Performing Arts

I know it doesn’t happen for every parent, so having a child who shares my passion for theater, music, books and arts and culture in general feels really good.

The world premiere of the musical "Something Wicked This Way Comes" in Wilmington features never-before-seen special effects.

What does it take to be hired as an intimidator or a creeper at one of the nation's top historic haunted attractions? A lot of energy and stamina.

We’re heading into the home stretch of this year’s Philadelphia Fringe Festival, with one more weekend remaining. R ...

If you’re going to overdo the musical “A Funny thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” you may as well get a high-jinks ...

This fall, the Arden Theater in Philadelphia’s Old City neighborhood turns 30 years old. To mark the occasion, it has brought on a ...

A list of Philly Fringe highlights is at the bottom of this article. The Philly ...

This week, Philadelphia theater company Lightning Rod Special is performing a musical comedy about abortion called “Unformed Consen ...

An opera based on the 1985 MOVE confrontation — when police dropped a bomb on an African-American activist commune in West Philadelphia ...

Happy, nervous energy filled the backstage area as dancers from more than 35 organizations readied themselves to perform at the Festival ...

The historic Merriam Theater on Philadelphia’s South Broad Street will soon undergo major renovation, and the owners want to entert ...

“And what do we say about historical accuracy?” a newly resurrected, glittering Edith Piaf asked the crowd assembled outside of Phila ...

Newfoundland was Britain’s oldest colony; in 1949, however, its inhabitants narrowly voted to join Canada, thus becoming the 10th p ...

I'd graduated from high school in a small town two hours north of New York City, and had decided that musical theater was my passion. It wasn't.

When South Philadelphia residents Lois Fernandez and Ruth Arthur launched the Odunde festival 42 years ago, the celebration took place wi ...