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Harry Smith, Jessica Bedford, and Damon Bonetti in “And Then There Were None.” (Photo by Mark Garvin)

‘And Then There Were None’ at Walnut Street Theatre

A classic mystery that’s lost its luster

Reviving classics introduces them to a whole new audience, but maybe some should be allowed to fade away.

Naomi Orwin

Mar 22, 2015 Articles 2 minute read

Coach and the Appaloosas (Chrissy K Photography)

'Field Hockey Hot' by 11th Hour

A future Off-Broadway classic

A wacky satire about school sports competition was a perfect complement to the hysteria of March Madness.

Steve Cohen

Mar 22, 2015 Articles 2 minute read

Early music vocal quartet the Laughing Bird. (Photo by Becky Oehlers)

40 Voices Singing

Singing the names of the stars

The Chestnut Street Singers surrounded their audience with fascinating sounds.

Tom Purdom

Mar 22, 2015 Articles 2 minute read

Sacred music in a sacred space. (Photo by Joseph Fernandes via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

Temple University Concert Choir: Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir

Contrasting expressions of the sacred

This youthful choir performed difficult scores with great skill and glowing voices. George Bernard Shaw bemoaned that “Youth is wasted on the young,” but these gifted and devoted singers remind us that such is not always the case.

Victor L. Schermer

Mar 20, 2015 Articles 5 minute read

Are they really friends? Burgess and Kemper (© 2015 Netflix)

‘Kimmy Schmidt’ and ‘Broad City’ Take Manhattan

Both Kimmy Schmidt and Broad City feature socially awkward 20-something women struggling to thrive in New York City. That’s where the similarities end.

Paula Berman

Mar 20, 2015 Articles 5 minute read

Marina Costa-Jackson and Mackenzie Whitney in the February 7 performance.

'La Bohème' at AVA

Tomorrow's opera stars today

The prestigious Metropolitan Opera National Auditions last week announced 17 semifinalists who will compete for the top prizes onstage at the Met on March 22. Not only were four of them resident artists at the Academy of Vocal Arts, three of them sang the lead roles in the AVA’s recent La Bohème.

Steve Cohen

Mar 20, 2015 Articles 3 minute read

The lobby of the Boyd when it opened in 1928. (All photos via the Irvin R. Glazer Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia.)

An elegy for the Boyd Theater

A trip to the Boyd always reminded me of a different era when the movies sought to do more than give the people what they wanted — it gave them something they needed, a place to capture their imaginations and inspire them.