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Arts & Entertainment

 Katie Stahl as Chip, and Liam Mulshine as Leper, in Inis Nua Theatre Company's production of 'Leper , Chip.'
Shapiro on Theater

Review: ‘Leper + Chip’ = reckless young adults, hooked on trouble

If a point lurks somewhere in Irish writer Lee Coffey’s play called “Leper + Chip,” I can’t find it. Not that eve ...

8 years ago

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President’s Day

Guests: Annette Gordon-Reed, John Dean, Robert Dallek We’re going to celebrate President’s day today by playi ...

Air Date: February 20, 2017

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Why do American audiences love theatrical duds?

Richard Strauss’s opera “Der Rosencavalier” first performed in 1911 attracted rave reviews internationally and in citie ...

8 years ago

 Jazz trumpeter Duane Eubanks. (Courtesy of Duane Eubanks)

The Philadelphia Jazz song book is about to become real

A Philadelphia jazz musician support organization, Jazz Bridge, is releasing a book of jazz songs composed by local musicians. The ...

8 years ago

Beards, bellies and flannel to dominate beer ‘fashion show’

On Sunday, 14 beer-drinking guys will don flannel and strut a catwalk in a bar in Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties. Men from ...

8 years ago

 Tony Campolo (left) and his sone Bart are shown in this screen capture from the forthcoming film 'Far From the Tree.'

The enduring bond between an evangelical father and his humanist son

Marty Moss-Coane was joined today on “Radio Times” by Tony Campolo and his son Bart. Tony is a prominent long-time pastor, an ...

8 years ago

 Yvonne Orji arrives at the HBO Golden Globes afterparty at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Yvonne Orji tells ‘Radio Times’ how she found comedy

Yvonne Orji, the actress and comedian best known for her role as Molly on the HBO series “Insecure,” joined Marty Moss-Coane ...

8 years ago

Malpaso Dance Company

Cuban dance troupe Malpaso performs in Philadelphia

A modern dance company from Cuba is coming to the Prince Theater in Philadelphia this week. Malpaso has been praised internationally for ...

8 years ago

Angela Padaletti of the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary checks on rows of tanks that will house baby mussels at the Philadelphia Water Works. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Philly exhibit elevates lowly mussels as water-filtration wonders

The Fairmount Water Works is showing off its mussels. A new, permanent exhibit at the former municipal pumping station near the Ar ...

8 years ago

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Al Jareau giving a master class at the Clef Club in Philadelphia on February 19th 2015 (Elisabeth Perez-Luna/WHYY)

Grammy-winning jazz singer Al Jarreau dies at 76

Grammy-winning jazz singer Al Jarreau, who transcended genres over a 50-year career, died at a Los Angeles hospital Sunday, jus ...

8 years ago

Samantha Rosentrater and Randy Nuñez in 'Grand Concourse' at Theatre Horizon. (Photo courtesy of Matthew J. Photography)
Shapiro on Theater

Review: Feeding the needy in ‘Grand Concourse’

There’s a ton of feeling in the soup-kitchen play “Grand Concourse,” and every ounce of it rings true. That’s par ...

8 years ago

Illustrious life of Penn Museum artist no open-and-shut case

The University of Pennsylvania Museum received a mysterious package last week — a small suitcase that once belonged to an artist who tr ...

8 years ago

Members of Found Theater Company rehearse a new play by a young playwright

Experimental Holocaust drama by teen playwright staged in Philly

This weekend, a new play debuts in Philadelphia that relates the Holocaust of World War II to political events today. The abstract, exper ...

8 years ago

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Jane Moore (left) as the doctor
Shapiro on Theater

Review: Tangling with concepts in ‘The Enchanted’

In “The Enchanted,” an adaptation of a strange play written by Jean Giraudoux in 1933, life battles with death. And the real ...

8 years ago

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Delaware man’s hobby strikes the right chord [video]

After suffering four heart attacks, Thom Allen retired from his stressful sales job and started making cigar box guitars.

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