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Uplifting for the Arts | Scene Through the Lens

Holiday performances

December 4, 2023: Kimmel Cultural Campus employees Tyshawn Burrell and Gary Stanford (right) help coworker Zaphier Johnson (top) put up a new marquee poster outside the Academy of Music.
December 4, 2023: Kimmel Cultural Campus employees Tyshawn Burrell and Gary Stanford (right) help coworker Zaphier Johnson (top) put up a new marquee poster outside the Academy of Music.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer

Going up at the Academy, a poster for “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations,” opening there Jan. 3. The three men were replacing a poster for “Wicked,” also part of the Broadway series, which closed Nov. 26 after a monthlong run.

Next to appear at the Academy is Philadelphia Ballet’s George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker,” which runs Dec. 8-30. And the coming weeks are very musical with vocalists like Mariah Carey, Patti LaBelle, and Darlene Love, coming to Philly and both pop and classical Christmas shows.

Since 1998, a black-and-white photo has appeared every Monday in staff photographer Tom Gralish’s “Scene Through the Lens” photo column in The Inquirer’s local news section. Here are the most recent, in color: