Upcoming theater and arts in Philadelphia
Most books which were considered sexually scandalous at the time seem positively anodyne when read in the early 21st century. Marquis de Sade’s novels still make for discomforting reads.
View More A New 120 DAYS OF SODOM has Something for Everyone! (If everyone’s a fan of utter depravity)
Octavia Butler’s dystopian future seems especially relevant. Can we find respite in comradeship and song?
View More Sowing a Parable for our Times: Octavia Butler’s PARABLE OF THE SOWER as a concert
Random Acts of Theater and the Liberty Education Forum are riding the wave of Pope fever with the Philadelphia premiere of Melissa McBain’s ALTAR CALL,
View More Pope fever continues with ALTAR CALL
There are 1.5 million black men missing from American homes. V TO X examines who and where they are.
View More 1.5 Million Men Missing: New play looks at “five to ten” and the devastation of the prison system
Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium returns with its latest dive into the absurd—Eugene Ionescos EXIT THE KING
View More Tonight! Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium kicks off the Fringe with EXIT THE KING!
Part of a series of previews of shows in the Fishtown Fringe segment of the 2015 Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
View More Fishtown Fringe Preview #2: POPE UP
The first in a series of previews of shows in the Fishtown Fringe segment of the 2015 Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
View More Fishtown Fringe Preview #1: STRUCTURALLY SOUND (New Street Dance Group)
This month, Tongue & Groove Spontaneous Theater is revisiting their popular improv show, WHO, in which the audience is asked to honestly answer the simple question “Who Are You?”
View More Tongue & Groove asks “Who Are You? Who who, who who?”
GayFest! shows feature gay characters, but they are no more “gay plays” than plays featuring straight characters are “straight plays”.
View More GayFest! 2015: Preview and schedule
Now in its fifth season, Russian Opera Workshop presents FREE in-concert opera productions of seldom-produced works by leading Russian composers.
View More Tchaikovsky’s Last Opera: Russian Opera Workshop 2015 presents IOLANTA
Based on the true story of a lesbian who fled Uganda to escape an honor killing by her father, ASYLUM traces a treacherous landscape where non-conformity is a matter of life and death.
View More Finding ASYLUM: New work launches at Stagecrafters
Koresh features 33 companies in this year’s festival, which provides a professional performance platform for established and emerging dance artists alike.
View More Right Now, Over Me: Koresh Dance Company’s COME TOGETHER festival
With a new name and a revived sense of purpose, Vulcan Lyric is prepared to bring new works of musical theater to Philadelphia audiences over the summer.
View More Vulcan Lyric: New name, new festival
A dark night of the soul is a term used to describe a spiritual crisis or a period of intense doubt and uncertainty.
View More Dancing through the Dark Nights of the Soul: Belle Alvarez’s FAITH SHIFT
Inspired by the Guinness Book of World Records, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Sam Green embarked on THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS, an ode to the jagged…
View More Sam Green’s new film-performance THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS explores the fringes of humanity
Choreographer Kate Watson-Wallace returns to FringeArts June 4-6, 2015, with MASH UP BODY,a contemporary dance piece that examines the evolution and destruction of identity. Now based in…
View More Kate Watson-Wallace Mashes Up Dance at FringeArts
Take It Away Dance’s latest full-length project is one of a series of contemporary tap performances the group has presented since 2007
View More Rhythm on Tap: Take It Away Dance premieres CROSS RHYTHMS
Students develop a new musical by NYC writer David Reiser inspired by his relationship with Broadway veteran Caissie Levy.
View More Teaching Broadway: Drexel students produce FREE staged musical by Broadway alums
Novels and cocktails are two of the best things in life. STORIES AND SPIRITS combines them in a one-off evening of drinks and performances.
View More Renegade’s STORIES AND SPIRITS settles down with a drink and a good book
The show will feature acrobats disguised as normal visitors to the popular Clark Park Farmers Market,
View More Undercover Circus in a West Philly Park: Tangle Movement Arts at Clark Park Farmers Market