Performing Arts

A troupe of all-black burlesque performers from Philadelphia took a packed room upstairs at the Trocadero Theatre to Wakanda in a show inspired by "Black Panther."

Philadelphia officials hope launching the country’s first supervised injection facility will save lives, but without the support of ...

A downsized version of a sprawling show makes magic, if you know how. Director Matthew Decker does.

Nine scenes — all out of order — with nine characters and a couple elevators.

A woman's daughter and son-in-law try to get her to clean up her act.

Donald Trump is the last guy who gets to tell black America who’s doing a service to our community.

Michael Hollinger's new play illuminates the scars of people in transition.

The Dancing Monks of Assam teach and perform a 600-year-old classical Indian dance form called Sattriya.

A new play considers oppressing and being oppressed.

How the history of Cuba and the revolution continues to shape the identities of Cubans and their American kin.

Orchestra 2001 will perform on Sunday, April 22 at World Café Live, and Saturday, April 28 at the Fillmore.

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.

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.

Bill Cosby’s main accuser takes the stand in his sexual assault retrial. Data shows Philadelphia’s ICE field office is ...

Five short plays — three of them super-short plays — and a mystifying title for their grouping.