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Thursday, November 17, 2016

Merriam Theater sale goes through by Peter Dobrin

The building is now part of, and owned by, the Kimmel Center

SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:43PM
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Friday, July 22, 2016

At the Mann Center, a Firebird that soars by Peter Dobrin

A new production of The Firebird reinvents the ballet - with puppets, animation, and more

SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:38AM
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Kimmel Center president to stay on by Peter Dobrin

Anne Ewers, the Kimmel Center's president, stays on with a new three-year contract

SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:39PM
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

New composer-in-residence for Opera Philadelphia by Peter Dobrin

New Opera Philadelphia composer-in-residence

SOURCE: Philly.com at 07:33AM
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Prince Music Theater organization calls it quits by Peter Dobrin

Having received no offers for a takeover, the organization that occupies the Prince Music Theater on Friday terminated its lease with the owners of the building on Chestnut Street just west …

SOURCE: Philly.com at 07:39AM
Friday, August 29, 2014

Curtains? Not necessarily, says theater company consultant by Peter Dobrin

When leaders of the Pennsylvania Ballet grew weary of a seemingly endless loop of financial strain, they turned to Michael M. Kaiser. With unpaid vendors knocking on the Philadelphia Theatre…

SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:49PM
Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Philadelphia Theatre Company's future still uncertain by Peter Dobrin

The Roberts family has moved up a $200,000 payment on a promised grant to the Philadelphia Theatre Company to help ease the company's cash crunch, but the philanthropists have not made any d…

SOURCE: Philly.com at 07:27PM
Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Curtains for the Prince Music Theater? by Peter Dobrin

The Prince Music Theater will close its doors and cease to exist as a cultural institution Nov. 30 unless new leadership takes on the expense and work of keeping it alive, its current leader…

SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:13AM
Friday, February 1, 2013

Strike ends at Philadelphia Theatre Company by Peter Dobrin

Stagehands at the Philadelphia Theatre Company Friday ratified their first labor contract, ending a 15-day strike that disrupted the theater’s run of The Mountaintop.

SOURCE: Philly.com at 04:43PM
Monday, January 28, 2013

Hugh Jackman romances crowd at Academy of Music's 156th by Peter Dobrin

Saturday night, no one was safe from the charms of Hugh Jackman. As guest for the Academy of Music’s 156th Anniversary Concert and Ball, the Australian actor sang a few songs and waved his…

SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:53AM
Monday, January 21, 2013

No end to theater stagehands strike by Peter Dobrin

Talks between the Philadelphia Theatre Co. and union officials ended Sunday after "seven fruitless hours," according to the union, without reaching a new labor agreement covering 27 stagehan…

SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:50AM
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Saturday, January 19, 2013

Philadelphia Theatre Co. stagehands go on strike by Peter Dobrin

Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Friday night preview performance of The Mountaintop was canceled after local 8 of the International Association of Theatrical and Stage Employees called a st…

SOURCE: Philly.com at 08:37AM
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Philly Pops introduces new conductor by Peter Dobrin

Michael Krajewski, 62, who leads pops orchestras in Atlanta, Houston and Jacksonville, will take over in the fall of 2013.

SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:33AM
Friday, August 3, 2012

Nero OKs staged phaseout from Pops by Peter Dobrin

Peter Nero will lead the Philly Pops next season in Verizon Hall and then, at the end of 2012-13, pass the baton to a successor after 3½ decades of Gershwin, film music, Broadway, and a sma…

SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:16AM
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Nero’s new deal to lead Philly Pops includes new title, buyout by Peter Dobrin

Peter Nero has prevailed. His lawyers successfully beat back a move to oust the Grammy Award-winning pianist and conductor as head of the Philly Pops. Nero, 78, who had two years to go on hi…

SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:52AM
Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Philly Pops composing its own new future by Peter Dobrin

Finding a successor to Peter Nero, 77, is on the ensemble's to-do list.

SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:11AM
Sunday, February 12, 2012

Arden spins a winner by Peter Dobrin

Some Play: A stage adaptation of E.B. White's Charlotte's Web, closing Sunday, has become the Arden Theatre Company's biggest hit ever.

SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:10PM

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