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Air Date: April 3, 2025 12:00 pm
Listen 37:47Brother vs. brother: InterAct Theatre’s ‘Rift’ experiments with radical empathy in Philadelphia
The two actors playing brothers trying to bridge irreconcilable racial differences switch roles every night.
5 months ago
The arts organization teamed up with Creative Philadelphia to award funding to local jazz artists and education programs throughout the month.
6 months ago
Listen 1:04Shakespeare goes up the country in ‘Ballad of King Henry’ at Swarthmore’s Players Club
A version of “King Henry IV” adapted into Americana folk songs is getting its world premiere.
6 months ago
Listen 3:18Philly-area colleges welcome spring with wave of theater productions
Temple University’s production of the original musical “Mystic Rapture” is just one of many local college shows.
6 months ago
Lucy Dacus and Remi Wolf to headline the Make The World Better Concert Weekend at FDR Park this July
The all-ages festival, co-produced by former Philadelphia Eagle Connor Barwin and promoter Bowery Presents, will take place Friday, July 25 and Sunday, July 27.
6 months ago
‘& Juliet’ reimagines the Shakespeare classic — with a 2nd chance
The Broadway musical comes to the Academy of Music on March 25.
6 months ago
“Beards on Ice,” about climate change, was mocked on Fox News in December. The cabaret group's artistic director hopes the negative attention heightens her message.
6 months ago
Listen 1:16Philadelphia Ballet nears completion of its North Broad building
The Center for Dance will quadruple the ballet’s size and include community spaces.
6 months ago
Listen 1:20No Name Pops announces its inaugural music director
Christopher Dragon, an Australian conductor based in Colorado, wants to make pops orchestra music more contemporary.
6 months ago
Listen 1:07Calling all young jazz enthusiasts for a free female-led jam session
Key of She is leading jazz workshops at the Settlement Music School this Sunday for female and nonbinary students of all levels.
7 months ago
Black Visioning Group looks ahead to year 5 supporting Black queer and trans communities
The Black Visioning Group is chasing the dream, literally, into its fifth year.
7 months ago
‘This one hit close to home’: Philadelphia Theatre Company opens a musical about cancer
“Night Side Songs” by Daniel and Patrick Lazour takes on palliative care as an audience sing-along.
7 months ago
Listen 3:01For parents, theater groups offer help caring for the kids
Childcare offerings help parents of young families to feed their own artistic appetite.
7 months ago
Philadelphia theaters to dim their lights in honor of the late Carrie Gorn
A Broadway tradition never before done in Philly, theaters will simultaneously dim their lights to honor the late publicist.
7 months ago