Performing Arts
A Harvard future reckons with a South Philly past in ‘Gemini’
Philly playwright Albert Innaurato’s classic comedy comes home in a production that finds familiarity, love and tension in a queer reckoning.
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Philly’s Chinatown stadium debate echoes through James Ijames’ ‘Good Bones’
The Philly premiere of “Good Bones” at the Arden Theatre is not a retelling of the Chinatown fight, but the playwright took inspiration from it.
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Listen 1:51Ruth E. Carter is the most-nominated Black woman in Academy Award history.
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For 30 years Pig Iron has created original theater that has delighted and disoriented audiences. Critics sometimes didn’t get it.
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Listen 3:14How Philly’s Avenue of the Arts will be transformed into a green space
South Broad Street in Center City begins a small step toward a 10-year, $150 million greening project.
2 months ago
Listen 1:05The Mummers get another week in the spotlight in ‘52 Weeks of Firsts’
The Philadelphia Historic District’s celebration of America’s 250th birthday next highlights the nation’s first folk parade.
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Innovative pass offers one Pulitizer Prize-winning playwright, 3 productions across town
A citywide subscription gets purchaser three James Ijames plays, at three different theaters.
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What to know ahead of the Mummers parade on New Year’s Day
The folk parade is celebrating its 125th year. Here are the details about the road closures, when and where things happen — and how best to appreciate it.
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‘Stranger Things’ and Philly’s Arden Theatre share an affinity for ‘A Wrinkle in Time’
The hit Netflix show channels the classic 1962 young adult novel, just as the Arden Theatre puts it on stage.
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Philly preps for first-time New Year’s Eve concert, extra fireworks and Mummers parade
Philadelphia’s supercharged New Year’s Eve festivities next week will set the stage for a banner year of special events in 2026.
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The War On Drugs celebrates ‘A Drugcember To Remember’ with guest stars to aid Philly public schools
The Grammy Award-winning rock band packed Fishtown’s Johnny Brenda’s for a three-night benefit concert featuring performances by Joe Walsh and Kurt Vile.
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Listen 1:08Philadelphia Ballet dancer makes his ‘Nutcracker’ solo debut after recovering from cancer
At this time last year, Nicholas Patterson could barely walk from chemotherapy. Now he is dancing with the Sugar Plum Fairy.
3 months ago
Listen 2:23Philadelphia’s Pig Iron Theatre will revive a Rube Goldberg machine contest this spring
The Philadelphia Contraption Contest went dormant during the pandemic. It took an experimental theater company to bring it back.
3 months ago
Listen 1:21Ticket sales for stand up comedy shows have tripled in the last decade. Local comedians Tu Rae, Manny Brown, and Jamie Pappas tell us why.
Air Date: December 4, 2025
Listen 51:12Bucks County Community College names this year’s poet laureate
Madeline Marriott, 23, credits the local poetry community for her development as a writer.
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