Performing Arts
Summer Stage doesn’t need saving, Upper Darby organizers say, despite uproar on social media
The celebrated youth theater program is at the center of a heated dispute between local government and a nonprofit entity that wants to ‘adopt’ it.
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Philly native, CAPA grad starring in ‘Hamilton’ at Academy of Music
The Kimmel Cultural Campus is kicking off its comeback season with "Hamilton" on Oct. 20. The show runs through Nov. 28.
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Design Philadelphia, KRS One, Night of Lights, and Monster drinks in this week’s ‘Things to Do’
Oct. 7 - Oct. 10: Things to do in Pa., Del., and N.J.
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Listen 4:36Is the school bus driver shortage getting any better? With long wait times for testing and licenses, and more families driving kids to school every day - experts hope it is.
Air Date: October 4, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Kimmel Center invites new friends to its reopening party
After 18 months of being closed to audiences, the Kimmel Center invites arts groups from across Philadelphia to its free Arts Launch festival.
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Listen 1:26Montco launches its first county-wide Arts Week
Arts venues have a $100M impact on Montco’s economy. Arts Week highlights the large and small spots reopening from the pandemic.
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Listen 1:30Tony Awards tap Philly native Leslie Odom Jr. to host alongside Audra McDonald
The long-delayed Tony Awards have landed two impressive master of ceremonies — Leslie Odom Jr. and Audra McDonald.
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Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson on grants going to community organizations throughout Philadelphia to help combat gun violence. And, the Fringe Festival turns 25.
Air Date: September 13, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:01Poignant return for Met Opera after 18-month pandemic pause
The Met had not performed in its house since March 11, 2020, the longest gap since the company started in 1883.
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Pew Center grants $10.2 million for digital and diversity efforts
The annual Pew grants will distribute money toward arts institutions’ digital and diversity efforts.
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Fringe Festival turns 25, spawns its own mini-festival
Cannonball is a new artist-produced festival-within-the-festival, a critical sign of growth for the Philly Fringe.
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Listen 1:42Camden schools superintendent talks about the significance of a new high school campus, and we revisit Cam Anthony & Ray Didinger.
Air Date: September 6, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Made in America’s show will go on this weekend, despite severe flooding
The rain-heavy remnants of Hurricane Ida caused severe flooding of the nearby Schuylkill River, but will not affect the two-day music festival.
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