The Magic Flute comes with baggage. Theres misogyny and racism embedded in the text. Its moral message boils down to Trust dudes with beards, and also love is cool! The libretto is long, poorly paced and dumb as a bag…
Emily Guendelsberger Frank Lee: He doesnt give a damn. Thats not just a silly pun: The dude will not be deterred. Some people, when they hear a grand-scale idea involving months of hard work for a couple hours of transcendent…
Rachele Gilmore recently posted a picture of herself (above) in her Queen of the Night costume on Twitter with the caption First attempt at making the mean scary Queen face. Im not sure it was a total success 😉 #magicflute.…
In the many, many studies done on the impact of the growth of the arts and culture in Philadelphia over the past decade, the word ?ecosystem? is often used to describe all of the city?s galleries, audiences, artists, foundations and…
Labor strikes tend to be extraordinarily high-stakes pieces of street theater. So its not surprising that a recent strike by 27 stagehands at Broad Streets Suzanne Roberts Theatre very nearly upstaged what was occurring within despite usually shunning the spotlight.…
[ classical ] Its always a pleasure to attend a classical concert with a living composer present, especially when its in a less traditional venue like William Way, whose folding-chair setup and after-performance mingling belie a quality music series that…
Instead of pencil markings on a wall, my yearly childhood growth can be tracked via photos of me clinging to the leg (and eventually waist) of some poor worker in a Berenstain Bear suit at the theme park near my…
You just never know what Joseph Gervasi of Exhumed Films is going to dig up next. This Wednesday hes hosting a screening and conversation with Kier-La Janisse, horror-film writer, author, former programmer for the Alamo Drafthouse, co-founder of Montreals Miskatonic…
The sweet smell of plastic is overwhelming as we enter the Pennsylvania Convention Center, as is the loud whine of a hundred-odd air pumps. Behind the doors of Hall A, a 27-foot polar bear looms over a vast, colorful landscape…
You may recall our recent cover story on the history of the 215 literary festival and Philebrity’s attempts to revive it this year. At the time, the full schedule wasn’t set in stone, but we just got tipped off that…