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Inspiration for a play can come from anywhere. For Sarah Ruhl's latest, it came from somewhere close. So close it was in her house all along: It was the baby sitter.
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 …
Best play: Down Past Passyunk, InterAct Theatre Company
Best musical: Midsummer (a play with songs), Inis Nua Theatre Company
He has none of his own, but it was kids who led Broadway legend Harvey Fierstein to write the book for the 2012 musical Newsies, which launches its national tour Tuesday at the Academy of Mu…
You knew the Barrymore Awards were back when the people streaming in through the Merriam Theater's front door Monday night were wearing as much makeup as the people on stage.
The Syringa Tree, written by Pamela Gien, produced by Theatre Horizon, directed by Steve Pacek, featuring Kristyn Chouiniere and Alice Gatling, set and lighting by Thom Weaver, reviewed by W…
Tony Award winner Sutton Foster is a married woman after exchanging vows with screenwriter Ted Griffin on Saturday.
The first time I reviewed London's BalletBoyz, for their 2003 American debut, I said they were too cute for words, though I did think of a few: gymnastic, marvelous, elegant. Now, I add exci…
Merilyn Jackson reviews the dynamic, studly company BalletBoyz at the Annenberg
NEW YORK (AP) - Bradley Cooper will contort his body into uncomfortable positions for eight shows a week when he begins his run in the Broadway revival of "The Elephant Man." That means he'l…
Til Divorce Do Us Part, at Society Hill Playhouse, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield.
When opera star Kathleen Battle performs in Philadelphia Friday, she won't be singing Handel or Mozart.
Richard II, by William Shakespeare, produced by Quintessence Theatre Group, directed by Alexander Burns, featuring Lee Cortopassi, James-Patrick Davis, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield.
There's something about Quintessence Theatre Group's production of Richard II that calls to mind The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the downfall of its alien king, Frank N. Furter.
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DOYLESTOWN Nigerian artist Ibiyinka Alao, winner of the United Nations award in art, visited Delaware Valley College and the Doyle…
Shia LaBeouf has blamed his method acting extremes for his near-career destroying bust-up with Alec Baldwin.
"Glee" actor Matthew Morrison married his fiancé, actress and model Renee Puente, in a Hawaii ceremony on Saturday, PEOPLE reports.
With more orchestras declining than thriving, classical music audiences can be forgiven for thinking the brand new Pennsylvania Philharmonic is a mirage.
The Pennsylvania Ballet opened its season - and the next chapter in its 51-year existence - Thursday night at the Academy of Music with Press Play: The Directorial Debut of Ángel Corel…
Bad Jews is a family drama without parents, aunts, uncles and - most especially in this case - without a grandfather. There is none of the usual equipment for a dysfunctional family drama: n…
Detroit, written by Lisa D'Amour, produced by Philadelphia Theatre Company, featuring Genevieve Perrier, Steven Rishard, K.O. DelMarcelle, Matteo Scammell and Tom McCarthy, set by Vince Moun…
There's a strange sort of bookending between Philadelphia Theatre Company's 40th-season opener, Lisa D'Amour's Detroit, and last season's production of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia a…
