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Fans of the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre were dismayed to receive this letter from artistic director Carmen Khan. It looks like this season will be the last in a while. We wish the best to Carmen and everyone at the company.
View More Our Revels Now Are Ended? Philly Shakes takes a break
A world-premiere commission filled with humor and heart considers the history and progress of gay rights in Philadelphia through the lens of a local podcast and the discovery of a revealing artifact.
View More TIME IS ON OUR SIDE (Simpatico): Philadelphia’s living history of gay pride and social progress
Music accompanies modern life, whether it’s a new band your friends like, the on-hold music of doctor’s office or half your office going to see Beyoncé last Sunday. But what happens when music takes control?
View More Mood Music and Mind Control at SoLow Fest
Young Jean Lee’s brave societal exploration brings out the issues of privilege among, you guessed it—straight white men.
View More STRAIGHT WHITE MEN (InterAct): Rattling cages…
Theatre Exile’s production of THE INVISIBLE HAND features an all-star creative team. We interviewed them.
View More The Power of the Invisible Hand: Interview with Anthony Mustafa Adair as Dar, a Pakistani captor, at Theatre Exile
Theatre Exile’s production of THE INVISIBLE HAND features an all-star creative team. We interviewed them.
View More Men At Some Time Are Masters of Their Fates: Interview with Maboud Ebrahimzadeh on THE INVISIBLE HAND
Theatre Exile’s production of THE INVISIBLE HAND features an all-star creative team. We interviewed them.
View More Taken Hostage By a Play: Interview with Ian Merrill Peakes on THE INVISIBLE HAND
Theatre Exile’s production of THE INVISIBLE HAND features an all-star creative team. We interviewed them.
View More The Invisible Hand of Director Matt Pfeiffer
A SoLow Fest exploration of what makes us vulnerable, joyous, or angry.
View More Rejected Thoughts Emerge at SoLow Fest
Visually beautiful and compelling in its coherence, 36 VIEWS weaves these intellectual concepts on the uncertainty of art and life with a wholly original style.
View More 36 VIEWS (Lantern): Using artifice to reveal truths
Dives into the lives of Irish tenement dwellers at the time of the 1916 Easter Rising
View More THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS (Irish Heritage): Human portraits of a bloody struggle
The action transpires at the nexus of tradition, belief, protest, crass commercialism, and rock ‘n’ roll, shedding light on differing views of the budding Civil…
View More [NYC] THE TOTAL BENT (Public Theater): In world premiere in NYC, a messy rocking musical has Philadelphia connections
When does the subject trump gender identity? Responses to the latest Inis Nua production.
View More “Nothing about us without us”: The Radicalisation of CHELSEA Manning
An array of circus arts, music, theater and storytelling and an outdoor FUN ZONE
View More Full Schedule: 2016 Philadelphia International Children’s Festival June 2-4
Female friendships, aggression, integrity, Lisa Frank, light-up sneakers, and more.
View More Putting the Vulnerable Thing Out There: An interview with Chelsea & Magda
To call THE INVISIBLE HAND dramatic would be an understatement.
View More THE INVISIBLE HAND (Theatre Exile): A gripping, thinking person’s play about the wages of self-interest
J. Paul Nicholas on the politics and conversations that surround this well-executed production.
View More [podcast] J. Paul Nicholas on THE INVISIBLE HAND
The cast, director, and artistic director of Mechanical’s upcoming production of Shakespeare’s classic give a sneak peek at their original site-specific adaptation.
View More The Mechanical Theater Discusses its New Site-Specific Take on ROMEO AND JULIET
New Freedom Theatre’s latest teaches us that anger is a valid reaction to any play that depicts racial injustice.
View More THE BALLAD OF TRAYVON MARTIN (New Freedom): When a play makes you feel something
A superb cast and creative artistic design bring the story of traumatic loss and joyful renewal to life in the haunting musical adaptation of a Victorian classic.
View More THE SECRET GARDEN (Arden): Captivating mystery and haunting artistry