Performing Arts

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

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

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

Christopher Gattelli, a Bristol native, has been nominated twice for this year's Tony Award in choreography. The awards will be announced Sunday night.

A group of European artists drop into town to reimagine the city’s built environment — using masking tape and modern dance — in the middle of an evening commute

We've got plenty of events for you to get excited about, whether you're an avant-garde theater buff, a beer nerd, or an avid birder.

With an eclectic mix of groundbreaking performances, the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts offers something for everyone.

A daughter discovers her gay self, and then discovers her father's.

The show that spurred a spate of live jukebox musicals remains a standout.

A Germantown school is taking a classic work and reimagining it for a deaf audience.

L.M. Feldman's new play is a sweeping exploration of Jewish identity.

The black churches of Coatesville show Philadelphia how it's done in "Gospel at Colonus."

In Tuesday’s primary, a record number of women won nominations to represent Pennsylvania in Congress. The Gallup Poll’s Frank ...

Orbiter 3, a collective of playwrights designed to produce seven new plays, did what it set out to do. It will dissolve after it's final production, 'A People.'

Delaware Symphony Orchestra’s director David Amado will lead the group in its first ever performance of Gustav Mahler’s “Seventh Symphony,” which fascinated him as a child.