
Performing Arts
In ‘The Humans,’ a snapshot of what makes a family (Walnut Street Theatre)
The Blake family meets for Thanksgiving dinner. And you know what that can be like.
7 years ago
Listen 2:33‘Sensitive Guys’ a comedy about no laughing matter
A Philadelphia theater company is premiering a new play this week, dealing with sexual assault on a college campus.
7 years ago
Listen 2:54Going nuclear, in ‘Copenhagen’ (Lantern Theater Company)
Two atomic scientists — one from Germany and the other from occupied Denmark — meet quietly during World War II. What about?
7 years ago
Ahead of retrial, Bill Cosby performs in Germantown
Bill Cosby delivered a surprise performance at a Germantown jazz club Monday night, the first time Cosby has performed publicly since 2015.
7 years ago
Rethinking life inside ‘A Doll’s House’
Ibsen's characters, warring again in another version of the play.
7 years ago
Listen 2:47‘Passing Strange,’ and grandly
The Wilma Theater production takes a musical to a new level.
8 years ago
Listen 3:00Bring out those oldies: ‘A Few of Our Favorite Things’ (Act II Playhouse and 1812 Productions)
Comedy bits from the past, offered by two artistic directors who specialize in having fun.
8 years ago
The doll and the denial: ‘All the Dead Biddles’ (Underbite Theatre Co. and Plays & Players)
A mother has a most unusual way of grieving for her dead son.
8 years ago
Phoenix Best, straight to Broadway and now playing her home town
The actress, from Philadelphia's Mt. Airy, graduated from DeSales University and became a Broadway understudy only a month after arriving in New York.
8 years ago
Listen 4:38NewsWorks Tonight, January 10, 2018
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf declares a state of emergency on opioids. The growing crisis is affecting organ donation programs. Philade ...
Air Date: January 10, 2018
Listen 21:35Parx opens concert venue in Bensalem
Parx Casino opens the Xcite Center, the largest seated concert venue in Bucks County.
8 years ago
Listen 1:53The politics of celebrity: Oprah stokes the buzz
If Oprah Winfrey intended to hose down her noisome boosters during last night's speech at the Golden Globes, she failed miserably.
8 years ago
Doogie Horner / Mueller’s investigation and Putin’s motivation
Guests: Doogie Horner, Julia Ioffe, David Corn Today we’ll meet comedian and Philadelphia-native ...
Air Date: December 22, 2017
Listen 49:14‘African Mean Girls’ are the toast of New York theater
Critics are heaping praise on a new off-Broadway play about life in modern Africa. But if you're assuming the topic must be war or disease or famine, you're in for surprise.
8 years ago
N.J. may relax rule on serving drinks at nonprofit productions
The measure calls for allowing a theater with 100 seats or more, limited to the performance and two hours before or after, to be able to serve alcohol.
8 years ago