Annenberg Center Celebrates Philip Glass with #GLASSFEST
World-renowned pianist Jenny Lin has performed Philip Glass’ piano etudes just about everywhere that people have wanted to hear them: at a museum in...
Eugenics at the Forefront in Dystopic Play ‘Babel’
Live theater hasn’t historically been the most effective medium for science fiction, but local playwright and dramaturge Jacqueline Goldfinger thinks that’s changing.
She’s written a...
Duo Releases ‘Senior Song Book’ Album at Ages 88 and 102
One was born in Leavenworth, Kansas, and the other in Philadelphia. One served in World War II, and the other rode an aircraft carrier...
Improv Show Explores Experiences ‘In Bed’
Philadelphia improv veteran Bobbi Block and the rest of her merry band of delightfully quirky improv all-stars would like to know about your habits...
Great American Songbook’s Michael Feinstein Comes to Philly
Michael Feinstein, the multiplatinum crooner and pianist, and arguably the foremost living interpreter and ambassador of the Great American Songbook, will perform at the...
Live Show Retells Story of Simon & Garfunkel
By Meira Bienstock
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel have a notoriously contentious relationship, but that won’t be a factor come Jan. 29-30.
That’s when the Merriam...
Danish Band Brings Their Klezmer and Jazz Sounds to Sellersville
Mama’s Baba Ghanoush: Homemade mashed eggplant appetizer of Middle Eastern origin best served with pita? Or a klezmer fusion band from Denmark?
Yes.
The version styled...
Bensalem Native Returns to Philly for Role in ‘The Band’s Visit’
Marc Ginsburg was fresh out of Penn State’s musical theater program the last time the Bensalem native performed in Philadelphia. It was early 2004;...
Gilbert Gottfried Riffs on Being Jewish Ahead of Local Shows
Never attended Hebrew school. Never had a bar mitzvah. Never fasted for a High Holiday. And if his mother ever made matzoh ball soup,...
Dennis Wilen Reflects on His Career in Rock ‘n’ Roll
Jon Takiff swears this story about Dennis Wilen is true.
Takiff had just started as a writer for the Daily News in 1972, but Wilen,...