Performing Arts

The city’s free July Fourth concert on the Parkway is still on. Organizers say Saturday's star-studded show will happen rain or shine.

With summer concert season in full swing, live music is heating up in July. Here are five acts to catch when they come through the region.

Smith’s great-great-grandfather, Basil Biggs, buried the dead after the Battle of Gettysburg.

“Priority Hoarding,” coming this fall, will invite audiences to sort through 16 years of cardboard props.

Inside Lantern Theater and Quintessence Theatre Group’s efforts to draw patrons outside of Philly’s traditional arts district.

A summer camp of singing and dancing is the first run-through of the ballet building’s community accessibility.

Part sci-fi and part historical adventure, this play aims to be ‘a gateway drug’ to Pig Iron Theatre Company’s unique brand of experimental theater.

Born Dito van Reigersberg, the singer, actor and cabaret star was a fixture of the city’s arts and LGBTQ+ communities.

Emma Hearn expects 100 students and former classmates at Germantown Academy to see her perform in “The Outsiders: A New Musical” this week.

Just in time for Philly’s summer of soccer, Inis Nua puts the Homeless World Cup on stage.

The acclaimed artist and founder of Rush Arts says Philly Is primed for an artistic renaissance.

The Tony-winning play shines a light on the issue of suicide among students and offers resources as part of Mental Health Awareness month.

The “One Philly: Unity Concert for America” will take place on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on July 4.

From the classic “1776” to a play set entirely in Lincoln’s grave, Philly theater fans have lots of history-related shows to choose from.