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Bucks County Playhouse and producer Hunter Arnold unofficially kicked off the holiday season early by announcing that a special filmed version of Charles Dickens' beloved holiday classic A Christmas Carol starring one of the finest stage actors of our time, Tony Award® winner Jefferson Mays, will b

Masquerade Theatre Company presents its third fully realized virtual production, Great Expectations, live-streamed December 11 - 19, 2020.

No matter which holidays you celebrate, you know that holiday music shapes the season.

Philadelphia Zoo, in partnership with 6abc, will host its first-ever Zoo-a-Thon fundraiser, a multi-platform event scheduled on Thursday, November 19th.

The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers, streamed live from the Harold Prince Theatre, on Thursday, November 19 at 7 PM, in a program of works that features the world premiere of The Wind, performed by Kun-Yang Lin himself.

After a few initial weeks of filming, I am back continuing onto this series, discussing how we’ve filmed our virtual show during this global pandemic.

When Cycles of My Being, by composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey, with lyrics by poet Terrance Hayes and tenor Lawrence Brownlee, premiered at Opera Philadelphia in 2018, the New York Times said the song cycle offers “pointed political questions for the nation,” with “a scor

After a six month delay due to the global pandemic, Philadelphia Theatre Company will present the highly anticipated production of The Wolves, streaming Friday, November 27 to Sunday, December 20, 2020.

Theatre Philadelphia has announced Theatre Philadelphia: A Celebration, the annual celebration of our region's theatre industry.

On Friday, December 11, 2020, GRAMMY-winning new-music choir The Crossing releases its 22nd commercial release, Rising w/ The Crossing, on New Focus Recordings.

Based on the Grimm Fairy Tale, 'Der Eisenhans,' or 'Iron John,' and adapted by Jacinth Greywoode and Rebecca Hart, the musical was featured at the 31st Annual National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) Festival of New Musicals and The New Works Festival at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley.

Ask anyone that knows me to describe me in one sentence, and I can bet you that they would say “Jewish and likes theatre.

If you aspire to work in arts administration, or just want to learn more about one of the best major university presenters, then read on! 

Soul Train meets Philly meets.

EgoPo’s innovative and highly intimate ISOLATIONS season goes Underground this December 2-6, 2020 for its next event: a world premiere multi-platform, virtual adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s masterpiece, Notes from Underground, starring Philadelphia’s own Damien J.

azz singer Veronica Swift will be streamed live Thursday, November 12 at 7 PM; the film Aviva will be available for streaming beginning on Friday, November 13 at 7 PM; and mezzo-soprano Meg Bragle and lutenist Richard Stone will be livestreamed Sunday, November 15 at 7 PM.

GRAMMY-winning new-music choir The Crossing has released The Crossing Votes: 2020, a series of four new short films continuing the ensemble's commitment to reporting and responding to the times in which we live.

If you support a person involved in the arts, if you enjoy watching actors on television or seeing live theatre, if you love someone who is queer, not white, or a woman, you cannot vote for a person that wants to take away their rights.

Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia's professional classic repertory theatre, is set to livestream Georg Büchner's Danton's Death on November 2, as part of Shout into the Void: A Virtual Play Reading Festival.

On October 20th Acting Without Boundaries outreach program, AWB Melodies, made a presentation for All Abilities Month to the first thru eighth grade students at Holy Child Academy in Drexel Hill, PA.

The Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia has announced plans for a Spring 2021 digital season, featuring original shows that feature some of the company's most celebrated artists.

During this Pandemic, the theatrical industry has been one of those hit the hardest.

The Olde Bar, located at the former home of Philadelphia's iconic Bookbinder's Restaurant, is officially open for indoor dining with a brand-new menu, a newly renovated dining room, and socially-distanced seating.

Pennsylvania Ballet announced today the launch of its digital season, titled Director's Choice, featuring four complete archival ballets and excerpts directed by Artistic Director Angel Corella.

Philadelphia's Simpatico Theatre is planting seeds for the future and examining questions of how a community can grow with their newly announced 'Season of Seeds.