Your faith was strong but you needed proof. ‘It’s been 14 or 15 years since I stood on this stage. I was 60 years old ‘ just a kid with a crazy dream,’ Leonard Cohen joked with the Academy of…

Courtesy of Pig Iron Theater Co. Dmitri/Chekhov Lizardbrain, as played by James Sugg. In City Paper‘s article about the revamped version of Pig Iron Theater Co.’s Chekhov Lizardbrain ‘ the one that landed lead James Sugg an Obie Award, and…

mirodancetheatre.org In this week’s City Paper, I interviewed Miro Dance Theatre choreographer Amanda Miller about her upcoming work-in-progress, How Am I Not Myself? The piece, which she performed last night with classical Indian dancer Viji Rao, is a reflection on…

This video encapsulates why Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are the greatest performers in pop music history (thanks to YouTube user TheMagikRat). What you missed: On the Working on a Dream tour (that’s this one), Bruce and the…

Photos by Brion Shreffler Time Cop, oh dear Time Cop Combining the lighter elements of Meatloaf, Ben Folds, and Elton John with two-handed metal horns rawk is .357 Lover, led by Corn Mo (vocals/keyboards). Two songs on the night are…

Marie Ulmer Have you seen our native daughter Marie Ulmer‘s “Tell All” exhibit at Gallery 817 (333 S. Broad St., 215-717-6495), which closes tomorrow? It’s a retrospective of one of Philly’s loveliest artists, who is now 92 years old and…

Photo | Lauren Seibert New-School Nutcracker Twirling on her toes, glimmering in a white tutu and crown, the Sugar Plum Fairy spins gracefully across the stage ‘ only to stop with a sigh, shrug, and take a drag from an…

Every Wednesday, Critical Mass pops into a neighborhood and finds its most stylish residents. This week I took a stroll down to the Piazza to explore this favorite Northern Liberties hangout. I didn’t bump into Tony Danza, but I did…

At this year’s Sundance, word started to spread about a midnight movie called Black Dynamite, an homage to the Blaxploitation era ‘ films like Dolemite, Foxy Brown and Shaft. The shocking part? It was actually good (read my review here).…