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Performing Arts

Four veterans portray soldiers in the Shakespeare in Clark Park production of King Lear; (from left) Nelson Hawthorne, Floyd Crump Jr., Sheldon Rich and John Kearney. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly vets update ‘King Lear’ for modern knights

In West Philadelphia's annual Shakespeare in Clark Park adaptation, Lear's knights are played by four veterans and given a slightly bigger role.

6 years ago

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Barrymore Award-winning actress Catharine Slusar portrays Prospero. Several of the roles are gender-flipped in Shakespeare in Clark Park's version of
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July 25-31, 2019

Team tennis, sharks and drinks, boat parades, and the Bard in the park in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Philadelphia, Delaware and South Jersey host an array of events from Shakespeare in the Park to the Xponential Music Festival to the Wilmington Writer’s Conference and more.

6 years ago

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Carla Belver and Jack Hoffman in the Act II Playhouse production of
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Old age in the new age, in ‘Kalamazoo’ at Act II Playhouse

Two septuagenarians who have lost their spouses are looking to fill out their lives with … well, they’re not exactly sure.

6 years ago

Revelers (from left) Francesca Negron, Ann Patricia, and Katherine Patterson, wear period costumes for the final Bastille Day performance on July 14, 2018. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Fraternité! Bastille Day to rise again in Fairmount

The French holiday spurred a beloved farce at historic Eastern State Penitentiary that ended last year. Now, local businesses are picking up the torch.

6 years ago

Ebony Pullum and Nathan Alford-Tate perform 'FOURTEEN' at the National Constitution Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Performing the Reconstruction Era (in its own words) in ‘FOURTEEN’ at National Constitution Center

The National Constitution Center’s Civil War and Reconstruction exhibition is accompanied by a play adapted entirely from historic texts.

6 years ago

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Carolyn Brooks Rice cheers when her green and white wristband gets a favorable time slot in the rush to buy tickets to see
Arts & Entertainment

Hundreds line up for their shot at Philly ‘Hamilton’ tickets

Those putting on the Broadway hit in Philadelphia have an elaborate plan to sell tickets while minimizing how many go to ticket resellers.

6 years ago

Nondumiso Tembe as Cleopatra and Neal Bledsoe as Marc Antony in rehearsal for Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s production of 'Antony and Cleopatra' opening for previews Wednesday. (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival)
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Arts & Entertainment

On power, privacy, and gender politics: ‘Antony and Cleopatra,’ at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival

Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra” runs July 10 through Aug. 4 as part of the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.

6 years ago

Tiffany Rachelle Stewart (left) and Gillian Glasco in the world-premiere production of
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Generations of change in West Chester, in ‘Mud Row’ from People’s Light

The play, set in West Chester, Pennsylvania, nimbly toggles back and forth in time to show the history in the foreground of the characters’ lives.

6 years ago

In The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium production of 'Betty's Summer Vacation,' (from left) Bill Rahill, Anthony Crosby, Amanda Schoonover, Kirsten Quinn and Tina Brock. (Photo courtesy of Johanna Austin/austinart.org)
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‘Betty’s Summer Vacation’ in hell, from Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium

Christopher Durang’s one-act play, produced by the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium, brings its own laughs as it dallies with taboos.

6 years ago

Members of The Crossing chamber choir rehearse
Arts & Entertainment

Grammy-winning choir The Crossing premieres sci-fi theatrical performance

The 1954 dystopian sci-fi novel by Swedish poet Harry Martinson has been developed into a 90-minute performance with singers, actors, and video.

6 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

New chamber music festival debuts tonight in Wilmington

Wilmington’s Serafin Summer Music aims to fill the void left by former Delaware Chamber Music Festival, which disbanded two years ago.

6 years ago

In Quintessence Theatre Group's production of 'One Man, Two Guvnors,' (from left) Desmond Confoy, Jered McLenigan and Sean Close. (Courtesy of Linda Johnson)
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‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ and a whole lot of laughing, from Quintessence Theatre

Quintessence Theatre Group’s bam-bam production whizzes by, even though it’s a very full two acts. There’s music and slapstick and more, through June 30.

6 years ago

(Princeton High School Spectacle Theatre‎ Facebook page)
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Community

Confronting racist stereotypes in Princeton’s high school musical

Princeton High School's production of "Anything Goes" featured racist stereotypes of Asians that sparked a debate about how to handle older plays.

Air Date: June 19, 2019

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Terran Scott, Mehki Williams, and Grace Tarves in Lantern Theater Company's world premiere production of 'Minors' by Kittson O'Neill and Robert Kaplowitz. (Courtesy of Mark Garvin)
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Arts & Entertainment
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Inspired by truth, ‘Minors’ for cash, a new musical from Lantern Theater

Luzerne County's "cash for kids" scandal inspires a musical at the Lantern Theater.

6 years ago

Brandi Burgess (left) as Lina and Angelica Jackson as Jessie, two new moms who meet regularly for coffee in
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New mothers ‘Cry It Out’ in perfect Simpatico Theatre production

The play offers characters who deliver their own points of view about being moms — ideas that illuminate the subject, then let you think for yourself.

6 years ago

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