This portable production brings all of the thunderous power, passion and theatrical glory to Shakespeare's lyrical tragedy.
Lewis WhittingtonTheaterPhiladelphia, PA Stages around the world are observing Shakespeare’s upcoming 450th birthday, and what better way to join in than to be able to catch a sterling production of one of his masterpieces by Shakespeare's Globe. At Philly's Annenberg Center for the ...
In the great outdoors, the Fab Phils reawaken the senses.
Lewis WhittingtonMusicPhiladelphia, PA The Philadelphia Orchestra’s outdoor concert series at the Mann Center (pictured above) kicked off in grand style with British conductor (and droll wit) Bramwell Tovey conducting showpieces by Beethoven and Britten. Tovey, musical director of Vancouver Symphony and in ...
This production, based on the 2012 Broadway revival, doesn't stint on the megawatt-musical details.
Lewis WhittingtonTheaterPhiladelphia, PA The lights are dimmed. On a balcony, a woman comes through a smoky spotlight in a blinding diamond-white gown. As the strings swell, she belts out "Don’t Cry for Me Argentina." It is one of the iconic moments in pop-opera ...
A new production unleashes the titular lothario, focusing on sex, lies and plot escape hatches.
Lewis WhittingtonMusicPA, Opera Philadelphia director Nicholas Muni took a gamble last year at the Academy of Vocal Arts, setting Mozart’s "Cosi fan tutte" in the 1960s with soldiers deploying to Vietnam and interpreting the already couple-swapping libretto to the "make love, not ...
Lewis WhittingtonDancePA, Philadanco played to sold-out houses in the Perelman Theater in Philly for their spring concert series in the Easter weekend. Danco is coming off a high profile year with the premiere at the Apollo Theater of Get on the Good ...
Lewis WhittingtonMusicPA, The musicians of the Curtis Symphony Orchestracapped off their current performance season in Verizon Hall April 13, with a concert dedicated to Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest, whose visionary philanthropy not only extends to the physical resources at the Curtis Institute, ...
Lewis WhittingtonDancePA, New on the map in Philly is LA dance troupe Bodytraffic, winning over Dance Celebration audiences with a wide sampling of styles. Artistic directors Lillian Rose Barbieto and Tina Frankelman Berkett (who also danced in the ...
Lewis WhittingtonDancePA, In November 2013 choreographer Kun-Yang Lin presented a retrospective concert with excerpts representing Lin’s 20 years as a dancer-choreographer and so far unseen in Philadelphia many featuring different styles by the choreographer. Since Lin and his ...
Lewis WhittingtonDancePhiladelphia, PA Rasta Thomas' "Bad Boys of Dance" were back in Philly to an almost sold out crowds at the Annenberg Center, with just enough room left for the dance kids and seniors to cheer lustily. Thomas himself ...
Two nights of dance with the Philadelphia Orchestra
Lewis WhittingtonDancePhiladelphia, PA Dec. 31, 2013 Bramwell Tovey, conductor Tracy Dahl, soprano Travis and Jaimee Tuft, Joanna Meller, Slawek Roszak, MalachI Osai and Waszkiewicz, dancers Conductor-composer Bramwell Tovey was such a huge hit conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Christmas concert ...
