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How funny can anyone really expect opera to be? Intentionally funny, that is.
Supposed comic masterpieces such as Falstaff and Die Meistersinger basically offer levity. Italian opera buffa g…
BalletX kicked off its seven-show fall run (with an added Sunday night performance) at the Wilma theater Wednesday with the confidence and artistry of a world-class ballet company. That's wh…
He's got a New York state of mind, however, Billy Joel seems to be a popular music choice for Eagles fans.
Rest, in Pieces, written by Steve Bluestein, directed by Bud Martin, produced by Delaware Theatre Company, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield.
Lost in Yonkers, by Neil Simon, directed by Keith Baker, produced by Bristol Riverside Theatre, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield.
New This Week Les Miserables (Media Theatre) Back to the barricades! Previews Wednesday, Thursday, opens Friday.
QED (Lantern Theatre Company) Peter DeLaurier lives a day in the character o…
Philadelphia's most expressive company, Koresh Dance, opened its home season at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre Thursday night, flaunting its signature emotive style.
NEW YORK (AP) - Broadway's overall box offices are doing swell business these days, and it's mainly thanks to two leading men - Hugh Jackman and Bradley Cooper.
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Judy Greer, Fred Armisen and Selma Blair have joined Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong in music drama "Geezer."
Deep in the belly of East Passyunk's restaurant row, Theatre Exile offers food for the soul.
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - In its pursuit of audience-grabbing event programming, NBC is said to be eyeing a live staging of Aaron Sorkin's play "A Few Good Men."
NEW YORK (AP) - The farewell to the Broadway musical "Motown" may get upstaged by a concert from some original Motown stars - The Temptations and The Four Tops.
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - NBC has added to its cast of "Peter Pan Live!," tapping "About a Boy's" Minnie Driver to play the adult version of female lead Wendy Darling in its live staging o…
The Glass Menagerie, written by Tennessee Williams, produced by Act II Playhouse, directed by James J. Christy, featuring Carla Belver, Charlie DelMarcelle, Amanda Schoonover and Sean Bradle…
Last week, Carla Belver won the Lifetime Achievement prize at Philadelphia's Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theater. Meanwhile, at Act II Playhouse, she has unlocked another achievement:…
Questlove and Black Thought will announce a partnership with the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts to launch the CAPA Foundation, an independent, non-profit aimed at …
Since Newsies, the Walt-Disney-movie-turned-musical based on New York's Newsboy Strike of 1899 closes on Sunday, I will immediately say that if you like uplifting David-and-Goliath stories s…
Tonight we turn the clocks back an hour, giving the stars more time to make news.
Great Expectations, adapted by Gale Childs Daly, produced by the Arden Theatre Company, directed by Matthew Decker, featuring Josh Carpenter, Kate Czajkowski, Doug Hara, Brian McCann, Lindsa…
