BASKERVILLE (PTC): The adventure of the omnipresent detective
Ken Ludwig’s idea of turning a Sherlock Holmes story into a comedy isn’t groundbreaking, which means the execution of the idea needs to be really good to stand out
View More BASKERVILLE (PTC): The adventure of the omnipresent detectiveX-MAS PHILES (Philadanco): What’s in the box labeled X-mas Philes?
X-MAS PHILES is fun. But fun showed itself as a side-track.
View More X-MAS PHILES (Philadanco): What’s in the box labeled X-mas Philes?2016 is almost knocking at the gate: Interview with LAFFERTY’S WAKE playwright Susan Turlish
In this, the second of a two-part interview (read part one here), Henrik Eger talks to playwright Susan Turlish about her work.
View More 2016 is almost knocking at the gate: Interview with LAFFERTY’S WAKE playwright Susan TurlishA Baroque German Christmas: Tempesta di Mare presents 17th-century advent music
Tempesta di Mare is teaming up with Choral Arts Philadelphia and Piffaro Renaissance Band to perform selections of Christmas music from the Court of Dresden.
View More A Baroque German Christmas: Tempesta di Mare presents 17th-century advent musicFamous Philadelphians: Aaron Levy (1742-1815)
Aaron Levy was a prominent land speculator in Colonial Pennsylvania. A Jewish immigrant from Amsterdam, he founded Aaronsberg in Centre County, the first city in the United States designed by and named for a person of Jewish descent.
View More Famous Philadelphians: Aaron Levy (1742-1815)ABBOT ADAM: NONE (No Face/ FringeArts): What does it all mean?
The second part of No Face Performance Group’s ABBOT ADAM series begins with the faintly absurd and moves to the thoroughly absurd.
View More ABBOT ADAM: NONE (No Face/ FringeArts): What does it all mean?Philadanco’s X-MAS PHILES keeps giving
Choreographer Daniel Ezralow is back in town to add some extra decoration to a much-loved holiday tradition.
View More Philadanco’s X-MAS PHILES keeps givingA Night With Tom Stoppard: The playwright visits the Wilma to talk about his latest play
Tom Stoppard talks THE HARD PROBLEM with cognitive scientist David Chalmers.
View More A Night With Tom Stoppard: The playwright visits the Wilma to talk about his latest playA KNEE THAT CAN BEND (Orbiter 3): Love and life in a hot country
In Africa as elsewhere, for queers as for everyone, life plays out messily in small tragedies and little loves.
View More A KNEE THAT CAN BEND (Orbiter 3): Love and life in a hot countryJoan Myers Brown Talks Christmas and THE X-MAS PHILES
Celebrating her 46th year as artistic director of the Philadelphia Dance Company, Joan Myers Brown continues to break barriers while preserving rich dance traditions.
View More Joan Myers Brown Talks Christmas and THE X-MAS PHILESHANS BRINKER AND THE SILVER SKATES (Arden): The sweet rewards of hope, understanding, and kindness
A world-premiere stage adaptation of Mary Mapes Dodge’s 19th-century children’s story delivers a clear message about the importance of kindness and understanding.
View More HANS BRINKER AND THE SILVER SKATES (Arden): The sweet rewards of hope, understanding, and kindnessOur Man in Havana: Gerard Hooper takes Drexel film students to Cuba
Interview with a Drexel professor taking 10 students to study with Cuban filmmakers.
View More Our Man in Havana: Gerard Hooper takes Drexel film students to CubaLOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST (CTC): A post-modern musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic rom-com
An updated musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic rom-com brings current import to the battle of the sexes and coming of age in post-modern times.
View More LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST (CTC): A post-modern musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic rom-com“No Irish Wake is considered a success without one mighty, knockdown, knockout fight!”: Interview with LAFFERTY’S WAKE playwright Susan Turlish
Part one of the first-ever interview with Susan Turlish, playwright of Society Hill Playhouse’s smash hit LAFFERTY’S WAKE
View More “No Irish Wake is considered a success without one mighty, knockdown, knockout fight!”: Interview with LAFFERTY’S WAKE playwright Susan TurlishTHIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS (1812): The tenth anniversary of an annual favorite
This year’s installment of the annual politically-incorrect political comedy skewers the presidential candidates and brings some welcome laughs to a troubled week
View More THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS (1812): The tenth anniversary of an annual favoriteThe Nutcracker and Other Favorites: Philadelphia DANCE’s annual holiday guide to gance in Philadelphia
Philadelphia DANCE’s give their annual round-up of dance shows onstage this holiday season.
View More The Nutcracker and Other Favorites: Philadelphia DANCE’s annual holiday guide to gance in PhiladelphiaBASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY (PTC): A wacky spoof on a classic novel
An entertaining spoof of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Victorian classic injects humor and surprises into the well-known mystery.
View More BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY (PTC): A wacky spoof on a classic novelLAFFERTY’S WAKE (Society Hill Playhouse): Putting the fun in funeral
The LAFFERTY’S WAKE ensemble is quick and amiable in Susan Turlish’s gentle comic story,
View More LAFFERTY’S WAKE (Society Hill Playhouse): Putting the fun in funeralOF MICE AND MEN (Stagecrafters): Tell me about the Great Depression
Based on the classic, insightful novel by John Steinbeck, the play delves into the hardship of two migrant workers during the Great Depression and a time when each man was for himself and there was little forgiveness.
View More OF MICE AND MEN (Stagecrafters): Tell me about the Great DepressionTHE SECOND MRS. WILSON (George Street); Behind every great man
Joe DiPietro’s thought-provoking piece is set in Woodrow Wilson’s second term, but it rekindles a period in the mid-20th century of sweeping biographical plays about historical figures.
View More THE SECOND MRS. WILSON (George Street); Behind every great man