Performing Arts

Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson on grants going to community organizations throughout Philadelphia to help combat gun violence. And, the Fringe Festival turns 25.

The Met had not performed in its house since March 11, 2020, the longest gap since the company started in 1883.

The annual Pew grants will distribute money toward arts institutions’ digital and diversity efforts.

Cannonball is a new artist-produced festival-within-the-festival, a critical sign of growth for the Philly Fringe.

Camden schools superintendent talks about the significance of a new high school campus, and we revisit Cam Anthony & Ray Didinger.

The rain-heavy remnants of Hurricane Ida caused severe flooding of the nearby Schuylkill River, but will not affect the two-day music festival.

Aug. 26 - Aug. 29: Things to do in Philadelphia, Del., and N.J.

The Kimmel Center also confirmed it will enforce Philadelphia’s mask mandate throughout its locations.

Despite some recent changes, ballet schools and productions remain homogenous and expensive. The Chocolate Ballerina Company in Philly is trying to change that.

In its return to a full season of in-person performances, Carnegie Hall has programmed the Philadelphia Orchestra for an unprecedented eight concerts.

A company of residents from the area around Harrowgate Park mined Shakespeare’s “Pericles” to tell the story of their neighborhood.

Here’s how museum and performance institutions have responded to Mayor Kenney’s COVID restrictions.

A Broadway actor who also showed up in Hollywood movies, she was saved by a comedian known as “the jolliest man in America.”

For 48 years, Cornell Wood ushered generations of Philadelphians into the arts.

The recent COVID surges around the country are putting a damper on the joys of finally experiencing live music again even as major festivals and concerts return.