Performing Arts

While Cirque d’Vote was performing for the amusement of voters in North Philadelphia, the rapper dropped by. An impromptu jam ensued.

The orchestra has elevated its manager of inclusion, diversity and equity to a vice president position.

State Rep. Jake Wheatley has introduced a bill designed to help independent live music venues hit hard financially by the coronavirus pandemic.

“Rock the Line” is looking for performers of all stripes — including musicians, circus performers, comedians and dancers — to entertain waiting voters.

FEAST brings dozens of performers from around the world into a 12-hour online event.

An exhibition of artwork by recent MFA graduates experiments with sound, video, performance, and sculpture to engage the public during a pandemic.

Producers, citing health and city authorities, previously extended the shutdown to June 7, then again to Sept. 6 and again to Jan. 3.

With Theatre Horizon’s Norristown stage dark, the company’s latest idea for pandemic-era entertainment: What if the audiences did the performing?

For its new digital streaming channel, Opera Philadelphia needs music conceived for the camera. It has commissioned new music from four composers.

The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia joins dozens of companies around the world in staging a new play from Belarus written during the protests.

Actor Stephen Eng, who portrays Gordon Hirabayashi in the one-person show "Hold These Truths," writes about settling into the role.

With its theaters closed for six months and counting, the avenue will ring out with music again as performers perch high up in a half-finished building.

Morning Edition Host Jennifer Lynn interviews Nick Stuccio, president and producing director of FringeArts, about taking the Fringe Festival virtual this year.

The annual Philly Fringe Festival of alternative and avant-garde performance art begins this week, although in somewhat reduced fashion due to the coronavirus pandemic.

If the unionization effort is successful, it will include both adjunct and full-time faculty across all departments of UArts, estimated to be about 500 people.