Performing Arts

Fifty years to the day he performed at Woodstock, a weathered David Crosby stepped to the main stage of the Philadelphia Folk Festival.

Philadelphia poet Sonia Sanchez read the entire poem for WHYY's CommonSpace in February 2017.

Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater encourages young people to invent plays out of hoaxes and misinformation.

Tina Fey was in town to promote the Broadway tour of her musical comedy, “Mean Girls,” which is coming to Philly in November.

Theatre in the X staged a world premiere of “Beast of Nubia.”

The 6th annual Ghostly Circus brings more fire and daring acrobatic feats to Philadelphia’s historic Laurel Hill Cemetery while contemplating climate change

Chester has been written off by people more times than anyone would care to count. Except for the people who call Chester home. For us, we see promise where others see peril.

The production is loosely based on Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” It’s the magic, and the tumbling, the flying, and the daredevils, that make the experience.

Award-winning playwright Dominique Morisseau chooses West Chester’s east end for a play about gentrification.

In West Philadelphia's annual Shakespeare in Clark Park adaptation, Lear's knights are played by four veterans and given a slightly bigger role.

Philadelphia, Delaware and South Jersey host an array of events from Shakespeare in the Park to the Xponential Music Festival to the Wilmington Writer’s Conference and more.

Two septuagenarians who have lost their spouses are looking to fill out their lives with … well, they’re not exactly sure.

The French holiday spurred a beloved farce at historic Eastern State Penitentiary that ended last year. Now, local businesses are picking up the torch.

The National Constitution Center’s Civil War and Reconstruction exhibition is accompanied by a play adapted entirely from historic texts.

Those putting on the Broadway hit in Philadelphia have an elaborate plan to sell tickets while minimizing how many go to ticket resellers.