Why Deaf Theater is a Form of Resistance
This film follows Daymond Sands, a Deaf theatre program director, preparing his first original showcase, highlighting the cast’s heartfelt effort to bring Deaf perspectives center stage
A 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.
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Famous 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.
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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.
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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.
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A 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.
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A 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.
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Joan 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.
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HANS 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.
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Our Man in Havana: Gerard Hooper takes Drexel film students to Cuba
Interview with a Drexel professor taking 10 students to study with Cuban filmmakers.
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LOVE’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.
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“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
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THIS 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
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The 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.
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BASKERVILLE: 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.
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LAFFERTY’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,
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OF 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.
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THE 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.
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Arming GABLER: Prop designer Paul Kuhn talks about his work on HEDDA GABLER
Paul Kuhn is perhaps the finest designer in Philadelphia’s independent theater. He tells Phindie about his prop design for a site-specific production of Ibsen’s HEDDA GABLER.
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HOME/S. 9TH ST. (Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers): Home is where the dance is
Addressing the issues of immigration and acceptance, Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers utilize dance and theatrics to explore the meaning of home.
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MATILDA: THE MUSICAL (RSC): Dahl on tour
Roald Dahl is wildly popular, and this musical version of MATILDA benefits from the author’s lionization.
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