
Performing Arts
‘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
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
Listen 14:47Inspired 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
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
Walt Whitman put on trial for his 200th birthday
Philadelphia launches a series of events for Whitman’s 200th birthday, some challenging the legacy of the “Good Gray Poet.”
6 years ago
Listen 5:12Happy Days actor Anson Williams returns to acting in Delaware performance
Anson Williams is in Delaware doing something he hasn’t done in decades: Acting. He joins Didi Conn and Sallie Struthers on stage in Wilmington in the play “Middletown.”
6 years ago
Pennsylvania’s heartbreaking ‘Kids for Cash’ scandal becomes a musical
‘Minors’ is a rock musical based on a pair of corrupt judges who sent children to prison in exchange for kickbacks. Both are now in prison.
6 years ago
Listen 4:10Caught in a time warp ‘Among the Dead’ at Theatre Exile
This evocative play about a child of war features a complex story and a fine cast.
6 years ago
#MeToo: Art imitates life in Azuka’s ‘Boycott Esther’
“Boycott Esther” playwright Emily Acker creates an imperfect onstage drama out of her career setback because of Harvey Weinstein’s fall from grace.
6 years ago
Diversity and tolerance highlighted in Delaware Theatre Co.’s ‘Honk!’
Delaware Theatre Company’s “Honk! The Ugly Duckling Musical” is heartwarming entertainment for anyone who has ever felt like a square peg in a round-hole world.
6 years ago
OperaDelaware scores with legal-themed festival
OperaDelaware’s 2019 legal-themed festival features the most performed opera of the 21st century, “Dead Man Walking,” along with the comical “Scalia/Ginsburg.”
6 years ago
Harvey Weinstein fictionalized in new play by author who witnessed downfall
Emily Acker watched the Weinstein Company collapse, from the inside. She wrote a play based on that dissolution.
6 years ago
Listen 2:17Philadelphia theater companies experiment with pay-what-you-want pricing
Theater companies are reaching out to lower-income patrons with alternative ticketing models.
6 years ago
Listen 2:04‘Dionysus Was Such a Nice Man’ at the Wilma: It’s not your typical Greek myth
Playwright Kate Tarker offers up the absurdist tale of a shepherd, his wife and Oedipus, the son who left them.
6 years ago
Experimental dance performance mixes ‘high art’ with historic Philly churches
Reggie Wilson, a New York choreographer, will present a series of experimental dances at four historic churches in Philadelphia.
6 years ago
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