Performing Arts

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy has signed off on $15 million in grants to help arts and culture programs hit hard by the pandemic.

Philly’s only all-bilingual theater company nurtures original work with its new play development program.

Theatre Horizon in Norristown moved its theater classes online. Some students with autism prefer it that way.

Michael Forman, co-founder of the Forman Arts Initiative, argues a new local infrastructure must be built to support and include neighborhood-based artists and orgs.

Shuttered by the pandemic, the downtown cultural campus announces its 2021-2022 lineup of Broadway shows. More programming is expected to be announced in the coming months.

The Forman Art Initiative is launching, with a 5-year grant program focused on BIPOC artists and community-based arts organizations.

The events of 2020 have given “74 Seconds...to Judgment,” by Philadelphia theater artist Kash Goins, renewed relevance.

Curio Theatre in West Philly built a walk-through installation that tells the story of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.

Puerto Rican composer Angélica Negrón and drag queen Sasha Velour explore mother-daughter relationships in new short film for Opera Philadelphia.

One silver lining of the yearlong pandemic is many theater companies have started putting plays and performances online.

A teenager pens an intergenerational drama about anti-Chinese racism, presented by Philadelphia Young Playwrights.

The keyboardist, composer and bandleader died Feb. 9. He was one of the fathers of jazz fusion, with his work spanning from acoustic jazz to his own Mozart interpretations.

WHYY convened Black poets from Camden, Pennsauken, and Willingboro to explore the urgency of now.

This will be the second online marathon rally. The first happened last June in response to a city budget proposal that eliminated arts funding.

The Oscar, Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor died Friday at his home in Connecticut. He was 91.