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According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra are taking a pay cut.

In response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival has announced the cancelation of all performances for its upcoming summer season.

Each year at DeSales University, the class of graduating seniors has the incredibly unique opportunity of taking on, first-hand, the task of uniting as their own theatre company to produce a children's show, building everything from the ground up.

A Philadelphia area saxophonist filed a lawsuit against a $2 billion pension fund for musicians and employers, and won a $27 million settlement, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Amid the current situation with COVID-19, Pennsylvania Ballet will postpone the remainder of the 2019-20 season, including April's production of Suspended in Time at the Merriam Theater and May's Breathtaking Balanchine at the Academy of Music.

Act II Playhouse in Ambler, PA announces its 2020-2021 season.

The Kimmel Center has announced that Jesus Christ Superstar has been rescheduled from April 7-12, 2020 to Tuesday Jul 21, 2020 -Sunday.

The Kimmel Center Cultural Campus has announced it is hosting its annual black-tie Gala on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 to raise funds to support and expand FREE performing arts education programs for youth, grades K-12.

Dancers are known for thinking on their feet and being adaptable--so its no surprise the students of Berks Ballet Theatre Conservatory of Dance (BBTCD) are making good use of their time at home with continued dance training.

Paige Zubel and Eleanor Safer have released the following statement regarding their Facebook Live Short Play Festival:

Opera Philadelphia has announced the postponement of its final production of the 2019-2020 season, Madame Butterfly, which was to be presented in five performances at the Academy of Music from April 24-May 3, 2020.

Artists in Place is holding an online telethon Sunday March 22, noon to midnight to benefit artists, actors and creatives in the Philadelphia area in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

11th Hour Theatre Company has released the following statement regarding upcoming performances:

To continue Da Vinci Art Alliance's mission of building community through art during these socially distant times, DVAA will be connecting their Membership and the public through social media.

From Broadway to Broad Street, the curtains will rise again! The Kimmel Center Cultural Campus and The Shubert Organization announced the 2020/21 Broadway Philadelphia season today, reminding the community to be hopeful in the midst of the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Given the growing scope of efforts to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, 1812 Productions has postponed the production of its newest musical Tyndale Place until the 2020-2021 theatre season.

Following the announcement from the Centers for Disease Control and the City of Philadelphia,  Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia's professional classic repertory theatre, has announced that it's first-ever three show repertory, The Dreams and Madness Repertory,  will be postponed for the s

Shakespeare in the World Lecture has been canceled at Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre.

Theatre Horizon, a professional theatre company in Norristown, Pennsylvania, has announced the launch of new virtual programming in light of the recent nationwide COVID-19 pandemic which has closed most theatres across the country.

Philadelphia Zoo announced today, because of the rapidly changing circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 situation in our city and region, it will temporarily close to the public beginning Tuesday, March 17th.

Quintessence Theatre Group has released the following statement regarding upcoming performances:

InterAct Theatre Company has released the following statement regarding upcoming performances:

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia has announced changes to its April programming due to COVID-19.

Theatre Philadelphia has releaseed the following statement: 

Following recommendations from local and state officials in response to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), all performances of Shakespeare in Love and Hold These Truths at People's Light are cancelled effective March 13, 2020.