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Philadelphia Event Listings
Our selective, day-by-day guide to the best of what’s happening in Philly. Send event listings to ticket@phillymag.com Thursday 5/15 CHARITY: An Evening at Franklin Square […]
5 Things to Do in Philly this Week: Discotastrophe, Porgy and Bess Debuts, Bad Boys of Dance and More
The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess: Tony Award-winning revival The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess makes its Philadelphia debut at the Kimmel Center tonight, with a 23-piece orchestra and a […]
Rocky Broadway Review: Rocky Wins
On Thursday, February 13th, the new musical version of Rocky premiered on Broadway in New York City, and some 1,500 effusively enthused Rocky fans–including Sylvester […]
February Theater Guide: What’s Opening On Stages This Month in Philadelphia
BrainSpunk Theater presents a classic by iconic playwright Arthur Miller (Death of a Salesman, The Crucible). All My Sons opened on Broadway in 1947, and won […]
Philly’s Puppet Arts Movement is Growing
Philadelphia is already known as a physical theater hub in the United States, and now our puppet arts movement is growing. (That’s right, I said […]
TONIGHT: The Renegade Company Takes On Grimm in Juniper Tree
The Renegade Company kicks off Juniper Tree, its adaptation of the Grimm stories that follows Hans and Greta as they encounter a legion of familiar-with-a-twist characters: ”a boy […]
THEATER REVIEWS: City Paper On Arden, InterAct and Walnut Street Theatre’s Latest
In its latest issue, City Paper reviews three shows playing in Philly right now. David Anthony Fox on Arden Theatre Company’s Water by the Spoonful: Water is […]
4 Things to Do Tonight in Philly: Weird Larry the Puppet, Trippy Japanese Theater and More
Malvern, Pa. brothers Ben and Mike Lebovitz are premiering their TV pilot/short film Welcome to Brownsville this week at PhilaMOCA. The protagonist of the film is a […]
Yo Broadway! It’s Rocky the Musical
Andy Karl knows what you’re thinking. He had the same reservations before agreeing to play Rocky Balboa. How do you turn that film—“Yo Adrian!” and […]
Philly Author Warren Hoffman Tackles Racism on Broadway in “The Great White Way”
Are you ready for this, musical theater nerds? The original title of West Side Story was East Side Story, and it was supposed to be […]
Top 5 Must-Dos This Week in Philly: An ’80s Dance Party, Grimm With a Twist and More
Every Monday we round up five of the best things to do in the week ahead. Local artists Ellie Brown, Seth Reichgott and Arlen Hancock […]
James Sugg Tells Us What It’s Like to Write Songs for Kathleen Turner
If you haven’t seen Philadelphia actor, sound designer, composer, and Pig Iron Theatre Company member James Sugg around town in a while, it’s because he […]
DO THIS: Pig Iron Theatre’s
“Lights, Ham-eras, Action!”
In 1995, a group of Swarthmore grads decided to start a “dance-clown-theatre ensemble,” performing strange works in church basements. They called it Pig Iron Theatre […]
TONIGHT: Gary Shteyngart, Phosphorescent, an ’80s Party and More
Our daily roundup of what’s happening tonight in Philadelphia. Quick note before we move on: All tonight’s events are subject to cancellation because of weather. […]
GIVEAWAY: Win Tickets to See Karmin at TLA [CONTEST CLOSED]
We’re celebrating our first week of Ticket by giving away — well look at that — tickets to see Karmin at the TLA on Fri., […]