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Penn State Alum Lands Lead Role in Broadway Philadelphia Season Opener
When the big Broadway touring shows come to town, it’s always great to find some sort of a local connection, and with the Kimmel Center’s […]
PIFA 2016 Details Revealed
An interactive fire and sand performance, a circus made of yarn, and a traveling symphony played in water fountains are just some of the strangely […]
Some of Broadway’s Biggest Belters Coming to Mini Series at the Kimmel
Last week’s remarkable concert with Audra McDonald and Seth Rudetsky at the Merriam Theater caused the Kimmel Center folks to announce that two additional Tony Award-winning […]
REVIEW: Philadelphia Orchestra’s Opening Night
Before the last number of Wednesday’s season-opening concert, the Philadelphia Orchestra‘s incomparable music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, told the audience assembled in Kimmel’s Verizon Hall that it was […]
PHOTOS: Mark Wahlberg Attends Screening of Invincible at Kimmel Center
The gossip mills were right on the money last night. Mark Wahlberg did show up on the red carpet for the screening of Eagles-inspired flick Invincible […]
INTERVIEW: Audra McDonald on her Philadelphia Concert…and Sally Bowles
Audra McDonald was in a car driving home from a rehearsal to see her family while we talked, and her voice noticeably lit up when I […]
Broadway Philadelphia Season Kicks Off With a Woody Allen Show
The highly-anticipated Broadway Philadelphia season kicks off next month with the Woody Allen musical Bullets Over Broadway, which is based on the 1994 film of the […]
5 Non-Fringe Arts Events to Check Out This Month
Don’t get us wrong: We love the Fringe Festival (we put together two whole guides for it here and here), but September is also the kick […]
New Menus And A New Season At Volver
A couple weeks back, we got the chance to bop over to Volver and sit in on one of their menu testing sessions for […]
Former Eagles Linebacker Makes Film Debut in The North Star
The feature film debut of former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Jeremiah Trotter will premiere at the Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center on September 17th. It […]
Tyler Perry Coming to Philly as Madea
Girl, get your finest wig and your biggest church hat: Tyler Perry himself will be coming to Philadelphia in November to play his iconic alter […]
Blonde Bombshell: Megan Hilty Coming to Philly
Goodness, Kimmel Center: You are driving all of us show tune queens broke! First, Audra McDonald. Then, Kristin Chenoweth. Now, you’re bringing the utterly divine […]
DO THIS: Happy Hour at Bar Volver is Seriously Amazing
Several months ago, I took a good friend of mine to Volver for drinks. He’s a little bit of a New York snob (which he’ll […]
Glitter and Be Gay: Kristin Chenoweth Coming Back to Philadelphia
The Kimmel Center’s upcoming season is seriously a Broadway queen’s dream come true: Besides a stellar series of musicals and Audra McDonald, The Philadelphia Orchestra […]
First Look: The New Season At Volver
We’ve said a lot of things about Volver over the past two years. From excitement over its potential, to bewilderment over its policies and pricing, […]