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 Whittington has participated on the poetry series Voice in Philadelphia and has written two (unpublished) books of poetry.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 The groundswell of solidarity across racial lines for the Black Lives Matter movement has galvanized the national
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal On a frigid winter night in Philadelphia in 1993 at the Trocadero in Philadelphia, the dancers of
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month but celebrations have been canceled because of social distancing and current
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Looking for a break from that pent-up feeling of make-shift home studio class and workouts, not to
by Lewis J. Whittington for The Dance Journal | photo credit Bill Hebert As the dance world tries to anticipate the impact of the pandemic
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Terri Garcia-Lee is the artistic and company director of the Pennsylvania School of the Performing Arts (PSPA)
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal The Coronavirus outbreak poses no less than an existential crisis for the performing arts with devastating implications
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal After weeks of alarming news about the spread of Covid-19, cases started to be reported in New
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal | photo credit Alexander Iziliaev Pennsylvania Ballet’s company premiere of La Bayadére opened with expected controversy over
