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Performing Arts

About 2,000 people attended the Snow Jam concert headlined by O.A.R. in the debut concert at the 76ers Fieldhouse in Wilmington last month. (Courtesy of BPG Sports)
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At Wilmington’s 76ers Fieldhouse, hoops make way for hoopla of concerts, celebrities

The new Wilmington sports arena for the 76ers G League team drew well for an O.A.R. concert. Rap queen Cardi B will host a party there in April.

6 years ago

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Akeem Davis and Zuhairah in Arden Theatre Company’s  production of
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A gem of a ‘Gem of the Ocean’

The production affirms Arden Theatre Company as the region's major producer of August Wilson's work.

6 years ago

Six women imagine the hull of a slave ship in
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Philadelphia theater production of ‘Vessels’ explores the spiritual survival tools for women on a slave ship

“Vessels,” a premiere work this weekend at the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia, imagines how captured African women might have survived the Middle Passage.

6 years ago

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In 1812 Productions'
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Saluting the ‘Broads’ who declared themselves in laughter, from 1812 Productions

Strong women take the microphone.

6 years ago

Clare O’Malley (center) delivers a sweet, searing Joan who dazzles all with her confidence and determination in Delaware Theatre Company's production of
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Delaware Theatre’s ‘Saint Joan’ a story of determination

Clare O’Malley delivers a sweet, searing Joan who dazzles all with her confidence and determination in Delaware Theatre Company's production of "Saint Joan" in Wilmington.

6 years ago

Gregg Goodbrod and Sarah Gliko in
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A sentimental journey over ‘The Bridges of Madison County’ at Philadelphia Theatre Company

A photographer, a housewife and a show that doesn't know when to stop.

6 years ago

Pearce Bunting runs through a rehearsal of
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South Philly’s Theatre Exile finds bargain-basement home right where it started

The South Philadelphia theater company lost its home of 10 years. Now, it’s moving back to a bigger, better — albeit underground — stage.

6 years ago

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Ruby Wolf (left) and Rachel Brodeur in
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‘Box Clever’ and boxed in at life, from Inis Nua Theatre Company

A desperate single mother bares her soul, but not effectively until the play's very end.

6 years ago

Brittany Holdahl in Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

A ‘Dream Girl,’ overwhelmed by her space with Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium

Her mind takes off into daydreams, but the play is earth-bound by echoing sound where it's performed.

6 years ago

Opera Philadelphia will bring a contemporary design to the baroque opera,
Arts & Entertainment

Opera Philadelphia to open next season with a Russian tragedy

Opera Philadelphia has commissioned “Denis and Katya,” an opera based on the 2016 shooting deaths of two Russian teens in a self-inflicted explosion of violence.

6 years ago

Carlo Campbell (left) and Kyle Glenn in InterAct Theatre Company's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘Hype Man’ and the kitchen sink at InterAct Theatre Company

Hip-hop performers argue over the purpose of a public forum.

6 years ago

Members of the Hedgerow Theatre Company in Rose Valley, Pa., rehearse a scene from
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Chekhov comes in threes as Philly-area theaters present ‘Three Sisters’ three times

It’s an accidental triple-threat as three regional theater companies simultaneously produce variations of Chekhov’s classic ‘Three Sisters.’

6 years ago

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In Walnut Street Theatre's production of
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High-pitched fun: ‘A Comedy of Tenors’ at Walnut Street Theatre

At a huge event with four tenors at a stadium in Paris, what could go wrong? Everything.

6 years ago

The ensemble in '74 Seconds ... to Judgment' at Arden Theatre Company. (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
Shapiro on Theater
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All it takes is ’74 Seconds … to Judgment’ at Arden Theatre Company

A homicide case, dissected in a jury deliberation room.

6 years ago

Matteo Scammell as Romeo and Taysha Marie Canales as Juliet in
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Shaking it up with ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (Wilma Theater)

It's not your high-school teacher's Shakespeare.

6 years ago

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