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Philadelphia Film Festival highlights local filmmakers with ‘Filmadelphia’ programming

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.

7 months ago

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Two productions look at Latinx life through many lenses

7 months ago

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How to stop worrying and love the election cycle: ‘This Is the Week That Is’ brings comedy to the presidential race

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

8 months ago

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West Philadelphia arts organization Intercultural Journeys rebrands as Journey Arts

8 months ago

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It’s Election Season, and local theaters are making points — with lots of laughs

8 months ago

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An opera about a maddening hum, ‘The Listeners,’ premieres in Philly

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

8 months ago

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Benny Golson, trailblazing Philly jazz saxophonist and composer, dies at 95

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

8 months ago

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2 major arts funders are shaping the future of the arts in Philadelphia

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.

8 months ago

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A scene from 'Othello (vs the Military Industrial Complex)''
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This Philly Fringe ‘Othello’ is reimagined for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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

8 months ago

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Wilmington’s first Dance Jubilee celebrates local talent and community unity

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

8 months ago

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Michaela DePrince
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Pioneering ballerina Michaela DePrince dies at 29

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

8 months ago

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After the debate, a little dessert: ‘POTUS’ brings political pratfalls to the Arden Theatre

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

8 months ago

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Dito van Reigersberg on stage
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Spies, breakups and thick glasses: Philly’s Pig Iron Theatre obsesses over Aimee Mann in ‘Poor Judge’

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

8 months ago

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A scene from a rehearsal of the play
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A new musical about a Jenkintown Holocaust survivor is premiering at Gratz College in Elkins Park

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.”

8 months ago

Nell Bang-Jensen smiles
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Fringe Festival 2024 launches by announcing its new CEO

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

9 months ago

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