Malpaso Dance Company
10/6 - 10/7/2024
Making its Penn Live Arts debut, Cuba’s hottest contemporary troupe shares a little slice of Havana in a program featuring the world premiere of Osnel ...
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Mark Morris Dance Group Comes to Penn Live Arts in May
by Stephi Wild - April 30, 2024
Penn Live Arts will present the acclaimed Mark Morris Dance Group in the Philadelphia premiere of Mark Morris’s new original work, The Look of Love, on Friday, May 31, 2024 at 8:00 pm and Saturday, June 1, 2024 at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts....
Penn Live Arts Unveils 24/25 Season Featuring World, US & Philadelphia Premieres
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 23, 2024
Discover the exciting 24/25 season of PENN LIVE ARTS, featuring world, U.S., and Philadelphia premieres. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...
Curtis Institute of Music to Celebrate New Music Month with Concerts in March and April
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 15, 2024
Curtis Institute of Music will present New Music Month, a celebration of musical innovation and ingenuity featuring four exciting contemporary classical music concerts. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets....
ALARM WILL SOUND Comes to the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in April
by Stephi Wild - February 28, 2024
Penn Live Arts will present Alarm Will Sound on Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts....
JACK Quartet Premieres Natacha Diel's BEAUTIFUL TROUBLE In February
by A.A. Cristi - January 23, 2024
Known for 'reliably surprising, and reliably impressive” (The New York Times) performances, the JACK Quartet makes its Penn Live Arts debut in the world premiere of composer Natacha Diels' Beautiful Trouble on Friday, February 2, 2024 at 8:00pm....
Penn Live Arts Presents UKRAINE: THE EDGE OF FREEDOM
by A.A. Cristi - January 16, 2024
Penn Live Arts (PLA) – the leading presenter of innovative and transformative performing arts experiences in Philadelphia – will present Ukraine: The Edge of Freedom, from Sunday, February 25, 2024 - Sunday, March 3, 2024.
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JACK Quartet to Premiere Natacha Diels' 'Beautiful Trouble' At Penn Live Arts
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 19, 2023
JACK Quartet performs the world premiere of Natacha Diels' 'Beautiful Trouble' at Penn Live Arts....
The Crossing Performs the World Premiere of David Lang's POOR HYMNAL in December
by Stephi Wild - November 21, 2023
On Friday, December 15 and Sunday, December 17, The Crossing performs the world premiere of David Lang's poor hymnal. Performances take place at Iron Gate Theatre at Penn Live Arts (12/15 at 6pm and 8:30pm) and at The Crossing's home, The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill (12/17 at 5pm)....
The Mark Morris Dance Group Will Embark on International 15-City Tour with World Premiere and Celebrated Repertory
by Stephi Wild - October 03, 2023
The Mark Morris Dance Group will resume touring for its 2023-2024 season, with fifteen confirmed nationwide and international stops from October 2023 to June 2024. Learn more about where to catch the show here!...
The Crossing Performs SIN-EATER in October
by Stephi Wild - September 19, 2023
Three-time Grammy Award-winning choir The Crossing, led by conductor Donald Nally, builds on its reputation as a leader in creating and producing new music with the world premiere of David T. Little’s SIN-EATER. Learn more about the performance and how to get tickets here!...
Past Shows
Erena Terakubo
11/19
Rising star jazz saxophonist Erena Terakubo simply steals the show. She’s topped the charts in her native Japan, was awarded the prestigious presidential scholarship to ...
Doug Varone and Dancers
11/17 - 11/18/2023
Doug “Varone’s ability to convey depths of emotion through highly charged, physically exciting choreography has made him a rarity among his generation.” ( The New ...
Expect the unexpected with the Flying Karamazov Brothers, a zany band of flame-throwing, juggling, kilt-and-tutu-wearing eccentrics making a long-awaited return to Philadelphia after over 20 ...
Explore the world of Salamone Rossi, a Jewish composer working in Italy at the same time as Claudio Monteverdi. Largely ignored until the 20th century, ...
“A fiery and creative drummer,” ( DownBeat ) Grammy® Award-winning jazz trailblazer Ulysses Owens Jr. returns to our stage following his incredible Philadelphia debut performance ...
Co-presented with World Cafe Live “A vocalist of unerring instinct,” the Grammy® award-winning Aoife O'Donovan makes her Penn Live Arts debut in a special concert ...
Negro Ensemble Company - No Policy, No Justice
10/20 - 10/21/2023
Our 23/24 season artist-in-residence , New York’s esteemed Negro Ensemble Company (NEC), performs the world premiere of commissioned one-act plays by Levy Lee Simon and ...
A celebratory evening of polyphonic singing and music from the Middle Ages. Hailing from the Netherlands, the all-male vocal ensemble Cappella Pratensis specializes in interpreting ...
The Crossing & Ragazze Quartet - "SIN-EATER"
10/14 - 10/15/2023
“America’s most astonishing choir,” ( The New York Times ) The Crossing, performs the world premiere of SIN-EATER , a work of ritual music-theatre exploring ...
Odyssey
9/30 - 10/1/2023
What lengths would you go to get home? In this Philadelphia premiere by The Acting Company, two-time OBIE Award-winning director Lisa Peterson brings new life ...
Branford Marsalis
9/29
NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis, “the highest echelon of jazz tenor saxophonists,” ( Los Angeles Times ) returns to our stage for the first time ...
Videos
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Philly GRIT: a Pirate, a School Girl and a Good Person
Theatre Exile (5/8 - 5/19) | |
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William Shakespeare's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
Lantern Theater Company (5/16 - 6/16) BUY NOW & SAVE COMEDY | |
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Alyx Hilshey♦ The Street is my Theater (... in a Theatre)
Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater (6/8 - 6/8) | |
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Antonio, or What I Would
Shakespeare in Clark Park (5/24 - 5/25) | |
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Funny Girl
Academy Of Music (7/16 - 7/28) | |
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Brian Curry The Good Liar
Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater (6/1 - 6/1) | |
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Legally Blonde, The Musical JR.
Town and Country Players (8/10 - 8/10) | |
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C.S. Lewis On Stage: Further Up & Further In
Miller Theater (6/22 - 6/22) | |
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Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles (Non-Equity)
Ensemble Arts [Miller Theater] (5/9 - 5/11) | |
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