Performing Arts
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
Listen 48:58When 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
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
‘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
‘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
‘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
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
‘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
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 4:51Up 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
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, 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
Listen 20:22Last 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‘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, 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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