No plans? No problem.
For anyone who's procrastinated on finding plans for the week of Valentine's Day, here are some shows and performances around the Philadelphia area to check out:
Rossini's Tancredi
Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St.
Feb. 10, 12, 15, 17 & 19
Price: Tickets range from $19-$179
Opera Philadelphia presents a modernized version of Rossini's opera "Tancredi" about two seemingly star-crossed lovers in post-World War I Europe. In it, the exiled soldier Tancredi struggles to save his lover Amenaide from execution. Both evening and matinee performances are available.
Valentine's Day concert at the Philadelphia Orchestra
Verizon Hall, 300 S. Broad St.
Feb. 14, 8:30 p.m.
Price: Tickets range from $36-$96
Conductor Cristian Macelaru leads the Philadelphia Orchestra in a collection of music that "whispers and sighs, sings and soars, and, above all, exalts the magic of love," according to the program.
My Favorite Valentine - Love & Presidents Edition
L'Etage, 624 S. 6th St.
Feb. 16, 7 p.m.
Price: Tickets are $10
A live show performed like an old-timey radio program, this Valentine's Day-themed show from Liberty City Radio Theatre performs vintage love stories like Lucille Ball's "My Favorite Husband" and the superhero exploits of "The Fantastic Fore-Fathers."
Balet Folclorico de Bahia
Merriam Theatre, 250 S. Broad St.
Feb. 17, 8 p.m.
Price: Tickets range from $29-69
In what the Boston Globe called "the Bahian 'Riverdance'," the only professional folk dance company in Brazil presents a vibrant, colorful dance performance based on traditional Brazilian dances from the region of Bahia, including capoeira and samba.
Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House
The Players Club of Swarthmore, 614 Fairview Ave.
Feb. 10 - 25, Thursday-Sunday
Price: Tickets are $15
The Players Club of Swarthmore's production of "A Doll's House" may be the odd man out on this list, as it's in Swarthmore and centers on a marriage that's falling apart. If you find the heteronormative narrative of Valentine's Day stifling, check out this play about Nora Helmer, who realizes her husband treats her like a doll in a metaphorical dollhouse.
Symphony Sundays with the Philadelphia Orchestra
Rothman Ice Rink, 1 S. 15th St.
Feb. 19 & 26, 12 to 2 p.m.
Price: $5 for admission, $10 for skate rental
The orchestra and ice skating are two classic date ideas: combine them for a fun yet sophisticated outing skating to music recorded by the Philadelphia Orchestra. No previous experience required, just $5 for admission and $10 for a skate rental.
"Born This Way" with SP2
The Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut St.
Feb. 20 6-8 p.m.
Price: Free
Part of the School of Social Policy & Practice's "Screening Social Justice" film series, the documentary "Born This Way" centers on four young Cameroonians who find an underground LGBT community, and on the efforts of activists to change a strongly homophobic mainstream culture.
Jean Giradoux's The Enchanted
Walnut Street Theatre, 825 Walnut St.
Feb. 7 - March 5, Wednesday-Sunday
Price: Tickets range from $22-$25
A supernatural-comedy-murder mystery-romance by Jean Giradoux, "The Enchanted" centers on the schoolteacher Isabel, caught in a love triangle between the alluring ghost of a man who may have murdered his unfaithful wife and a prosaic government bureaucrat.
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