Sabrina Boyd Surka

When Matha Figaro started selling butter cakes at a farmers market in 2015, she never would have imagined she’d be the first Black woman to legally sell edibles in New Jersey.

The organization formerly known as the Kimmel Cultural Campus hopes to clear up confusion by making Ensemble Arts Philly the presenting brand for shows at the Kimmel Center, Miller Theater, Academy of Music, and Forrest Theater.

Two Philly natives are up for Academy Awards: Colman Domingo, nominated for Best Actor for “Rustin” and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, nominated for Best Supporting Actress for “The Holdovers.”

The latest play at People’s Light Theatre in Malvern, called “the ripple, the wave that carried me home,” highlights a story of history, activism and family.

The Arden Theatre in Old City is presenting the Tony Award-winning play “The Lehman Trilogy,” a play about the family behind one of the biggest investment banks — and one of the biggest collapses — in the world.

Although it’s spring, there’s still some ice on the horizon… Disney’s “Frozen” just opened at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia and runs through April 7.

Theatre Horizon’s production of the rock concert-style musical “Tick, Tick… Boom!” in April is an exercise in autobiography on a couple of levels.

Opera Philadelphia is adding something new to their next show: puppetry. As AAPI Heritage Month begins next week, the opera company presents a reimagined version of Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly,” created by a team of AAPI artists.

The weight of medical debt can be crushing, but Undue Medical Debt is helping relieve some people of that burden. The nonprofit raises funds to buy and forgive medical debt.

2016 was a tense and complicated year for some immigrant populations in America, as the Cuban embargo began to loosen and the Syrian Civil War escalated. This is the setting of “Siluetas,” a musical premiering with Power Street Theatre this month.