Arts & Entertainment

“Growing up ... I would often be one of very few chocolate chips in the theater cookie,” said actor Angelica Jackson. “I was drawn to it because I just love telling stories.”

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy has signed off on $15 million in grants to help arts and culture programs hit hard by the pandemic.

Philly’s only all-bilingual theater company nurtures original work with its new play development program.

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn spoke with Bruce Rits Gilbert about his new book, “John Prine One Song at a Time.”

An unopened copy of Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. that was bought in 1986 and then forgotten about in a desk drawer has sold at auction for $660,000.

The Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club that inspired the Idris Elba movie screening on Netflix is fundraising to keep afloat.

Michael Forman, co-founder of the Forman Arts Initiative, argues a new local infrastructure must be built to support and include neighborhood-based artists and orgs.

The South Street Headhouse District asked 25 local artists to paint eggs. Now, go find them.

Shuttered by the pandemic, the downtown cultural campus announces its 2021-2022 lineup of Broadway shows. More programming is expected to be announced in the coming months.

The Jan. 30 blaze sent smoke billowing across the skyline, and did extensive damage to a building housing the park’s arcade, offices, and two fast-food restaurants.

Cleary was the creator of some of the most authentic characters in children's literature — Henry Huggins, Ralph S. Mouse and the irascible Ramona Quimby.

Like children’s museums everywhere, the Please Touch Museum faces unique challenges to staying sanitized during a pandemic.

The Forman Art Initiative is launching, with a 5-year grant program focused on BIPOC artists and community-based arts organizations.

Jessica Walter, who played the hilariously incisive matriarch Lucille Bluth on Arrested Development, died in her sleep Wednesday in New York City. She was 80 years old.

The events of 2020 have given “74 Seconds...to Judgment,” by Philadelphia theater artist Kash Goins, renewed relevance.