Arts

The Rivals is a new musical playing now at Bristol Riverside Theatre. Based on the 1775 play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, this new adaption adds music to the classic farce. The show depicts Lydia Languish, a wealthy young woman who will lose the majority of her endowment if she marries someone without the permission of her […]

When Shake&Bake Theatre‘s Amy Kaissar contacted me about shooting their production of Love’s Labour’s Lost, I jumped at the chance. How could a modern take on Love’s Labour’s Lost, performed while the cast prepares and serves an eight course meal, not be a great idea? Of course, then we started talking about the […]

Most of my experience with art is mainly as a spectator. I’ve looked at paintings, photographs, sculptures; watched plays, films, and concerts. But I’ve never experienced anything quite like the work of Tania El Khoury, an artist who splits her time between London and Lebanon. El Khoury’s work pulls you in, makes you a part […]

For more than a year, I’ve been working on Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture’s (Dis)Placed Philadelphia project. It has been one of the most interesting and rewarding projects that I’ve ever worked on. The project gave me the opportunity to work with some really great people and to meet people with incredible stories. As one of […]

Two nights ago Cai Guo-Qiang’s Fireflies opened on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. Fireflies is a public art extravaganza commissioned by the Association for Public Art and funded in part by the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage. Fireflies, is part of the centennial celebration of the Ben Franklin Parkway.

Right now at McCarter Theatre Center, you can catch Simpatico, a collaboration with A Red Orchid Theatre from Chicago. Written by the late Sam Shepard and directed by Dado, this dark comedy features Michael Shannon and Guy Van Swearingen as well as other members or Red Orchid’s troupe. The two play Carter and Vinnie, respectively. […]