April 18, 2013
Plenty of great events are on tap tonight in Philadelphia, including the Beer Garden at The Porch at 30th Street station, the first day of the Philadelphia Science Festival and the first performance of Ballet X’s Spring Series 2013. The weather may not be bright and sunny like last week, but temperatures are sure pleasant, [...]
Read more»April 11, 2013
Have you participated in PIFA yet? As the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts approaches its halfway point, there are still tons of excellent performances and events yet to come at the Kimmel Center and beyond, including the daylong Street Fair on April 27. If shows thus far haven’t inspired theater-going, take a look towards [...]
Read more»January 7, 2013
With just two actors and a bare stage, playwright Duncan Macmillan’s Lungs explores a big topic that has perplexed couples throughout the ages: Is now a good time to have a baby? The intimate drama, presented by Luna Theater Luna Theater, starting January 25, proves the weighty question can sure shake up a romantic relationship. [...]
Read more»July 16, 2012
Philadelphia’s thriving music scene is widely recognized, with rising local artists like Dr. Dog and Chiddy Bang, plus icons like Questlove, gaining national recognition. But for those who love to laugh (that’s everybody, in case you forgot), the city’s burgeoning comedy scene is also worth some attention. The comedy community in the 2-1-5 has been [...]
Read more»December 21, 2011
Put the ho ho ho in your holiday with ComedySportz Philadelphia’s “A Very Special Ladies and Gentlemen Christmas Special,” on stage starting tonight, December 21, through December 23. It’s a fully-improvised musical comedy for the holidays, the perfect complement to a festive dinner or drinks in the city. Every night, the players combine your suggestions [...]
Read more»October 28, 2011
InterAct Theatre Company opens its 2011/2012 season with an astounding play by HBO screenwriter Sarah Treem. The How And The Why, inspired by the best-seller Woman: An Intimate Geography by New York Times writer Natalie Angier, is a tale of evolution, of feminism, of adoption, of mother-daughter relationships, generational clashes and modern America. As the [...]
Read more»September 13, 2011
If you’re looking to check out something on the (way) funnier side of things this fall theater season, pick up a ticket for 11th Hour Theatre Company’s Bomb-itty of Errors. This Off-Broadway comedy, back by hugely popular demand for the second time in Philadelphia, is a theatrical mash-up of Shakespearean verse, hip-hop style, absurdity, comedy, [...]
Read more»August 31, 2011
After last year’s sold-out performances, The Groundswell Players are returning to the Fringe with their newest creation, The Speed of Surprise!, taking audiences back to “the silver screen days of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers.” The show tells the tale of four intergalactic assassins zooming through the void. Watch as the team negotiates the cosmos [...]
Read more»June 3, 2011
In a tiny black box stage at the Adrienne Theater Skybox space, Madhouse Theater exhibits a truly original play called Playing Leni. Playing Leni is a fictionalized account of the arrest and capture of filmmaker and propagandist for the Third Reich, Leni Riefenstahl. Insistent on her innocence and refusing to come to terms with the [...]
Read more»June 2, 2011
Through the InterAct Theatre Company world premiere of In a Daughter’s Eyes, up-and-coming playwright A. Zell Williams turns modern-day issues into more than just words — he remolds them into flesh and blood. The piece is based on the true Philadelphia story of Mumia Abu-Jamal, an activist and journalist convicted in the 1981 death of [...]
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