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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.

This year, my college is hosting a full virtual season, composed of published plays, student written work, and devised theatre.

This is your LAST CHANCE to submit nominations for the BroadwayWorld Philadelphia Awards - which are back bigger than ever, celebrating the best in local theatre of the past decade!

FringeArts has received $300,000 in project-based funding and an additional 20% ($60,000) in unrestricted general operating funds from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage to support an upcoming operatic work titled Awakening.

BOO! Halloween is less than a week away! Do you have your costume ready for your Zoom costume party, handing out candy to trick or treaters, or a spooky social distancing soiree?

Releasing a CD of vocal works entirely made up of 20th and 21st century composers is a brave and bold effort on his part.

Every year, both serious art collectors and casual art lovers eagerly await the opening of the Phillips' Mill Juried Art Show, one of the most prestigious in the region.

Shakespeare in Clark Park had to cancel their original summer plans this year, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t outdoor theatre this season 2020! This October, Shakespeare in Clark Park brought mobile, socially-distant theatre to specific blocks throughout West Philadelphia as a response to th

In October 2015, rising soprano Lisette Oropesa made her role debut as Violetta in a new production of Verdi's La traviata at the Academy of Music, serving notice that this would be one of the definitive roles of her career.

The Arts Council of Princeton is partnering with the Princeton University Art Museum to provide free, online art-making experiences.

This semester, I was assigned to act as an Assistant Director for my school’s production of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.

The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society's fall season continues with five live performances during the month of November.

Philly restaurants are offering the following food and drink specials for Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, next weekend on Saturday, October 31, Sunday,  November 1 and/or Monday, November 2, 2020.

BalletX dives deep into its 15th Anniversary Season celebration with the world premiere of three short films by choreographers Robbie Fairchild, Amy Hall Garner, and Mariana Oliveira.

Bucks County Playhouse returns to the stage with a rockin' celebration of our favorite spooky time of year! 'Halloween Rock 'n' Roll Concert' will be filmed live on the Playhouse stage, starring Jeremy Kushnier, Brandi Chavonne Massey and Andrew Polec, with some tricks and treats that'll make this H

Philadelphia Theatre Company is developing its first commission under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Paige Price.

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced 41 grants today in support of the Philadelphia region's artists and cultural organizations for exceptional programs, events, and artistic work.

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage today announced a major grant of $300,000 to GRAMMY-winning new-music choir The Crossing in support of Farming, a concert-length musical work by frequent Crossing collaborator, composer Ted Hearne, to be premiered in summer 2023.

Theatre Horizon, a professional theatre company located in Norristown, Pennsylvania, has announced that they are the recipient of a grant from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage to present a new piece of social practice theatre called Our Norristown.

The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents PHILADANCO, streamed live from the Annenberg Center on Thursday, October 29 at 7 PM.

“HEADLINES ARE FRONTLINES,” a new film and music installation, will display news headlines from 1,460 days of the Trump presidency on the sides of moving trucks in cities across the U.

The jukebox musical phenomenon has exploded in the 21st Century.

There's just two weeks left to submit nominations for the BroadwayWorld Philadelphia Awards - which are back bigger than ever, celebrating the best in local theatre of the past decade!

GRAMMY-winning new-music choir The Crossing has announced the launch of its current project 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.

The passions and purpose of creators in the community and around the country are the centerpiece of weekly virtual conversations on Into the Absurd: A Virtually Existential Dinner Conversation presented every Saturday at 5 pm on Zoom and Facebook Live by The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium.