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
PAC gives the Jacobin the veneer of a mid-20th century hard-boiler. Sketches by Chuck Schultz.
View More THE WHITE DEVIL (PAC): A bloody good thrillerA meta take on Flaubert’s classic.
View More THE MASSIVE TRAGEDY OF MADAME BOVARY (Curio): Not your high school English classPlaywright James Ijames offers a searing examination of the commodification of black experience.
View More WHITE (Theatre Horizon): Representation mattersThough different in color and mood, all three pieces are entertaining and intellectual.
View More SPRING SERIES 2017 (BalletX): Intellectual and intriguingThe emotional battle to for the strength to re-experience the trauma took perseverance.
View More Dance in Sketch: KUN-YANG LIN/ DANCERSFor the last program of the 2016-2017 season, NextMove Dance brings in Aspen Santa Fe Ballet to the Prince Theater, May 3-7.
View More ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET (NextMove Dance): Flawless and vibrantIn a casting coup, Anthony Heald has come to Philadelphia to play Herbie in GYPSY at Arden Theatre.
View More Anthony Heald in GYPSY: Journeyman actor makes his way to PhiladelphiaDIRTY DANCING returns to Philadelphia this month with several new new cast leads, including Jennifer Mealani Jones in the role of Penny Johnson
View More Let’s Dance: Talking DIRTY DANCING with star Jennifer Mealani JonesA visceral, exquisitely written, three-person anxiety attack
View More SWALLOW (Inis Nua): This Scottish play is a spot on reflection of America right nowAt SCRATCH NIGHT, the change from one artist to another is exciting.
View More Fringe in Sketch: SCRATCH NIGHT (FringeArts)Three married couples in a romp about infidelity who all have years of stage work and accolades to their names.
View More Many Happy Returns: Trey Lyford wishes you HAPPY BIRTHDAY (1812 Productions)2015 Kimmel Center Theater Resident alumnus Daniel Alexander Jones’s fierce alter ego Jomama Jones will make her Kimmel Center debut in BLACK LIGHT
View More Lighting Up the Kimmel Center: Daniel Alexander “Jomama” Jones talks BLACK LIGHTOpera Philadelphia’s new co-production of Mozart’s MARRIAGE OF FIGARO is fast, lively and a wonderful way to be introduced to opera.
View More THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (Opera Philadelphia): Mozart at the Academy of MusicA reality that we need to face, think about, and talk about.
View More SANCTUARY (KUN-YANG LIN/DANCERS): Sanctuary for those who know painWhat’s onstage in Philadelphia this month?
View More Philadelphia Theater Calendar May 2017Curtis Opera Theatre fails to make the case for LA RONDINE as a neglected classic.
View More LA RONDINE (Curtis Opera Theatre): Puccini’s elusive swallows flies to PhillyChris the Brit is the guy who runs Phindie. Today is his birthday.
View More you fucks are lucky this dude covers shit but if you appreciated him you wouldn’t be phila so fuck chris the brit : An editorialLayla Claire and John Chest appear as Mozart’s unhappily married Count and Countess weeks before their own nuptials.
View More Marriages of Figaro: Opera Philadelphia stars are partners on and off stageA sense of familiarity permeates THE PRISONER OF ZENDA, Matt Tallman’s adaptation of Anthony Hope’s novel of intrigue, adventure, and mistaken identity
View More THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (Hedgerow Theatre): 60-second reviewWe checked in with Stef Smith to find out how she approaches her work.
View More Stef Smith and SWALLOW: A word with the Scots playwright of Inis Nua’s new production