Agatha Christie has always been a theatrical guilty pleasure, like sitting down with a nice genre book or singing along to top 40
View More AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (Walnut): Ten little soldier boys having lots of funAuthor: Christopher Munden
The Tour is FREE but the Facts aren’t Facts: Walk around Philadelphia as part of the FIVE DOLLAR COMEDY WEEK
Five Dollar Comedy Week returns for its second year March 23-29, 2015 at a new home, Plays & Players Theater. The seven-day festival features 30…
View More The Tour is FREE but the Facts aren’t Facts: Walk around Philadelphia as part of the FIVE DOLLAR COMEDY WEEKMACBETH (Arden): Bloody bold and resolute [critical mass review #1]
Burns maintains the energy and pacing of his best work for Quintessence and takes full advantage of the Arden’s high production values to create an exuberant and understandable version of Shakespeare’s masterpiece.
View More MACBETH (Arden): Bloody bold and resolute [critical mass review #1]Critical Mass: Arden’s MACBETH introduces a new feature on Phindie
Readers of Phindie will know that I’m a big fan of William Shakespeare. Yet in the Fall, when I got an invitation to see a…
View More Critical Mass: Arden’s MACBETH introduces a new feature on PhindieNo Elephants in This Circus: Lauren Rile Smith talks about Tangle Movement Arts’ circus-theater cabaret TELL IT SLANT
Lauren Rile Smith talks about circus, feminism, and whether or not there will be large mammals at Tangle Movement Arts TELL IT SLANT.
View More No Elephants in This Circus: Lauren Rile Smith talks about Tangle Movement Arts’ circus-theater cabaret TELL IT SLANTTHE FAREWELL PARTY launches the 2015 Israeli Film Festival
Netanyahu isn’t Israel’s only visitor to the United States this month. Philadelphia’s annual Israeli Film Festival opens its 19th season this Saturday with a dark comedy featuring many of Israel’s top actors.
View More THE FAREWELL PARTY launches the 2015 Israeli Film FestivalArt Made in China at PII Gallery
Considering every Ming vase and iPhone is made there, Chinese imports are curiously negatively stereotyped in the United States. Old City’s PII Gallery counters this with its new exhibition of emerging Chinese artist Jinming Huang,
View More Art Made in China at PII GalleryBrainSpunk Theater launches its new home with THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW LIVE!
Sharpen your stilettos! BrainSpunk Theater introduces its new performance space in Kensington with THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW LIVE!, March 5-28, 2015.
View More BrainSpunk Theater launches its new home with THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW LIVE!Drexel students find their “Philly Groove” with unfinished songs from the 1970s
Students from Drexel University’s music industry program are breathing life into music tracks that have been silent for more than 40 years.
View More Drexel students find their “Philly Groove” with unfinished songs from the 1970sIrish Eyes Still Smiling: LAFFERTY’S WAKE back at Society Hill Playhouse 17 years later
In 1997, Inquirer theater critic Douglas J. Keating attended the world premiere of LAFFERTY’S WAKE, an interactive Irish-style play conceived by Susan Turlish and her cast of local actors.
View More Irish Eyes Still Smiling: LAFFERTY’S WAKE back at Society Hill Playhouse 17 years laterKerouac and Google Maps: ON THE ROAD by GPS
Head northwest on W 7th St toward 7th Ave. Take the 1st left onto 7th Ave. Turn right onto W 39th St. Take the ramp onto Lincoln Tunnel. Parts of this road are closed Mon-Fri 4:00 – 7:00 pm. Entering New Jersey.
View More Kerouac and Google Maps: ON THE ROAD by GPSTheater in the Galleries: Renegade and the Barnes collaborate with SUBJECT: WOMEN
The Barnes Foundation and the Renegade Company are collaborating on a series of 15 minute theatrical interpretations of the works in the Barnes collection as part of the FREE First Sunday Series.
View More Theater in the Galleries: Renegade and the Barnes collaborate with SUBJECT: WOMENYo Adrian! ROCCO boxing-dance hits FringeArts
Created by acclaimed Dutch choreographers Emio Greco and Pieter Scholten, ROCCO pits male dancer-fighters against one another in a suite of choreographed bouts
View More Yo Adrian! ROCCO boxing-dance hits FringeArtsKeep That Phone Out: LiveNote Nights with The Philadelphia Orchestra
You might have noticed: cell phones are an integral part of modern life. Yet every time you go to a performance art show you are instructed: Turn It Off!
View More Keep That Phone Out: LiveNote Nights with The Philadelphia OrchestraDada Is a State of Mind: {HTP} explores PAINTER AND PATAPHYSICIAN THOMAS CHIMES
Intellectual property lawyer, art collector, and university lecturer Mari Shaw’s just-published book, Painter and Pataphysician Thomas Chimes excerpts 15 years of private conversations with artist…
View More Dada Is a State of Mind: {HTP} explores PAINTER AND PATAPHYSICIAN THOMAS CHIMESBalletX Winter Series 2015: Norbert De La Cruz III connects classical steps with modern contortions
Just 26 years old, De La Cruz has already received astounding recognition for his choreography. BalletX premiere’s his “Talsikan” as part of the Winter Series 2015.
View More BalletX Winter Series 2015: Norbert De La Cruz III connects classical steps with modern contortionsA Love Made in Shakespeare: Valentine’s Day performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre
The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre are giving each other greeting cards, buying each other flowers, and teaming up for a one-night-only concert of music and performance.
View More A Love Made in Shakespeare: Valentine’s Day performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philadelphia Shakespeare TheatreBill Irwin, Billy Porter, and Anna Deavere Smith: Theatre Masters at PTC
World-renowned comic actor Bill Irwin kicks off of on-stage interviews with some of the major theater artists this Monday, February 16
View More Bill Irwin, Billy Porter, and Anna Deavere Smith: Theatre Masters at PTCA Musical Countdown to 60: Charles Gilbert and his song-a-day Project 194
Turning sixty is a big milestone,. South Philadelphia-based songwriter Charles Gilbert is celebrating in a different and rather unconventional way.
View More A Musical Countdown to 60: Charles Gilbert and his song-a-day Project 194Costume Changes and Metamorphoses: Katherine Fritz on costume design, Kafka, and blogging
Interview with award-winning costume designer and star blogger Katherine Fritz on tackling Kafka’s METAMORPHOSIS
View More Costume Changes and Metamorphoses: Katherine Fritz on costume design, Kafka, and blogging