2008 News
Award-Winning Radio Host Ira Glass and Broadway Icon Stephen Sondheim Provide Candid EveningsDecember 29, 2008
Kimmel Center Elects Roland Bullard Board Chairman
December 22, 2008
Radio Icon Jerry Blavat Hosts Roots of Rhythm and Blues Show at the Kimmel Center,
December 19, 2008
January "Free at the Kimmel" Offers Something for Everyone
December 18, 2008
Kimmel Center Celebrates New Year’s Day with Indoor Festivities and Brunch
December 15, 2008
Kimmel Center Cultural Stimulus Plan Offers Half Price Tickets Through
December 12, 2008
Give My Regards to Broadway Premieres in Philadelphia at the Kimmel Center, January 8-February 1
December 8, 2008
Seventh Annual TUBACHRISTMAS Free Holiday Concert at the Kimmel Center,
December 4, 2008
December "Free at the Kimmel" Offers Something for Everyone
December 3, 2008
2003 American Idol Champion Ruben Studdard Headlines 30th Anniversary Tour of Ain’t Misbehavin’ at the Academy of Music, January 9-11
December 2, 2008
Kimmel Center Introduces Holiday Season with Entertainment Stimulus Plan
November 24, 2008
Kimmel Center Educational Offerings 2008-09 Schedule
November 17, 2008
World Renowned Israeli Pianist-Conductor Daniel Barenboim Performs Rare All-Liszt Piano Recital at the Kimmel Center,
November 13, 2008
Fred Hersch Trio Performs Tribute to Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue at the Kimmel Center,
November 7, 2008
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-Winning Musical A Chorus Line Comes to Philadelphia’s Forrest Theatre, December 16-January 4
October 31, 2008
An Acoustic Evening with Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt Added to Kimmel Center 2008-09 Season,
October 30, 2008
Peter, Paul & Mary Change Scheduled Performance Date at the Kimmel Center to June 14, 2009
October 28, 2008
November "Free at the Kimmel" Offers Something for Everyone
October 28, 2008
Kimmel Center Announces Forte, New Young Professionals Group Granting Access to the Arts
October 21, 2008
The Wizard of Oz Travels Over the Rainbow to Philadelphia’s Academy of Music,
October 17, 2008
Legendary Drummer Jimmy Cobb and Jazz Vocalist Cassandra Wilson Perform at the Kimmel Center this November
October 10, 2008
Imani Winds Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary with World Premiere of Cane, a Kimmel Center Co-Commissioned Work,
October 10, 2008
Valentine’s Day Performance with Rufus Wainwright and Special Guest Martha Wainwright Added to Kimmel Center
October 9, 2008
Kimmel Center, Inc. Ends an Artistic and Financially Successful
October 9, 2008
The McCoury Boys Debut at the Kimmel Center in Replacement of Ralph Stanley and his Clinch Mountain Boys, October 9
October 7, 2008
Kimmel Center Appoints Charles Croce Vice President for Marketing and Public Relations
October 7, 2008
Sol y Canto and Melodic Vision Celebrate “Noche De Muertos: Welcoming Our Ancestors Home” at the Kimmel Center,
October 3, 2008
Live and Learn at the Kimmel Center with Jeffrey Siegel’s Keyboard Conversations® and
September 30, 2008
Legendary Sitarist Ravi Shankar and Anoushka Shankar Share the Stage for an Evening of Indian Classical Music at the Kimmel Center,
September 29, 2008
World-Renowned Dance Companies Take Center Stage at the Kimmel Center,
September 25, 2008
Festive Folk and Bluegrass Greats at the Kimmel Center in October
September 22, 2008
October "Free at the Kimmel" Offers Something for Everyone
September 19, 2008
Maestro Lorin Maazel Leads the New York Philharmonic in an all-Tchaikovsky Program at the Kimmel Center in his Final Tour as Music Director,
September 5, 2008
Legally Blonde The Musical Will Debut at the Academy of Music, December 2
September 4, 2008
Jazz Masters Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette and Gary Peacock Kick Off Kimmel Center Presents 2008-09 Season, September 19
August 25, 2008
Experimental Choreographer Jérôme Bel Debuts Bessie Award-Winning The show must go on at the Kimmel Center, September 11-13
August 21, 2008
Parenting 101 The Musical Makes its Philadelphia Premiere at the Kimmel Center
July 16, 2008
Summer Organ Series at the Kimmel Center Begins with Bradley Hunter Welch on July 10
July 1, 2008
Kimmel Center Presents Sponsored by Citi Expands 2008/09 Season with Six New Artists and Events
June 17, 2008
New Artists Added to Summer Solstice Celebration Sponsored by Citibank® at the Kimmel Center,
June 12, 2008
Kimmel Center Presents’ Global Grooves World Music Dance Parties Hit Perelman Theater Starting
June 12, 2008
Monty Python’s Spamalot Returns to Taunt Philadelphia at the Academy of Music,
June 3, 2008
Sixth Annual Summer in the City Gala Kicks Off Under the Big Sky in Kimmel Country on
May 7, 2008
Sizzling Summer Performances and Events Now on Sale at the Kimmel Center and Academy of Music
May 6, 2008
Dan Zanes and Friends Throw a Family-Friendly Nighttime Pajama Party! at the Kimmel Center, May 16
May 1, 2008
David Copperfield: An Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion Appears at the Academy of Music, May 16-17
April 30, 2008
Global Smash Hit MAMMA MIA! Walks Down the Aisle of the Academy of Music, July 15-27
April 29, 2008
May "Free at the Kimmel" Events Offer Something for Everyone
April 29, 2008
PHILADANCO Leaps into Spring Season with Two World Premieres This Mother's Day Weekend at the Kimmel Center, May 8-11
April 28, 2008
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Receives Extraordinary Gifts to Retire Debt and Strengthen Endowment
April 23, 2008
Orchestre National de France Performs Final Tour with Conductor Kurt Masur at the Kimmel Center
April 17, 2008
Jeffrey Siegel’s Keyboard Conversations® Continue with Franz Liszt: The Devil Made Me Do It!
April 7, 2008
April "Free at the Kimmel" Events Offer Something for Everyone
April 4, 2008
The Color Purple Will Play at the Academy of Music June 17-July 13
April 2, 2008
Tony Award®-Winning Gypsy Entertains at the Academy of Music, May 9-11
March 31, 2008
Hairspray Arrives in Philadelphia at the Academy of Music, May 2-4
March 27, 2008
Radio Icon Jerry Blavat Reunites Doo Wop Greats at the Kimmel Center, April 13
March 27, 2008
British Organist Dame Gillian Weir Makes her Kimmel Center Debut on the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ, April 12
March 20, 2008
Guitarist-Composer Phil Kline Performs Fear and Loathing and Zippo Songs at the Kimmel Center as Part of the Fresh Ink Series April 5
March 19, 2008
Bollywood Icon Asha Bhosle Celebrates "75 Years of Asha" as Part of Kimmel Center Debut on April 6
March 17, 2008
Eastern European Jazz Performers Daniel Szabo Trio and Marta Topferova at the Kimmel Center March 29
March 14, 2008
Legendary Wayne Shorter Quartet Performs with Terell Stafford Quartet as Part of Mellon Jazz Fridays at the Kimmel Center March 28
March 14, 2008
Eddie Izzard Brings Surreal Humor to Philadelphia at Academy of Music, May 5-7
March 11, 2008
Piano Virtuoso Lang Lang Performs at the Kimmel Center March 16
March 7, 2008
The Chieftains Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Their Annual Brew of Irish Music at the Kimmel Center March 15
March 7, 2008
Kimmel Center, Inc. & Shubert Organization, Inc. Announce New 2008-2009 Broadway Series
March 6, 2008
Kimmel Center Presents Announces 2008-2009 Season, September 19, 2008 – May 9, 2009
March 6, 2008
March "Free at the Kimmel" Events Offer Something for Everyone
March 3, 2008
America’s Most Beloved Musical Annie Arrives at the Academy of Music March 21-23
February 22, 2008
Cyrus Chestnut Trio Debut Performance in Replacement of T.S. Monk Sextet at the Kimmel Center Friday, February 22
February 15, 2008
PennPraxis and Kimmel Center Lead Public Forums Designed to Re-Energize Public Spaces
February 13, 2008
Pink Martini Debut Performance Brings Old Hollywood Glamour with International Appeal to the Kimmel Center March 4
February 12, 2008
Richard Bona Band Debut Performance of Afro-Cuban Global Jazz with Special Guest Guitarist Lionel Loueke at Kimmel Center March 1
February 11, 2008
Indie-Pop Rock Rising Star Feist Performs at the Academy of Music on April 27
February 8, 2008
Christopher O’Riley Performs Piano Interpretations of Alternative Pop Acts Radiohead, Elliot Smith and Nick Drake at the Kimmel Center February 29
February 8, 2008
February "Free at the Kimmel" Events Offer Something for Everyone
February 7, 2008
Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady Makes Philadelphia Premiere at the Academy of Music March 11-16
February 5, 2008
Multi-Grammy® Award Winner k.d. lang Performs Works from Newly Released Album Watershed at the Kimmel Center February 24
January 31, 2008
"Fab Five" Sibling Piano Virtuosos The 5 Browns Debut at the Kimmel Center February 23
January 30, 2008
Argentine Organist Hector Olivera Debuts at the Kimmel Center February 16
January 24, 2008
Shen Wei Dance Arts Returns to the Kimmel Center with a Fusion of Imaginative Dance, Theater, Chinese Opera, Painting and Sculpture February 15 to 17
January 14, 2008
Shoghaken Ensemble Debuts at the Kimmel Center with a Cavalcade of Traditional Armenian Folk Music and Dance on February 9
January 10, 2008
South African Sensation African Footprint Finally Sets Foot in North America with Philadelphia Premiere at Academy of Music February 29-March 2
January 10, 2008
January "Free at the Kimmel" Events Offer Something for Everyone
January 8, 2008
Jeffrey Siegel’s Keyboard Conversations® Continue with Festive French Fare
January 7, 2008
So Percussion Quartet Debuts at the Kimmel Center as Part of the Fresh Ink Series on February 2
January 4, 2008
Paco Peña Flamenco Ensemble Brings Primal Pulse - A Compás! to the Kimmel Center January 27
January 4, 2008
