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6 Shows To See This Week That Have Nothing in Common
Teyana Taylor @ TLA | Thursday, April 28 Apparently some people on MTV’s My Super Sweet Sixteen can do more than complain that their new […]
Opera Review: Capriccio is a Triumph
In the middle of World War II, Richard Strauss premiered his final opera, Capriccio — an elegant “conversation piece,” set in a grand salon outside […]
Project Turns Military Uniforms Into Paper and Vets’ Experiences Into Triumph
David Keefe holds a MFA with a speciality in printmaking and painting, and is a practicing artist in New Jersey. He’s also a Marine vet, […]
Five Best Bets for PIFA 2016
Further details about Kimmel Center’s PIFA 2016 were released late last week, including the unveiling of the festival’s signature installation, The Kinetic Tree, at Commonwealth […]
Philadelphia Orchestra’s 2016-17 Season Highlights Diversity of Sound
The Philadelphia Orchestra truly remains the city’s only A-list organization so far as attracting world-class classical music talent to the region, and their 2016-17 season, which […]
Best Things to Do in Philly in January
January 6 The Hard Problem at the Wilma Theater For years, Philadelphia actress Sarah Gliko longed to perform at the renowned Wilma Theater under the […]
Review: Kristin Chenoweth Sings With the Philadelphia Orchestra
Toward the end of Kristin Chenoweth‘s set on Saturday evening with The Philadelphia Orchestra, she turned to the audience and said, “There’s only about 20 minutes […]
Review: Handel’s Messiah As Intimate As It Is Grand
There was something tangible about Friday evening’s performance of Handel’s Messiah with the Philadelphia Orchestra, featuring a host of opera notables and the large-scale Philadelphia Voices […]
Q&A: Getting Down With The Skivvies
If you’ve never seen Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley, you don’t know what you’re in for. The Broadway stars, who met back in 2003, are […]
Hilary Hahn’s Homecoming
She may be from Virginia, but violinist Hilary Hahn spent her formative years in Rittenhouse Square, studying at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music from […]
Martha Graham Cracker’s Newest Gig: Kimmel Center Leading Lady
My chat with Dito started a few minutes early because he feared he’d face a long commute going to his gig at People’s Light: It […]
Philadelphia Orchestra Announces Holiday Concert Schedule
From the legendary Broadway voice of Kristin Chenoweth to the glorious sounds of star soprano Angela Meade and a concert especially for children, The Philadelphia Orchestra‘s holiday […]
Want Naming Rights to the Kimmel Center? That’ll be $25 Million
The Philadelphia Inquirer offered some insight this morning into what the Kimmel Center for Performing Arts hopes to gain by selling its naming rights. Yes, like […]
REVIEW: Bullets Over Broadway at Academy of Music
Olive, a stripper who wants to be a serious actress, says this of her previous stage experience in the musical Bullets Over Broadway: “I call it interpretive […]
Opera Philadelphia Takes Multi-Million-Dollar Risk On O17 Urban Opera Festival
Any opera company that says it’s trying to emulate Netflix is taking a risk, and that’s exactly what Opera Philadelphia announced last evening during a […]