The Library of America’s ‘African American Poetry: 250 years of Struggle and Song’ is stunning in its historic and literary…
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.
Edmund White is one of the most prolific and esteemed writers of his generation of post-liberation, gay writers. His novels…
The cover of Harald Jähner’s ‘Vertigo’ has scantily clad dancers silhouettes scaling a ladder under a silvery threshold – a…
‘Stranger Than Fiction’ is Edwin Frank’s vigorous study of the evolution of the 20th century novel and the novelists who redirected…
David Greenberg’s new biography of John Lewis includes a photograph of the Congressman at age 80, on site at the…
The Whitney Museum exhibit Edges of Ailey is breathtaking in its artistic scope and documentation of the life, work and…
André Aciman’s ‘Out of Egypt’ made his reputation when it was published in 1995 and he followed it up with…
BalletX finished up their 2023-24 regular season with a wide-ranging program of three premiere ballets the showcased the company’s artistic…
There was a sense of musical occasion for The Fabulous Philadelphians in the Marian Anderson Hall for the third annual…
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker was the keynote speaker for the rededication ceremony of the Marian Anderson Hall in Kimmel Center…
Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka-Salonen was on the Philadelphia Orchestra podium for two weekends in May. The first weekend he conducted Sibelius’s…
Giacomo Puccini premiered Madame Butterfly in 1904 at La Scala in Milan, and to this day it remains one of…
Bertolt Brecht’s “The Good Person of Setzuan” is a monster of a play to stage for contemporary audiences, it’s long,…
The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia was sold-out for the opening night of BalletX’s Spring Series with a triple bill featuring…