Performing Arts
Philadelphia Boys Choir celebrates 50th year
The choir, recognized as one of the finest in the world, is in the midst of its busiest time of year.
8 years ago
‘Philadelphia Assembled’ marks finale at art museum’s Perelman Building
The massive, citywide civic engagement experiment will conclude with the production of a new play written for the project.
8 years ago
Listen 4:26A comedic take on Shakespeare’s complete works at Delaware Theatre Company
Need to brush up your Shakespeare?
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At home, strangely, with ‘The Brownings’ (Orbiter 3 stage company)
Competition, love, and the bizarre back-and-forth between Elizabeth Barrett Browning and husband Robert. How does she love him? Don't even think about counting the ways.
8 years ago
After hundreds of broken instruments unite in symphony, they’ll be repaired for Philly kids
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer writes orchestral work for 400 broken instruments in Philadelphia's school district. Its premiere concert will help bring about their repair.
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Listen 4:58‘My Fair Lady’ dancing down the runway
Backed by two pianos, Quintessence Theatre Group produces an enchanting musical whose roots stretch back to ancient Greece and Rome.
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Listen 3:23‘Crimes of the Heart,’ and maybe the play (Curio Theatre Company)
Three sisters have a very bad day, especially in this telling.
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Constructing modern ballet on Washington Avenue
The city's retail corridor for building supplies will be the new home for BalletX.
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‘The Craftsman’ and another craftsman’s new play (Lantern Theater Company)
Bruce Graham's play, in its world premiere, is a riveting piece about an art dealer charged with treason.
8 years ago
Listen 2:14Skillfully capturing the essence of ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ (Arden Theatre Company)
The audience helps actor Scott Greer deliver this tale of a man with a mom who attempts suicide and his list that supplies reasons for living.
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Was ‘The New World’ ever this flashy? (Bucks County Playhouse)
A world premiere musical offers the fun side of Pilgrims and Native Americans that we never saw. (Neither did they!)
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Expanding the truth in ‘Broken Stones’ (InterAct Theatre Company)
A Marine sets out on a mission to recover antiquities in Iraq. A ghostwriter has her own ideas about the details.
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Headlong into ‘The Gap’ (Azuka Theatre)
Aliens have invaded her, one sister tells another in a beguiling world-premiere play.
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Living ‘By the Bog of Cats’ (Irish Heritage Theatre)
Family history repeats itself in a play by one of Ireland's current leading playwrights.
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A different sort of bloodstream for ‘Blood Wedding’ (Wilma Theater)
An old play becomes an altogether new experience in this adaptation of Federico García Lorca's classic.
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