Performing Arts

Anthony Lawton is the storyteller in this recreation of the tale of transformation.

The musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's fantasy brings the book's cartoonish — and nasty — characters alive.

“A Sign of the Times” offers a perfect break from the holiday rush: thoughtful but not overly so, nostalgic but timely … and just plain fun.

Two graduate students, into their work but aloof from themselves

Jessica Lang Dance, a New York City company that has won the highest dance accolades, will fold in April.

The musical, in a sterling production, does justice to Alice Walker's book.

The ghost of John Barrymore is the liveliest part of the play, and surely of this production.

Nora, who walks out the door at the end of Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece, is back.

The war hero Achilles and his friend, Petroclus, consider their love and interdependence.

The annual awards for professional theater in metropolitan Philadelphia draw a crowd of about 700 to celebrate.

Can old and new neighborhood cultures survive together?

Sheridan's witty 1775 play about love and rivalry becomes a musical romp.

I knew Ntozake Shange many years ago. Her recent passing at age 70 made me reach back to remember those times. It’s no exaggeration ...

A post-apocalyptic vision of a world without electricity uses "The Simpsons" as a cultural icon that draws people together.

People live by the rhythm of the waves, at the end of an era of oystering.