When trumpeter Terell Stafford conducts the Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia the stellar big jazz band he founded, he picks up…
Lewis Whittington
Lewis Whittington writes about the performing and film arts for many publications. He is a renegade dance, theater and opera queen, a jazz-head and a civil activist.
Trumpeter Terell Stafford founded The Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia in 2014 and in five years they have covered a lot…
Choreographer Kun-Yang Lin is currently creating his 101st dance piece which will have its premiere at the Annenberg Center in…
Pennsylvania Ballet opened their 55th season with a strong production of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo & Juliet. Scored to Serge…
In James Ijames’ new play “Kill Move Paradise” the Wilma Theater stage is transformed into blindingly white, perilous slope with…
BalletX danced to a sold out house at the Wilma Theater July 11, the opening of a two-week run of…
Berlin – based dancer-choreographers Honji Wang and Sébastien Ramirez are partners onstage and off and their company Wang Ramirez has…
Yes, what better time to brush up on your Shakespeare than these perilous days, as well as all things musical…
Ballets Jazz de Montréal was a huge hit at NextMove at the Prince two years ago, and they were back…
Mark Morris’s ambitious ‘Dances’ in Philly Choreographer Mark Morris is the Annenberg’s inaugural residence artist and along with a slate…
The rock musical Passing Strange was co-composed by Stew and Heidi Rodewald a decade ago and in its short run…
A new production of Michael Frayn’s Tony Award winning play “Copenhagen” is on an extended run at the Lantern Theater….
The L.A. Dance Project is on tour and swung into Philadelphia for two performances at the Annenberg Center January 12-13…