Performing Arts

If 90 minutes a week of 'RuPaul’s Drag Race' is just not cutting it for you, head to the Gayborhood this weekend to see a homegrown Philly drag competition crown its new king.

The Painted Bride, an Old City icon in Philadelphia, plans to sell its building. Philadelphia arts leaders are crying foul.

Discover the interstellar potential of spoken word.

A troupe of all-black burlesque performers from Philadelphia took a packed room upstairs at the Trocadero Theatre to Wakanda in a show inspired by "Black Panther."

Philadelphia officials hope launching the country’s first supervised injection facility will save lives, but without the support of ...

A downsized version of a sprawling show makes magic, if you know how. Director Matthew Decker does.

Nine scenes — all out of order — with nine characters and a couple elevators.

A woman's daughter and son-in-law try to get her to clean up her act.

Donald Trump is the last guy who gets to tell black America who’s doing a service to our community.

Michael Hollinger's new play illuminates the scars of people in transition.

The Dancing Monks of Assam teach and perform a 600-year-old classical Indian dance form called Sattriya.

A new play considers oppressing and being oppressed.

How the history of Cuba and the revolution continues to shape the identities of Cubans and their American kin.

Orchestra 2001 will perform on Sunday, April 22 at World Café Live, and Saturday, April 28 at the Fillmore.

A new play "¡Bienvenidos Blancos!, or Welcome White People!" tracks a descendant of the Cuban exodus as he re-assesses his feelings for the island nation.