Performing Arts

The Liberian immigrant, social worker, and former Pew Fellow is committed to civic engagement through poetry.

A reporter eavesdrops on the give-and-take in the writers’ room during prep for the stage spoof 1812 Productions has produced over the holidays for the past 14 years.

Philadelphia-area theaters are offering a variety of fare, mostly bright and meant for families, and keeping with the spirit of the season.

First Person Arts hosted a night of performances by men of color telling stories of reentry, featuring Ali Siddiq, Peedi Crakk, and Chris Cotton.

The Philadelphia-based nonprofit Partners for Sacred Spaces is visiting churches in the city’s outlying neighborhoods to document forgotten pipe organs.

Pilot Beverly Bass says “Come From Away” is actually “a 9/12 story” about what happened after about 7,000 passengers were stranded in a tiny town.

At People’s Light, a first for the U.S.: tech that times captions to live action and stage delivery that might vary slightly from performance to performance.

Arden Theatre Company’s “Gem of the Ocean” and Theatre Horizon’s “The Color Purple” took home the most Barrymore Awards.

Of 23 certified “intimacy directors” worldwide, two are in Philadelphia.

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with WHYY film critic Patrick Stoner about how Downton Abbey made the jump from TV to full-length movie.

"Denis and Katya" tells the true story of Russian teenagers who live-streamed themselves in a suicidal shootout with police.

Outcast by the cost of the Fringe Festival, theater artists band together to form their own festival, Free Fringe Philly.

Taking 1960s recordings of prison work songs, “The B-Side: Negro Folklore from Texas” tries to transport you into the past.

“Superterranean” features a forbidding set by Mimi Lien, evoking the awe and mystery of the systems that support urban life.

Philadelphia Fringe Festival opens Sept. 5 and runs for 18 days with 158 different shows: theater, dance, music, circus, film and visual art, plus digital.