As PHILADANCO! prepares for their upcoming performance at the Kimmel Center, Kim Bears-Bailey looks back on her illustrious career with the company. Bears-Bailey joined the company in 1981 and rose through the ranks to her current position as Artistic Director. She shares with Phindie the creation of PHILADANCO! RE and highlights of the past 41 years.
View More RE!flecting on a career with PHILADANCO!: Interview with Kim Bears-Bailey
NETworks non-equity presentation of Waitress at the Kimmel Center delivers a production that is full of sweetness, laughs, and lovely music.
There is something so comforting about the American diner. The smell of bacon, the reliably hot coffee, the servers who’s brusk care is well-worn but personal. Likewise, Waitress, feels comforting, and certainly more filling than some other recent movie-to-musical broadway adaptations.
View More Waitress Goes Down Sweet As Pie
Shawn W. Smith returns to WAITRESS in the lead role of Earl. Smith joined the national touring cast of WAITRESS in 2019 after playing an ensemble role in the show. The musical is based on the 2007 film of the same name and features music by Sara Bareilles. Smith talks to Phindie about being back in the pie shop.
View More Order Up! Interview with Shawn W. Smith of WAITRESS
Charles Askegard has spent his career perfecting the work of George Balanchine – first as a dancer with NYCB and now as the Philadelphia Ballet’s rehearsal director. The company will be presenting Bold Brilliant Balanchine as part of its commitment to honoring and celebrating its rich Balanchine roots. Askegard spoke about the upcoming program and his time with the Philadelphia Ballet.
View More Philadelphia Ballet’s Charles Askegard on the Brilliance of Balanchine
Walking into the Forrest Theatre, patrons are assaulted by the glaringly-bright light of the stage. This production of Oklahoma!, the lights seem to say, will hide nothing. In many ways, Daniel Fish’s revival lives up to this promise.
View More A Powerful Revival: Daniel Fish’s Oklahoma!
For millennial theater kids, it is hard to overstate the cultural importance of Rent. First produced in 1996, the contemporary retelling of Pucini’s La bohème introduced me and my peers to rock ballads, profanity, drug use, sex, homelessness, and AIDS. Presented in Philly as part of its “25th Anniversary Farewell” tour, this Rent feels adolescent, that is: young, passionate, loud, and slightly dumb.
View More Seasons of RENT: A young cast helps an aging show
Here’s an overview of some of the shows coming to the stage in Philadelphia this month.
View More March 2022 Roundup
Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown is a blend of retold Greek myths, written in the rich folk-musical language of the American south, focusing on the stories of Orpheus and Eurydice, and Hades and Persephone.
View More HADESTOWN (National Tour) at the Kimmel Center
Some of the most beloved choruses and orchestras in the Philadelphia area became creative in entertaining audiences in safe and often unexpected ways via virtual holiday performances.
View More Holiday Concerts in Review: 6 shows that went on despite the pandemic
Renée Fleming has been at the forefront of classical music for three decades.
View More America’s Diva Comes to Philadelphia: An interview with Renée Fleming
Seeing KINKY BOOTS every couple of years turns out to be a semi-good idea
View More KINKY BOOTS (national tour at the Academy of Music): Everybody say yeah
This bountiful menu of music had something for every taste
View More After the O17: A reflection on Opera Philadelphia’s brave endeavor
Here’s everything you need to know about the musical smorgasbord that awaits.
View More Your guide to Opera Philadelphia’s O17 Festival
Opera Philadelphia’s innovative general director previews the upcoming O17 Festival.
View More Opera Innovator: An Interview with David Devan ahead of the O17 Festival
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 LIGHT
In celebration of it’s 47th year, PHILADANCO/The Philadelphia Dance Company presented BLACK STEAM, featuring two new works and two old ones.
View More BLACK STEAM (Philadanco): A multitude of one
Anthony Chan spoke with Phindie about his role as Prince Chulalongkorn.
View More THE KING AND I and I: Interview with star of touring production
HE KING AND I is set in a time period of colonies and colonials.
View More Theater in Sketch: THE KING AND I (Academy of Music)
Roundabout Theatre Company’s Tony award-winning production of CABARET will make its Philadelphia premiere at the Academy of Music April 4-9
View More CABARET Couple: Talking to the married stars of a Broadway tour
Top players in the Mexico music scene joined forces to play Morrissey’s and The Smith’s greatest hits. They’re coming to the Kimmel Center October 29.
View More Mexrrissey Does Morrissey: Interview with band member Ceci Bastida