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15 Outstanding Philly Arts Moments in 2015 (for Ticket / Philadelphia Magazine)

Ticket arts writers weigh in on the most important local arts moments of 2015.

Michael Ogborn’s musical is at its best when evoking the quirks and follies of our home city, especially the local accent.

Who says you can’t go home again? Pig Iron Theatre is now 20 years old. In that time, the locally based company […]

Scholars of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler will continue to debate why the protagonist (that’s Hedda, of course) is so profoundly unhappy. But there’s […]

Cabaret, perhaps our most intimate live art form, gets a new series – and a new venue – courtesy of the Arden Theatre Company.

Ken Ludwig’s comic take on Sherlock Holmes gets a dazzling visual production, though suspense is in short supply.

It could hardly be a more difficult time to open a comedy – even one as popular as This Is the Week […]

In the 1980s, America collectively fell head over heels in love with Dr. Ruth Westheimer. And why wouldn’t we? The diminutive German-born […]

It’s an odd thing about holiday season musicals. On one hand, they’re often very successful – at least between November and January […]

In my crankier moods, I think “one-person play” is an oxymoron. I’ve seen plenty, and some have been delightful – The Belle […]