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A 68-year-old actor who made a career playing Irish characters on stage in Philadelphia and New York City was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Center City early Tuesday. The accident forced…
At People's Light and Theatre Company, Bill Cain's How to Write a New Book for the Bible actually presents an even more complicated set of instructions: How to honor thy parents while saying…
NEW YORK - Bravo to the Tony voters, all 700 of them. The four productions named Sunday night as the best of the season were truly deserving. As for the awards show itself, well, everyone de…
NEW YORK - Fun Home, based on Alison Bechdel's moving memoir about growing up gay, took the best-musical Tony Award at Sunday night's televised ceremonies, while the dazzling London import T…
Angel Corella's first year as artistic director of Pennsylvania Ballet has been one of many changes. The entire artistic staff was replaced, new dancers and guest artists were hired, and, ju…
The lights may have gone out at the Arden, but the show most certainly went on. Despite a neighborhood power outage, the Arden Theatre pulled off a grand fete for acclaimed Broadway composer…
British pop star Zayn Malik is reportedly set to tread the boards at London's Old Vic Theater as he plots a move into acting following his departure from One Direction.
The game is afoot (What, only a foot? I thought it was Scotland Yard, yuk yuk) at the Lantern Theater, where The Hound of the Baskervilles is having a rousing and rambunctious production. Th…
Empowerment and healing are the goals of Michael Broussard’s “Ask A Sex Abuse Survivor.”
The Brady Bunch creator Sherwood Schwartz is working on a musical adaptation of his hit family sitcom for the stage.
Early arrivals at the Arden Theatre's fund-raising concert and award ceremony for Broadway eminence Stephen Sondheim on Monday night were greeted with champagne and popcorn and chatted happi…
A funny thing happened on the way to the 21st century: The definition and importance of marriage shifted, gayness came out of the shadows and proliferated in public, pop cultural, and politi…
Passion, produced by the Arden Theatre Company, written by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, directed by Terrence J. Nolen, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield
And his professional focus, at least for the time being, is no longer mainstream pop music but show tunes from such works as "Wicked" and Stephen Sondheim's "Company," in which he is starrin…
VARIETY-ENTERTAINMENT-SCENE/VPAGE:Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair Reunite at 'Cruel Intentions' Musical
Having four highly regarded dance companies within a few blocks on the Avenue of the Arts makes Philadelphia unique in all of America. Some of that Broad Street dazzle will be on display at …
Songwriter William Finn is known to keep the musical-theater world waiting for his next burst of tragicomic brilliance.
Dael Orlandersmith's new drama is a departure in every sense, one that takes her across borders and into a foreign culture. The results are erratic.
The production of the August Wilson drama lacks the necessary emotional balance.
The original writers quit. The theater tried again but held up the show.
