Arts

Bristol Riverside Theatre has a new production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. It is a hilarious and sarcastic musical with a set of peculiar characters all duking it out to be the best speller. Each contestant brings his or her own unique spelling trick or set of psychological issues to the spelling […]

The Pew Fellowship offers artists a pretty incredible opportunity. The Fellowship awards a no-strings-attached $75,000 grant to twelve artists in the Philadelphia region each year. In it’s 25th year, the program has given away more than $17 million to 323 artists. Over that time the Pew Center has awarded 316 fellowships. Some of the Fellows […]

This spring Bristol Riverside Theatre opened a new production of Jesus Christ Superstar. It is a spectacular rendition of the famous Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice rock opera. Not only does this show literally rock the house, but it also includes spectacular lighting and a really cool stage set. The production features a live […]

If you like a good mystery, then you should catch McCarter’s world premiere of Murder on the Orient Express. You may know the story from the Agatha Christie novel or the two film adaptations. But this is the first adaptation for the stage.  McCarter commissioned Ken Ludwig to write the stage adaptation. His script not only […]

A series of short videos about McCarter’s reimagined production of A Christmas Carol, including an interview with set-designer Dan Ostling.

In June, interdisciplinary artist, Martha McDonald presented Songs of Memory and Forgetting with RAIR Philly co-founder, Billy Dufala. Songs of Memory and Forgetting took audiences on a musical journey through the lives of people whose possessions ended up at a recycling facility in Northeast Philadelphia. And, yes, the performances did indeed take place Live at the Dump! […]