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.
DancePhiladelphia,
Tara Keating and Matthew Prescott in "Proliferation of the Imagination"Photo by Alexander Iziliaev
Two Innovative Premieres at PIFA
Dance innovations dominated the Paris scene circa 1920, and that is the theme of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts ...
TheaterPhiladelphia,
Charlie DelMarcelle and Joanna Liao in Lantern's "Midsummer Night's Dream"Photo by Mark Garvin
Burlesque Bard: Lantern's Lusty 'Dream'
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"By William ShakespeareDirected by Charles McMahonLantern Theater Company, PhiladelphiaMarch 10-April 17, 2011
The Lantern Theater’s production of "A ...
EtcPhiladelphia,
Stephen Hough at the piano. (He was the soloist for the Tchaikovsky concerto.)Photo by Hiroyuki Ito
Fab Phils: Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev
Philadelphia OrchestraVasily Petrenko, guest conductorStephen Hough, pianistVerizon HallMarch 19, 2011
There are reasons why Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. ...
TheaterPhiladelphia,
Superior Donuts
By Tracy Letts Directed by Edward SobelArden Theatre Company, PhiladelphiaMarch 3-April 3, 2011
Tracy Letts’ "Superior Donuts" is set in a the changing urban landscape of uptown Chicago, yet it is not so far afield ...
TheaterPhiladelphia,
From left, Krista Apple, Kate Czajkowski, and Jeremiah Wiggins in the Wilma Theater production of "In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)"Photo by Jim Roese
In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
By Sarah RuhlDirected by Blanka ...
DancePhiladelphia,
Pilobolus dancers in a scene from "Gnomen"Photo by Joseph Mehling
Pilobolus Dance Theater
40th Anniversary TourAnnenberg Center, Philadelphia March 3-6, 2011
Philly dance fans continue their love affair with that amorphous troupe Pilobolus Dance Theater. The company's appearance at ...
Dance
Pennsylvania Ballet dancers in a scene from "Swan Lake," choreographed by Christopher WheeldonPhoto by Alexander Iziliaev
Swan Lake
Music by Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyChoreography by Christopher Wheeldon, after Marius Petipa and Lev IvanovPennsylvania BalletAcademy of Music, PhiladelphiaMarch 3-12, 2011
Pennsylvania ...
Theater
What Would the Divine Miss M Say?
"Terminus"Written and directed by Mark O'RoweAbbey Theatre (on tour)Harold Prince Theatre, PhiladelphiaFeb. 16-20, 2011
Dublin’s revered Abbey Theatre is on tour with an austere, challenging work by writer-director Mark O’Rowe that ...
Etc
Vladimir Jurowski conducted the Phildalephia Orchestra in a program of Wagner, Beethoven, and Prokofiev.Photo by Roman Gontcharov
Two Conductors, Same Country, Same Passion
The Philadelphia OrchestraVladimir Jurowski, conductorWagner: Prelude to "Parsifal"; Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Prokofiev: Symphony ...
Theater
Arden’s Luminous ‘Moon’
By Eugene O’NeillDirected by Matt PfeifferArden Theatre Company, PhiladelphiaFeb. 6-27, 2011
If you need a reminder of why Eugene O’Neill was, is and always will be one of America’s greatest playwrights, catch the current production ...
