The Academy of Music

This grand old theater is one of the oldest opera houses in the United States. Built in 1857, the Philadelphia Orchestra has called The Academy of Music its home for over a century. The opulent interior features carved plasterwork, gilt embellishments, a spectacular crystal chandelier, and plush velvet upholstery. As with many structures of this [...]

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

In the four decades since its inauguration, the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts has enriched Philadelphia’s cultural landscape dramatically. Luminaries like Morgan Freeman, Glenn Close, and Jason Robards have graced its stage, along with the Phillip Glass Ensemble, the Paul Taylor Dance Company, and Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal. Located on the campus of [...]

Curio Theatre Company: Theater Curiosities

Nothing beats the thrill of seeing a live performance and few companies do it better than Curio Theatre Company. Their mission is to bring cutting edge, thought provoking theatre to Philadelphia audiences and to nourish artistic development through arts education. Located in a church rectory in West Philadelphia's Cedar Park neighborhood, the company makes the [...]

P.M. at Penn Museum Summer Nights: Art & Music, Beginning July 11th

Every Wednesday night throughout the summer, the Penn Museum becomes one of the city’s most-loved live music venues. The P.M at Penn Museum concert series brings a huge variety of musical acts to the Stoner Courtyard, and even better, admission to the concert also lets you in to the museum. The concerts draw a very [...]

The Forrest Theatre: Broadway on Walnut Street

You don’t have to go to the Big Apple to experience the thrill of a Broadway production. Philadelphia's premier venue for Broadway plays, the Forrest Theatre has hosted touring productions of The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!, Les Miserables and Rock of Ages in recent years. The classically designed theatre opened in 1927 and [...]

Society Hill Playhouse: Theater for All

Society Hill Playhouse advertises itself as ‘theatre for people who don’t think they like theatre.’ No angst ridden, hard to decipher dramas hit the stage here, in fact, comedies are the majority of their productions, because after all, few people object to having a good laugh. Their long-running production of Lafferty’s Wake is an interactive [...]

The Kimmel Center: World Class Performing Arts

The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts is one of Philadelphia’s preeminent facilities for creative expression. Between the 2,500-seat Verizon Hall (home of the Philadelphia Orchestra), the 650-seat Perelman Theater (popular for recitals of chamber music, dance, and drama), and the vast, welcoming Commonwealth Plaza, this is a truly impressive center for cultural performance and [...]