Penn Theatre: A Work in Three Acts
Theatre has a long, rich—and somewhat obscure—history at the University. A new initiative aims to help Penn’s professional, academic, and student performing arts entities do more to work together and raise their collective visibility on campus and beyond.
On with the Show!
A new book examines the remarkable history of the American musical theater.
100-year-old architectural Gem Still Sparkles on Walnut Street
The Rotunda’s Centennial.
Puppets at Penn
A discussion with some of the art form's key players.
Sweeney Todd slices into Fling
The Quadranics musical, 2010.
The Full Interview with Harold Prince C’48 Hon’71
Full interview with Harold (Hal) Prince
Musical Man
The legendary Prince of Broadway talks about the golden age of musical theater—and his next show.
The Man Behind the Scenes
E. Gerald Riesenbach W’60
Strains of Love
The Prince of Broadway’s brief-lived musical celebrated the love and art of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya.
Tapping Franklin’s Currents Onstage
Puppets and props bring legend to life. Currently Franklin
Passion Plays
After a long string of smash hits and artistic triumphs in film, Marc Platt C’79 is back with his first love—theater—with the Broadway phenomenon Wicked.
Making—and Studying—Theatre
A conversation with Theatre Arts Program founder Cary Mazer.
In Playwriting Fellowship, The Process is the Thing
Playwriting fellowship premieres
Playboy of the West Philly World
The Abbey comes to Annenberg.
To Believe or Not Believe
Othello at Annenberg
Shaping Dough into Drama
David Wise C’98
Breaking in the Bard
Diane Antonelli Herr CW’67 GEd’68
The (Socially Conscious) Play’s the Thing
Seth Rozin C’86
An Artist’s Life, Set to Music at Penn
Gary Fagin C’73
Putting on a Show
More than half a century after Hal Prince left Penn to become Broadway's brightest off-stage star, he is still passionately committed to getting new musicals on stage.
Zootable for Any Audience
Douglas Leferovich C’94 and Seth Yudof EAS’94
Dramatic Entrance
David Stone has been stagestruck since he choked up at the end of Man of La Mancha at age four. At 31, he's a veteran Broadway producer -- most recently, of the controversial revival of The Diary of Anne Frank.
Humor for Every Specialty
Mixed Nuts