Arts & Entertainment

The Wilma Theater production takes a musical to a new level.

A lyrical, political documentary made by a Temple University student in 1976 is accepted by the Library of Congress into the National Film Registry.

The aftermath of Hurricane Maria may give rise to mobilized activism in Puerto Rico, finds a team of Philadelphia artists.

First State National Historical Park awards Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs funds to preserve sites like John Dickinson Plantation in Dover.

In the interest of trying to experience all music, I was fast approaching a saturation point that was rendering me numb.

Comedy bits from the past, offered by two artistic directors who specialize in having fun.

Hawkins, whose 1970 Grammy-winning hit, "Oh Happy Day" became a crossover pop and r&b hit, died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Pleasanton, California.

Dolores O'Riordan, the lead singer of the band The Cranberries, has died suddenly at age 46.

A mother has a most unusual way of grieving for her dead son.

For Robert Jackson, still life became a boring subject to paint. He wanted to be different and with the help of balloon dogs and childhood memories, he achieved his goal.

The Museum of the American Revolution displays a newly acquired, 7-foot watercolor of the Continental Army, circa 1782, that was painted from life.

It's called My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman — and it's excellent.

A set of temporary statues of Dr. Martin Luther King, jr., painted by local high school artists, debut in Philadelphia over MLK weekend.

In commemoration of the human catastrophe in Japan, multimedia artist Marion Held has made ceramic masks, as well as evocative kimonos of organdy and paper.

The actress, from Philadelphia's Mt. Airy, graduated from DeSales University and became a Broadway understudy only a month after arriving in New York.