
Performing Arts
Stripped down and super: ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ from Theatre Horizon
A downsized version of a sprawling show makes magic, if you know how. Director Matthew Decker does.
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Getting a lift with ‘Hope and Gravity,’ from 1812 Productions
Nine scenes — all out of order — with nine characters and a couple elevators.
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‘Splinter and Crack,’ a play about a hoarder (or so we’re told), from Juniper Productions
A woman's daughter and son-in-law try to get her to clean up her act.
7 years ago
In embracing Trump, Kanye West sells out on so many levels
Donald Trump is the last guy who gets to tell black America who’s doing a service to our community.
7 years ago
Light that helps, light that hurts in ‘Sing the Body Electric’ from Theatre Exile
Michael Hollinger's new play illuminates the scars of people in transition.
7 years ago
Watch: Dancing monks from India perform in Philly as part of first U.S. tour
The Dancing Monks of Assam teach and perform a 600-year-old classical Indian dance form called Sattriya.
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A ‘Passage’ with no exit, at Wilma Theater
A new play considers oppressing and being oppressed.
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‘¡Bienvenidos Blancos!’ — Welcome, White People! — to Cuba, from Team Sunshine
How the history of Cuba and the revolution continues to shape the identities of Cubans and their American kin.
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More than a ‘Freakout’: Exploring Frank Zappa’s classical roots with two Philly performances
Orchestra 2001 will perform on Sunday, April 22 at World Café Live, and Saturday, April 28 at the Fillmore.
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Listen 6:30International theater collaboration examines Cuban, American perspectives
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.
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Listen 2:34‘Madaket Road,’ the last of a robust trilogy, from EgoPo Classic Theater
John Guare's "Lydie Breeze Trilogy," about a Civil War nurse and the men she draws into her life's adventures, comes to an end.
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Listen 24:00‘The Women of Ireland’: Who are they? — from Irish Heritage Theatre
Five short plays — three of them super-short plays — and a mystifying title for their grouping.
7 years ago
Step Afrika! tells Great Migration story through dance
With stomping feet, clapping hands and spoken word, the Step Afrika! dance company is in Wilmington this week to tell the story of the Great Migration.
7 years ago
A ‘Wild Duck’ driven by the females, from Quintessence Theatre
At Quintessence Theatre, the females in the cast seize the production by the sheer dint of their acting.
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