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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Performing Arts

Steven Rishard (left), Suli Holum and PJ Barth in Theatre Horizon's production of
Shapiro on Theater
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The many facets of ‘The Few,’ at Theatre Horizon

The ‘Few,’ by MacArthur “genius grant” fellow Samuel D. Hunter, strikes common chords about loneliness and connection and continues through April 7.

7 years ago

90-year-old pianist Leon Fleisher will perform a pair of concerts this weekend with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra. (Chris Hartlove)
Arts & Entertainment

90-year-old pianist performs with the Delaware Symphony in Wilmington and Lewes

Nationally renowned pianist Leon Fleisher continues his 90th birthday celebration with a pair of performances in Delaware.

7 years ago

The ensemble of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

An off-season Fringe, with the spotlight on local successes

The new High Pressure Fire Service Festival, geared to locally based performers, runs through most of June, with a new show opening each month.

7 years ago

The Trocadero theater on Arch Street in Chinatown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Kung fu to zombies, remembering the Trocadero

Philly’s 150-year-old Chinatown concert venue will close at the end of the month.

7 years ago

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)
Arts & Entertainment

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.

7 years ago

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Akeem Davis and Zuhairah in Arden Theatre Company’s  production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

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.

7 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.

7 years ago

Listen 2:10
In 1812 Productions'
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

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

Strong women take the microphone.

7 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
Arts & Entertainment

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.

7 years ago

Gregg Goodbrod and Sarah Gliko in
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

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.

7 years ago

Pearce Bunting runs through a rehearsal of
Arts & Entertainment

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.

7 years ago

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Ruby Wolf (left) and Rachel Brodeur in
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 years ago

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