Performing Arts

When the Supreme Court ruled this past week on "faithless electors," Hamilton's name appeared five times. But the story is a little more complicated than the Broadway show.

To maintain social distancing for theater performances, the Philadelphia company is taking cues from Shakespeare’s original Globe Theatre.

Philadelphia Theatre Company has hired choreographer and director Jeffrey Page as a resident artist to help it navigate a post-coronavirus art world.

The Ladybug Festival in Wilmington, Del. is going virtual tonight to raise money for female artists facing financial hardship in the midst of COVID-19.

Broadway's theaters have been shut down since March 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Nicole Jordan will be the first Black woman to join the orchestra as a full-time member in the organization’s 120-year history.

Actor and playwright James Ijames explains how his theater community is responding to a nationwide reckoning over racism, and how it's managing to make art during a pandemic.

An online staged reading of “Mr. DuBois: a Myth” brings 19th-century activism to life.

“Seven O’Clock Shout,” written and performed in isolation, is a tribute to moments of humanity during strife.

The 24th annual festival plans a mostly digital presentation of independent theater and performance art, to comply to COVID-19 distancing.

An artist was planning a sound installation based on Edgar Allan Poe’s work into a historic Philly mansion. Thwarted by COVID-19, it can now be installed in your home.

As a new COVID-19 emergency budget threatens to eliminate the city’s Cultural Fund, organizations urge the mayor to spread out the fiscal pain.

As theaters shut for the rest of the season, the next 2020-2021 season remains uncertain. The Wilma Theater asks subscribers to buy into it.

Windish Music and Productions was inspired by the troupe’s optimism.

The former director of New Freedom Theatre in Philadelphia was considered a “genius” of American theater.