Performing Arts

The musical inspired by “Cyrano de Bergerac” and Steve Martin’s film “Roxanne” features new and familiar songs by Saliers.

Historic Philadelphia has hired more performers to populate Old City for the semiquincentennial.

The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts has shifted funding guidelines toward economic development. Local culture leaders are upset.

Lion dances are performed to chase away evil spirits and bring good luck in the new year. The nonprofit has several performances planned in the coming days.

Steeped in appreciation, the Lantern Theater Company’s production begins a monthlong run on Feb. 12.

Anticipating a comprehensive cultural plan being drafted by the city, the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance outlines key areas of concern.

This reimagined production of the beloved classic comes to Philly, 30 years after the original Broadway show.

The world premiere by Phaedra Michelle Scott is about murky family secrets leading to tangled real estate titles.

Nearly 1 million New Jersey students take arts classes by law. Advocates say sustaining those gains amid budget pressures is the next fight.

In “Rare Accidents,” Quintessence blends two history plays into one look at performing your best self — on stage and off.

DMB has announced its annual summer tour with two dates across the river from Philly. To whet fans’ appetites, the band announced a forthcoming live album.

Philly playwright Albert Innaurato’s classic comedy comes home in a production that finds familiarity, love and tension in a queer reckoning.

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.

Ruth E. Carter is the most-nominated Black woman in Academy Award history.

For 30 years Pig Iron has created original theater that has delighted and disoriented audiences. Critics sometimes didn’t get it.