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Arts & Entertainment

Leonard Bernstein: father and composer

Guests: Jamie Bernstein, Jonathan Coopersmith Leonard Bernstein would have turned 100 this year. The revered cond ...

Air Date: June 20, 2018 10:00 am

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Brian Marable and Melanye Finister in the People's Light production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

When the ‘Skeleton Crew’ becomes just a skeleton, from People’s Light

Rumors spread that a car plant will close in Detroit. Will the employees' lives erode along with the industry?

7 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

More fringe than Fringe, the SoLow theater festival opens this weekend

After 9 years, SoLow has established itself as the anti-establishment theater festival. This year it presents a confessional comedy about suicidal depression.

8 years ago

In
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘Aladdin,’ or possibly ‘The Genie,’ at the Academy of Music

The Disney musical, still on Broadway, comes to town in its national tour.

8 years ago

Victoria Aaliyah Goins in the title role and Damon Bonetti as the villain in the Philadelphia Artsts' Collective production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘Maria Marten or the Murder in the Red Barn,’ from Philadelphia Artists’ Collective

Remember the bit about the villain? He twirls his handlebar mustache repeatedly while he ties a lady to the railroad tracks because she can’t pay the rent.

8 years ago

In Simpatico Theatre's production of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘Red Bike’ going nowhere, from Simpatico Theatre

An 11-year-old, played at once by three actors, goes on a questionable ride.

8 years ago

The Not-Its! performing at the 2017 Kidchella. (Photo Courtesy/Jeff Bogle)
Philly Parenting
Lifestyle

Kidchella, a fantastic reason to visit Philly this summer

They drive to Philadelphia from North Carolina once or twice a summer — a mom and her teenage son, together for 20 hours up and back. ...

8 years ago

Katrina Lenk and Tony Shalhoub perform
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

‘The band’s visit’ and Harry Potter win big at a quieter Tony Awards

The Tony Awards felt a little different this year than they have recently.

8 years ago

Taylor Mac performs
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Philly-area performers chime in on ’24 Decade History’ of American resistance

Local performers add voice to Taylor Mac's marathon theater spectacle, 'A 24 Decade History of Popular Music'

8 years ago

Listen 4:51
Audience and cast involved in a performance of
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Up and on your feet in ‘The Fever,’ from Philadelphia International Festival of Arts

An audience participation show can be interpreted several ways.

8 years ago

Eight musicians play on the chandelier as it moves over the stage, crowd and the Schuylkill River. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

PIFA’s Cristal Palace turns chandelier into carnival ride

Suspended from a crane meant for skyscrapers, the chandelier soars above the audience and across the night sky.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, June 7, 2018

We look at the Twitter scandal that prompted Sixers President Bryan Colangelo to resign today.  The New Jersey legislature unanimously p ...

Air Date: June 7, 2018

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At the conclusion of the Bastille Day performance, 'Marie Antoinette' and 'Edith Piaf' make amends, sparing Antoinette the guillotine.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Last hurrah for Eastern State Penitentiary’s Bastille Day blowout

Eastern State Penitentiary, the historic prison museum in Philadelphia that's long hosted a neighborhood Bastille Day event, will no longer produce the celebration.

8 years ago

Listen 1:35
In 11th Hour Theatre Company's world-premiere musical
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

‘Big Red Sun,’ cloudy script, from 11th Hour Theatre Company

A high-school boy realizes that what he knows about his father may not be true.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, June 6, 2018

A federal judge prohibits the federal government from penalizing Philadelphia in response to its sanctuary city policy. The Pennsylvania ...

Air Date: June 6, 2018

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