May 9, 2013
Start the weekend early, and head out tonight to enjoy the spring season at any number of the events lined up for this evening. Though storms may be in the forecast, cross your fingers and head to the season opening of Morgan’s Pier to taste chef George Sabatino’s new menu and gaze at lovely waterfront [...]
Read more»April 30, 2013
Philadelphia has a thriving local dance community, and Koresh Dance Company is set to put it squarely in the spotlight this month with a two-week spring dance festival, May 2-5 and May 8-12. Come Together showcases 27 local choreographers and dance companies with 11 performances in nine days at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre on the [...]
Read more»January 3, 2013
Martin Luther King, Jr. may be immortalized as a large marble statue in our nation’s capital, but was very much a man of flesh and blood, and that’s how he’s portrayed in The Mountaintop, the award-winning play by Katori Hall, opening at Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Suzanne Roberts Theatre on January 18. The drama imagines the [...]
Read more»October 15, 2012
Philadelphia Theatre Company kicks off its new season with Stars of David, a world premiere production presenting a series of musicalized portraits of famous people reflecting on how Judaism affects their lives. Based on interviews from Abigail Pogrebin’s book Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk about Being Jewish, and running from October 17 through November [...]
Read more»September 28, 2012
Fall in Philadelphia means locally designed haute fashion, crunchy local apples and bright orange pumpkins, vivid foliage, crisp craft beer, the re-enlivening of the Linc, restaurant menu refreshes, fall street festivals and — last but not least — the kick-off of a brand new theater season. With the successful run of another Philadelphia Live Arts/Fringe [...]
Read more»June 29, 2012
We can’t get enough of film series this summer and here’s a new one to keep on the radar. Starting on July 11, Philadelphia Theatre Company will host The Great American Musical Summer Film Series on four consecutive Wednesdays in July, featuring musicals that will have you dancing and singing along. From Barbra Streisand to [...]
Read more»May 21, 2012
A hopelessly romantic drama about the hopelessness of romance, Reasons To Be Pretty is the final installment (following The Shape of Things and Fat Pig) in Neil LaBute’s acclaimed trilogy focusing on America’s obsession with physical appearance. In this last play, performed by the Philadelphia Theatre Company, when an off-handed remark disrupts the lives of [...]
Read more»March 20, 2012
The Outgoing Tide, a poignant play presented by Philadelphia Theatre Company March 23 through April 22, is set along the shore of the Chesapeake Bay, but the tide in its title also refers to the ebbs and flows of human lives. It’s about feeling lost at sea, even when in familiar surroundings. The central character, [...]
Read more»February 16, 2012
The second installment of Philadelphia Theatre Company’s free PTC@Play series at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre is just around the corner, kicking off February 29. This year, PTC@Play will feature brand new plays from five playwrights from around the country, a special workshop of a musical-in-development with music and lyrics by a collection of Broadway giants, [...]
Read more»January 17, 2012
The landmark trial of the Scottsboro Boys is brought to life in Philadelphia Theatre Company’s production of the multiple Tony-nominated musical The Scottsboro Boys, running January 20-February 19 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre. The first production since its Broadway run, The Scottsboro Boys is a stirring musical that explores the infamous 1930′s “Scottsboro Case” in [...]
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