May 15, 2012

Philadelphia has a strong, storied history of realist art, from colonial portraiture through newspaper illustrations.

May 08, 2012

Low budget doesn’t mean low drama

May 08, 2012

Topher Grace makes an impressive Off-Broadway debut.

May 03, 2012

Museum exhibit debunks the Maya 2012 myth while showing off some of the civilization’s less infamous work.

May 01, 2012

Set to an R.E.M. soundtrack culled from their college record collections, Headlong Dance Theater’s latest explores the less ideal aspects of utopia.

May 01, 2012

Who swept it up, and who was shamed? Plus: Find our picks for the 2012 Tony Awards.

April 29, 2012

Playwright Rick Elice tells us how "Peter and the Starcatcher" went from kid's bookshelves to Broadway.

April 28, 2012

"Leap of Faith" is the latest in the recent trend of religion-themed musicals on Broadway. Unfortunately, this show would rather play it safe than attempt to be saved.

April 27, 2012

Last night, “Leap of Faith” opened on Broadway. We grabbed coffee with leading man Raul Esparza while the musical was still in previews to talk about how it was coming along and what it...

April 26, 2012

For Joseph Alsop, the pen is always mightier than the sword. MTC's latest looks at the life of the political journalist who faced down the country's most turbulent decade with nothing but a newspaper...

April 21, 2012

It's always fun to revisit a show that we previously reviewed to see how it's progressed. Find out how "Blogologues" is doing at its new home in The Players Loft.

April 19, 2012

The Philadelphia-based dance company’s new program celebrates its ties to the city.

April 18, 2012

Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal will be celebrating its 40th anniversary later this year, but isn't quite ready to light the candles just yet.

April 12, 2012

For playwright Jacqueline Goldfinger, Southern gothic literature isn't just a prose style -- it's a way of living in the world.

April 12, 2012

Ever wonder what navel-gazing interactive theater looks like? "Speakeasy Dollhouse" might work on a smaller scale, where audience members can engage with the actors more and don't have to do as much...

April 05, 2012

Why does Shakespeare get all the theater love?

April 05, 2012

Ellis finally gets some comeuppance; Karen and Ivy actually bond. And "Smash" teaches us all valuable lessons about stereotypes (chiefly, that they're all true). Metro's theater critic recaps!

April 03, 2012

Urban Tango instructor Mark Hussner on how to look the part.

March 29, 2012

For more than a decade, Amanda Miller and Tobin Rothlein have combined movement with a variety of other media.

March 22, 2012

The Flamenco Festival puts women at center stage

March 22, 2012

Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens on Broadway tonight. Instead of a classic gone contemporary, it feels like theatergoing via time machine. And don't worry – it's...

March 21, 2012

Phil Moore and Beth Tacular wrote and recorded most of their third album "The Clearing" in a cabin.

March 20, 2012

"Death of a Salesman" is arguably the hottest straight play onstage now. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Andrew Garfield, Linda Emond and John Glover.

March 19, 2012

The Tony Award-winning musical tells the story of Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti.

March 14, 2012

Playwright and Philly native Genne Murphy’s first professional production hits the stage this week.

March 08, 2012

Philadelphia’s poetry community, though one of the most active in the nation, is an intimate hub of activity.

March 08, 2012

April 15 marks 100 years since the sinking of the Titanic, so you can bet on everything from restaurants to Hollywood to free newspapers cashing in on a little nostalgia.

March 08, 2012

From ageless classic characters to American comic tragedies to award-winning local playwrights, Philly’s theaters are truly in bloom.

March 08, 2012

When Leah Stein began her company 10 years ago, she knew she didn’t want to spend the next decade in a stuffy theater — or any theater, for that matter.