · Broad Street Review
- The best live theater to stream online
July 23, 2020 · Time Out New York
- Wilma Theater is putting on the acclaimed ‘Is God Is’ as an audio play, recorded from quarantine
July 22, 2020 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- ‘Is God Is’ is “highly” recommended
July 21, 2020 · American Theatre Magazine
- With the stage off limits, Wilma Theater tries something new: a radio play
July 21, 2020 · WHYY
- The Wilma is bringing an early technique back for a new show
July 20, 2020 · Metro
- Wilma Theater Will Present Audio Version of Aleshea Harris’ Is God Is
July 16, 2020 · Playbill
- The Wilma Theater Presents Their First Ever Audio Drama, IS GOD IS
July 15, 2020 · BroadwayWorld
- Announcing an Audio Production of “Is God Is”
July 15, 2020
- Recipe for Recovery: Wilma Theater designs arena of the future, rooted in the past
July 9, 2020 · 6ABC
- Wilma Theater adapts for COVID performances with ideas from the past
July 9, 2020 · WHYY
- Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater Designs Socially Distanced Auditorium
July 9, 2020 · TheatreMania
- Innovative Theater Combines Old Techniques With New to Design a Social Distancing Auditorium
July 9, 2020 · Core77
- Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater Offers Social Distancing Solution
July 9, 2020 · Broadway.com
- Stage Managers’ Association Announces 2020 Del Hughes Award Recipients, including Wilma Stage Manager Patreshettarlini Adams
July 9, 2020 · American Theatre Magazine
- How Do You Make a Theater Safe Again?
July 9, 2020 · Dance Magazine
- Wilma Theater draws up blueprint to keep audience socially distanced during Covid-19
July 1, 2020 · Philadelphia Business Journal
- Wilma Theater unveils plans for arena inspired by Shakespeare’s Globe
July 1, 2020 · Philly Voice
- US theatre designs socially distanced auditorium inspired by Shakespeare’s Globe
July 1, 2020 · WhatsOnStage
- Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater Re-Configures Space to Allow for Audience Distancing
July 1, 2020 · Playbill
- Wild design at Wilma Theater borrows from Shakespeare’s Globe for COVID distancing
July 1, 2020 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- The Wilma and the Wilma Globe featured in the New York Times
July 1, 2020 · The New York Times
- Wilma Resident Stage Manager Patreshettarlini (Pat) Adams honored with Lifetime Achievement Award in the Art of Stage Management
June 30, 2020 · Stage Managers’ Association
- Wilma Theater puts itself out on the cutting edge of COVID-19 art with a 13-minute iPhone drama
June 26, 2020 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- A step forward in shutdown
June 26, 2020 · Broad Street Review
- Wilma Theater Launches New Digital Production, CODE BLUE, Recorded On iPhones
June 26, 2020 · BroadwayWorld
- Making art in a time of crisis and protest
June 21, 2020 · WHYY
- In Philly theater, union contracts and digital content are feeling out a way to coexist
June 18, 2020 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- 12 Streamable Plays That Depict Black Lives Pierced by Racism
June 12, 2020 · The New York Times
- Stream of James Ijames’ Kill Move Paradise Released to Raise Money for Black Lives Matter Philly
June 9, 2020 · Playbill
- The Wilma to stream ‘Kill Move Paradise,’ about black men slain by police, to benefit Black Lives Matter Philly
June 8, 2020 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- WilmaPass featured on NBC10
May 11, 2020 · NBC10
- Wilma Theater asks subscribers to buy into an unknown future
May 11, 2020 · WHYY
- Wilma Announces 2020-21 Season, Flexible Subscription Package
May 6, 2020 · American Theatre Magazine
- Wilma Theater ushers in a new model
May 5, 2020 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- WilmaPass offers audiences a new way to support and experience theatre
May 4, 2020 · Metro
- Announcing the Wilma’s 2020-21 Season
May 3, 2020
- Wilma Theater Announces Innovative WilmaPass Program For Their 2020/21 Season
May 3, 2020 · BroadwayWorld
- Martha Graham Cracker talks headlining online fundraiser
May 2, 2020 · Philadelphia Gay News
- FÊTE ACCOMPLI: THE WILMA THEATRE’S ANNUAL FÊTE CELEBRATION GOES VIRTUAL
May 1, 2020 · Dosage Magazine
- The Virtual Fete on ABC
May 1, 2020 · 6ABC
- The Wilma Theater’s Fête Fundraiser will now be online
April 22, 2020 · The Metro
- The next chapter at the Wilma with Yury Urnov
April 15, 2020 · Broad Street Review
- An Updated Message from the Wilma concerning the Global Pandemic
April 13, 2020
- The Wilma Theater Announces First Ever Online Fête Fundraiser, Featuring Martha Graham Cracker
April 8, 2020 · Philadelphia RowHome Magazine's Blog
- Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale takes on gentrification, collective memory at the Wilma Theater
March 4, 2020 · WHYY
- Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale Adds An Extra Performance At The Wilma Theater
March 2, 2020 · Broadway World
- “Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale at the Wilma is too good to miss, so hurry”
February 28, 2020 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- “Everything you love about theatre”
February 28, 2020 · Philadelphia Row Home
- “Something special that entertains and enlightens all”
February 27, 2020 · The Theatre Guide
- Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale extends through March 7
February 23, 2020 · Broadway World
- Announcing the Wilma Next Chapter: New Artistic Leadership
February 18, 2020
- The Wilma Theater announces incoming Managing Director Leigh Goldenberg
February 18, 2020 · Wilma Theater
- Due To Popular Demand, The Wilma Theater’s Describe the Night Extends To February 22
February 6, 2020 · Broadway World
- “A terrific epic play … a triumph”
February 6, 2020 · Broad Street Review
- Describe the Night is a profound and timely examination of truth, deception and power
February 5, 2020 · Talkin' Broadway
- Describe the Night Brings Passion, Drama to Philly Stage
February 3, 2020 · NBC10
- Wilma Theater’s new play is a shocking, funny, epic take on Putin’s Russia.
February 1, 2020 · The Philadelphia Inquirer
- ABC Loves the Arts on Describe the Night
January 30, 2020 · ABC
- Interview with Describe the Night actor Keith Conallen
January 29, 2020 · Philadelphia Gay News
- Describe the Night is a story of historical and mythical proportions
January 27, 2020 · Metro
- Actor Steven Rishard discusses Rajiv Joseph’s Obie-winning play, Describe the Night
January 22, 2020 · Go Home Philly Blog
- An interview with Describe the Night playwright Rajiv Joseph
January 20, 2020
- Describe the Look: An Interview with Describe the Night Costume Designer Vasilija Zivanic
January 9, 2020
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