Performing Arts
‘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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NewsWorks Tonight, April 13, 2018
Bill Cosby’s main accuser takes the stand in his sexual assault retrial. Data shows Philadelphia’s ICE field office is ...
Air Date: April 13, 2018
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.
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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.
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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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Philly-based playwright puts the audience to work to create space for multiple narratives
This semester, Haverford College's Friend in Residence program brings Mary Tuomanen to the campus.
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Listen 4:34Playwright wears masks of comedy, tragedy simultaneously in Philly
Playwright Michael Hollinger is now rolling out two plays — a comedy, and a drama — and holding rehearsals for each in the same building.
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Listen 2:36NewsWorks Tonight, April 10, 2018
The Cosby retrial enters its second day. The University of Pennsylvania faces a lawsuit from the parents of a student who committed suic ...
Air Date: April 10, 2018
Listen 23:17Delaware singer continues her 'Voice' journey
On Monday night’s episode of the singing competition show, Johnson, 22, beat contestant Sharane Calister in the “knock out” rounds to advance in the competition.
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‘Magdalene’ and the modern woman, from Tribe of Fools
The character we see on stage is Mary Magdalene. And more.
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‘V to X’ at the Arden an education in the inhumanity, inequity of mass incarceration
This brutal look at a life spent languishing in a privately operated "correctional facility" comes from theater artist Kash Goins.
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Diverse casting helps us understand the richness of the human story
The production of "The Diary of Anne Frank" at People’s Light and Theatre in Malvern, Pa., which included a multiracial ensemble of actors, stirred controversy.
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A bristling clash of cultures in InterAct Theatre’s ‘Human Rites’
Plays like “Human Rites” – thoughtfully written and thought-provoking -- are what keep a lot of people, myself included, eagerly going to the theater.
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In ‘The Tempest’ at Lantern, the magic’s in the text
Shakespeare's words, with solid acting and not a lot of stage glitz.
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Listen 2:52‘Noises Off’ at the Walnut, and the notion of stylish slapstick
In Michael Frayn's play about an inept bunch of actors and the show they perform, the shtick flies.
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