Tag: Broadway
Mar. 1, 2024
These classics are being adapted for Broadway in 2024
Do you remember having to read “The Classics” in high school? Books that someone, somewhere decided were so good that the next generation should never…
Jan. 10, 2020
‘The Band’s Visit’ is a beautiful antithesis to musical theatre
The 2017 Broadway hit musical “The Band’s Visit” has finally reached the stage of the Academy of Music with the Philadelphia stop in its 2019…
May. 10, 2019
Drexel Co-op Theatre stages cult hit ‘Be More Chill’
When it comes to navigating the dangerous halls of high school, most kids have it rough. There’s your classic tropes of popular kids, jocks, outcasts…
Apr. 19, 2019
New Broadway musical ‘Hadestown’ is brilliant
The 2019 Broadway season is still in the process of kicking off and with it comes a slew of new musicals to hit and dazzle…
Feb. 22, 2019
New musical ‘Be More Chill’ to be performed at Drexel
It’s not very often that local Philadelphia theatre companies have the opportunity to produce Broadway shows while they are currently running on Broadway. However, the…
Jun. 2, 2017
‘Motown: The Musical’ returns to the Academy
Nothing has the power to unite people quite like the power of music. This is one of the central themes of “Motown: The Musical,” a…
Dec. 2, 2016
‘An American in Paris’ comes to Kimmel Center
The Kimmel Center opened its Broadway Philadelphia season this November, and there could not have been a better way to do it than with director…
Jan. 29, 2016
Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ comes to Philly
The national tour of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” will perform in Philadelphia Feb. 16-21 at the Kimmel Center’s Academy of Music. As described on…
Nov. 6, 2013
‘Once’ redefines typical musical
Broadway is strewn with adaptations from all avenues of pop culture, both successful and unsuccessful. “Once” was adapted for the stage from the 2006 film…
May. 17, 2013
What’s Happening In Philly
2013 Street Italian Market Festival The 11th annual Italian Market Festival is being held in one of Philadelphia’s most established neighborhoods — the stretch of…