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 Whittington has participated on the poetry series Voice in Philadelphia and has written two (unpublished) books of poetry.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.
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Gwendolyn Bye’s company Dancefusion has performed every year at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival it began. This year
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal | Photo by Maria Baranova New York-based choreographer Mariana Valencia brought her 2020 solo show AIR to
Topping the list of summer dance films are two documentaries about visionary African American choreographers, both sensations on the festival circuits and now in theatrical
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal In an interview from his stylish studio office in South Philadelphia earlier this month, Daniel Madoff talked
By Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Whether at the shore or city-bound, the dog days of summer are the perfect time to dive
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal | photo by Vikki Sloviter A cool breeze and swaying trees were the backdrops to BalletX’s opening
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal “Dance…dance or we are lost” are the emphatic words from choreographer Pina Bausch inspiring dancers lost in
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal The temperature hovered around 88 degrees on May 19th at Dilworth Park under the looming edifice of
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal The 29th Annual Shut Up & Dance benefit performance for MANNA (Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance) staged
