Performing Arts

Director Bill Nicoletti’s “The Philly Sound…Heard ‘Round the World” will screen at this year’s festival. The film documents the history of Sigma Sounds Studio.

“This Is the Week That Is,” the annual spoof of current events, takes aim at the presidential election.

Starting with a mysterious noise of no discernible source, the opera explores political cultism.

Golson’s contributions include the jazz standard, “I Remember Clifford,” and compositions recorded by Art Blakey and Miles Davis.

The National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., and the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage in Philadelphia are putting millions toward changing the arts landscape.

Palestinian writer-director Zaina Yasmin Dana hired her brother to play the title character, informed by their upbringing in the West Bank.

This first-of-its-kind festival will showcase diverse dance styles and highlight the city's rich artistic talent while emphasizing homegrown creativity.

Ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince, an inspirational and pioneering figure in the dance world, has died at age 29 of undisclosed causes.

Three blocks from the presidential debate stage, a foul-mouthed comedy cleanses the political palate.

A cast of seven Aimee Mann clones populate Dito van Reigersberg’s return to Pig Iron Theatre.

Ruth Kapp Hartz evaded Nazis as a young Jewish girl in France during WWII. Now, she is watching her story onstage through the musical “Hidden.”

Nell Bang-Jensen, of Theatre Horizon in Norristown, has been tapped to be next leader of the Philly Fringe Festival.