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Performing Arts

Performance for Shakespeare inspired play
Arts & Entertainment

Shakespeare goes bilingual to spotlight the realities of immigration, family separation, identity and belonging in Delaware

A retelling of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” outdoors at Rockwood Park shows the reality of migration and family separation.

9 months ago

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Zoe Levenstien outside Carpenters’ Hall
Arts & Entertainment

Historic Philadelphia’s youngest performer nerds out on history

Teenager Zoe Levenstien has been a fan of Philly’s historic actors all her life. Now she is one of them.

9 months ago

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WHYY community engagement project coordinator, Rushawn Stanley
Community

Bridging Blocks event sparks heated discussion on the use of artificial intelligence in art

Artists, playwrights, teachers and more gathered to ask “Can art save us?” and converse on the effect art has on everyday life.

9 months ago

The Philadelphia School District All-Star band performs at
Arts & Entertainment

Philly Youth Music Fest celebrates the city’s young talent

The second annual all-city festival drew performers from a dozen music education organizations across Philly.

9 months ago

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Thaddeus McWhinnie Phillip poses for photo
Arts & Entertainment

Philly Fringe announces an expanded 2025 festival in September

The 29th annual Fringe Festival has more shows than ever. It begins Sept. 4.

10 months ago

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An actor on stage during a performance
Arts & Entertainment

5 years after the COVID-19 pandemic forced theater closures, Philly companies look to each other to find a new normal

In response to a post-COVID economy, Philly theater companies are learning how to collaborate for the long term.

10 months ago

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The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane
Arts & Entertainment

Cracking the creativity code

Psychologist John Kounios on our creative brain and those "eureka moments." Plus, how composer Jennifer Higdon channels her creativity into her music.

Air Date: June 27, 2025 12:00 pm

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Performers on stage during a play
Arts & Entertainment

Upper Darby Summer Stage celebrates its 50th season

The organization is hosting 50th anniversary performances this weekend.

10 months ago

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Danae'sha Ingram, 19,
Arts & Entertainment

Drill dance troupe Maci Lago Universe brings love and grit to Chester

Maci Lago Universe is competing for a national championship while changing lives back at home.

10 months ago

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A row of students during a dance class
Education

A Burlington County, N.J. high school’s dance program is helping students succeed academically

Students studying dance at a Burlington County high school have improved focus and discipline, resulting in higher grades than their peers, school officials said.

10 months ago

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The band Heart performs live on stage, with Nancy Heart playing an electric guitar
Arts & Entertainment

Rock band Heart offering reward for instruments stolen from New Jersey venue

The band was set to kick off their tour at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City on Saturday, and its gear had been set up there the day prior to the show.

11 months ago

Playwright Antu Yacob and cast member Evander Duck Jr. at the InterAct Theatre media event for their play On My Deen
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Billy Penn

InterAct Theatre debuts play on underrepresented Muslim community in Philly

“On My Deen,” which opens this weekend, is the first of three plays in InterAct’s three-year Philly Cycle.

11 months ago

Former Allen AME Church stands now as East Lynne Theater Company
Arts & Entertainment

Cape May’s historic Allen AME Church is now a theater space

The church associated with the Underground Railroad was sold to Cape May after it burned in 2018. It’s now the home of East Lynne Theater Company.

11 months ago

Students with Acting Without Boundaries on stage
Arts & Entertainment

At a Bryn Mawr theater program, actors with disabilities tell their stories ‘without boundaries’

Parents of participants say afterschool program has helped their children connect to others like them and feel empowered in a creative atmosphere.

11 months ago

a scene from the Giovanni's Room play being practiced
Arts & Entertainment

The first officially sanctioned stage version of James Baldwin’s ‘Giovanni’s Room’ debuts in Germantown

Philadelphia’s Quintessence Theatre has produced the only adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1956 novel approved by his estate.

11 months ago

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