From September 19 to September 23, 2016, BalletX, Philadelphia's Premier Contemporary Ballet, and the National Dance Institute (NDI) will conduct a training workshop at General Philip Kearny School, located at 601 Fairmount Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19123. This residency is free of cost to select dance educators, with the option of attending as a Participant or Observer. The NDI training comes ahead of BalletX's 4th Annual Dance eXchange, an educational outreach program held in 3 Philadelphia schools, October 2016-January 2017.
The classic 1983 movie, Trading Places, starring Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykyroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis is getting a makeover, and Philadelphia has been chosen as the city for its 2016 premiere. The film brought issues of social conciousness to a wide audience and through the lens of comedy.
The classic 1983 movie, Trading Places, starring Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykyroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis is getting a makeover, and Philadelphia has been chosen as the city for its 2016 premiere. The film brought issues of social conciousness to a wide audience and through the lens of comedy.
Lantern Theater Company was recognized today with six nominations for the 2016 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre. The Lantern's award nominations span three productions from the company's 2015/16 season:
New Freedom Theatre and Sandra Norris Haughton, Executive Producing Director, presents the musical review Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope with book, music and lyrics by Micki Grant. The show is conceived by Vinnette Carroll and is directed and choreographed by Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj. Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope is onstage at 1346 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, from July 20 through July 30, 2016. For tickets and information visit: www.freedomtheatre.org.
BalletX has announced Cayetano Soto as the company's 2016-17 Choreographic Fellowship Mentor and Tommie-Waheed Evans as the 2016-17 Fellow! Each year, BalletX selects a fellow from an intensely competitive field of applicants, as well as a mentor, for the company's Choreographic Fellowship Program. Generously supported by the Wyncote Foundation and currently in its second year, the program serves as an opportunity for emerging choreographers to set an original work on BalletX's ten dancers with guidance by a highly acclaimed mentor. Both mentor and fellow will create new works for BalletX, to be premiered in their forthcoming Spring Series, April 26-30, 2017.
Author William Penn brings back his applauded fiction book which remains appealing to all kinds of readers, as themes of love and accommodation controls the telling of a good story. Published in 2009, 'Love in The Time of Flowers' (published by Trafford Publishing), a moving fiction written by Penn, starts with a compelling quote from Andrew Marvell: 'Your sacred plants [or flowers], if planted [only] here below, only among the plants [or flowers here below] will grow.
PlayPenn, Philadelphia's nationally recognized professional new play development organization, will hold its 12th annual New Play Development Conference from July 5 - July 24 in Philadelphia at The Drake, a new home for new plays. The Conference, including three weeks of intensive work on six works-in-progress, will offer staged readings open to the public. The six selected plays and playwrights are:
The Wilma Theater will hold its annual Theater Lovers Fe?te on Monday, June 13 at 5:00pm, honoring Philadelphia actor and philanthropist Leonard C. Haas. Leonard's generosity has been fundamental in allowing the Wilma to reach more deeply into Philadelphia communities and engage with first-time theatergoers.
MONROEVILLE, PA - A blazing hot addition is coming to Monroeville's dining scene. In honor of Pi Day, Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza, the country's leading fast-casual pizza concept, announced today it will bring a new type of 'pie' to Monroeville this May. The restaurant, known for its chef-driven menu and casually hip restaurants, will be located on William Penn Highway, between Men's Wearhouse and Red Lobster. This marks the second Blaze Pizza in the Keystone State and the first in Monroeville.
Jenkintown, PA—Metropolitan Ballet Company (MBC) announces that tickets are now on sale for its annual performance, Variations/Collaborations: An Evening of Music and Dance, presented with Settlement Music School at 7:00 pm tonight, March 12, 2016 at Kurtz Center of the William Penn Charter School, 3000 West School House Lane, Philadelphia.
Jenkintown, PA—Metropolitan Ballet Company (MBC) announces that tickets are now on sale for its annual performance, Variations/Collaborations: An Evening of Music and Dance, presented with Settlement Music School at 7:00 pm on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Kurtz Center of the William Penn Charter School, 3000 West School House Lane, Philadelphia. Tickets are $15 in advance at www.metropolitanballetcompany.org or $20 at the door.
The classic 1983 movie, Trading Places, starring Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykyroyd and Jamie Lee Curtis is getting a makeover, and Philadelphia has been chosen as the city for its 2016 premiere. The film brought issues of social conciousness to a wide audience and through the lens of comedy.
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The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced it is investing $2.5 million in support of O, Opera Philadelphia's innovative new season-opening festival. Set to launch in September 2017, O will be a 12-day experience that will attract both opera buffs and new audiences to Philadelphia as a vital destination for experiencing opera in an exciting urban setting.
Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC) is pleased to announce the election of David L. Cohen and Stephen J. McConnell to its Board of Directors. David Cohen will serve as Vice Chairman of the Board. E. Gerald Riesenbach continues as Chairman of the Board and Elliot Schwartz as President.
ESPN's college football schedule this week is highlighted by the Saturday Night Football Halloween matchup pitting one-loss No. 9 Notre Dame at undefeated No. 21 Temple at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
Twelve days, seven operatic happenings, six venues across the city, three world premieres, and one superstar Festival Artist: set to launch in September 2017, O – Opera Philadelphia's new annual season-opening festival – represents a radical new way to experience opera. As Daniel K. Meyer, M.D., Chairman of the Board of Opera Philadelphia, David B. Devan, General Director & President, and Annie Burridge, Managing Director, announced today, the new festival will open the company's season each fall, drawing together some of opera's most sought-after creative and performing artists for an immersion in the new American opera and innovative stagings of the classics for which Opera Philadelphia – the only American finalist for the 2015 International Opera Award for Accessibility – is fast becoming known. Opera Philadelphia will also continue to present three additional productions each spring, making it the only U.S. opera company to open an annual season with a dynamic festival.
Each year Philadelphia Young Playwrights presents winning plays from its annual playwriting festival in workshop productions in partnership with Temple Theaters as the New Voices performances. These plays showcase the voices of students today and shine a spotlight on the things that are on their minds. This year the program runs October 1-10 at Temple University's Randall Theater, 2020 N. 13th Street. Tickets are free, but reservations are required. Reservations can be made over the phone at 215-665-9226 or online www.phillyyoungplaywrights.org.
