Lewis Whittington is an arts journalist based in Philadelphia. He started writing professionally in the early 90s as a media consultant for an AIDS organizations and then as a theater and dance reviewer for the Philadelphia Gay News. Mr. Whittington has covered dance, theater, opera and classical music for the Philadelphia Inquirer and City Paper.
Mr. Whittington’s arts profiles, features, and stories have appeared in The Advocate, Dance International, Playbill, American Theatre, American Record Guide, The Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide, EdgeMedia, and Philadelphia Dance Journal. Mr. Whittington has received two NEA awards for journalistic excellence.
In addition to interviews with choreographers, dancers, and artistic directors from every discipline, he has interviewed such music luminaries from Ned Rorem to Eartha Kitt. He has written extensively on gay culture and politics and is most proud of his interviews with such gay rights pioneers as Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings.
Mr. Whittington has participated on the poetry series Voice in Philadelphia and has written two (unpublished) books of poetry. He is currently finishing Beloved Infidels, a play about the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh. His editorials on GLBTQ activism, marriage equality, gay culture and social issues have appeared in Philadelphia Inquirer, City Paper, and The Advocate.
Photo by David McDuffie by Lewis J. Whittington for The Dance Journal Raphael Xavier is known in Philly primarily as a dancer-choreographer, but his interests
photo credit: Frank Bicking by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal Pounding bass rhythms pulse through the Koresh Dance Company’s Studios on Rittenhouse Square as
Photo: Alexander Iziliaev by Lewis J. Whittington for The Dance Journal Although The Nutcracker remains the most popular of story ballets and continues as the
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Philadanco’s The X-mas Philes choreographed by Daniel Ezralow has been a returning hit for the company since
photo by Bill Hebert by Lew Whittington for The Dance Journal Over the past year, KYL/Dancers performed excerpts from choreographer Kun-Yang Lin’s HOME/S. 9th St.
photo by Eric McNatt by Lewis J. Whittington for The Dance Journal Dancer – choreographer Miguel Gutierrez returns to FringeArts with his dance piece Age
photo by Alexander Iziliaev by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal Pennsylvania Ballet’s 2015-16 season commenced this week ushering in artistic director Angel Corella’s first
credit: George Platt Lynes Harlequin by Lew Whittington for The Dance Journal (Part 1 of this article may be found here) “ …there is no
by Lew Whittington for The Dance Journal Venezuelan choreographer David Zambrano’s Soul Project proved one of the hotter ‘curated’ shows in the final weekend of
