Theater: New and Noteworthy
Fringe Festival (Through next Sunday at various locations. Information: 215-413- 1318 or fringearts.com.). Three weeks of almost anything people can devise in a space, on a stage, in your he…
Fringe Festival (Through next Sunday at various locations. Information: 215-413- 1318 or fringearts.com.). Three weeks of almost anything people can devise in a space, on a stage, in your he…
Lantern Theater Company launches Philadelphia's professional season with "Red Velvet," Lolita Chakrabarti's provocative and entertaining drama about race and theater. While anti-abolition ri…
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" is about as good as the thing can be done: It's headlong, merry, madcap, and some brilliant ad libs.
Picket lines were scheduled in front of the Walnut Street Theatre on Wednesday afternoon, after the theater fired two stageworkers over Labor Day Weekend under circumstances union officials …
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Samuel Pepys goes Fringe A VIP performance of the dance-theater piece 17C, based on the diaries of late-17th-century Englishman Samuel Pepys, was the gala opening to this year's Fringe Fest…
Michael Friedman, whose Saturday death from HIV complications shocked the theater world, wrote music for great classical plays as well as songs that expressed the soul of the characters who …
The Nobel Laureate and his band come to Upper Darby on Nov. 11 and 12.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Kristen Bell says she's "singing in a hurricane" while riding out Irma in Florida.
TORONTO (AP) - Lady Gaga says that she's planning to take a "rest" from music and "slow down for a moment for some healing."
Fringe Festival (Through Sept. 24 at various locations. Information: 215-413-1318 or fringearts.com.). See preview on H14. New This Week Carousel (Media Theatre). See preview on H14.
NEW YORK (AP) - Disney is adding more firepower to its upcoming streaming service .
The film inspired by Fey's experience at Upper Darby High School gets adapted for the Great White Way
The fall theater season in Philly gets off to a wild start with the Fringe Fest, a Sam Shepard celebration, and the rollout of some great classics and compelling new plays between now and Th…
Things to do in Philadelphia September 8 to 14
Fringe Festival (Through Sept. 24 at various locations. Information: 215-413-1318 or fringearts.com.). Three weeks of almost anything people can devise in a space, on a stage, in your head. …
'Springsteen on Broadway' will now run through early February.
Gin and theater: Together at last The Fringe Festival, opening the Tuesday after Labor Day, includes several shows that combine theater and foodstuffs and drinkstuffs. Among them is #Cocktai…
New This Week As You Like It (Ignoble Shakespeare Company, southwest end of Knight Park, Collingswood). Locals put on a free rendition of the likable Shakespeare comedy. Friday and Saturday …
Lauren Haughton, a member of the cast, taught 24 local young people and one hopeless old grownup the fundamentals of musical theater in a master class offered by the Center City school Music…
Ralph Weeks, director of marketing and public relations for the Walnut Street Theatre since 2003, has resigned. His last day on the job will be Sept. 8, after which he will return to his nat…
Theatre Philadelphia's Barrymore Awards, often called "the Tonys of Philadelphia," are the height of the Philly theater year.Â
The combo embedded within the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia would have been worth hearing even without the movie. The frothy movie and live accompaniment were a swinging escape from real…