Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with Philly drag king Simone Lawrence about a November 16 event at Prism Arts Philadelphia featuring fine art, drag, and the community we need.
We offer a huge range of opinions here at BSR, from journalists who know what they're talking about. But this diversity of opinion is built on the value of respect for our shared humanity. W…
Resident Ensemble Players at the University of Delaware takes on Tom Stoppard's rarely produced Rough Crossing, but it's choppy seas, despite a cast that is well-known for excellent farce. G…
Gabriel Coan has spent almost 30 years in the media business from coast to coast. Now he calls his new record shop in Fairmount, Records Forever, the best job he's ever had. Emma Riverso vis…
Wherever There Is Light, a new exhibition combining portraits, self-portraits, landscape, and collage, starts a new conversation about imprisonment, identity, and justice with cameras in the…
A new PMA exhibition curated by Ekow Eshun gathers 28 contemporary artists from across the Black and African diaspora in the US and UK, exploring Blackness as lived experience rather than so…
Moreno, getting its American premiere at InterAct, takes us to a 2016 NFL locker room in the aftermath of Colin Kaepernick's famous field protest. The show still has plenty to say about our …
A new exhibit at PMA, PAAFF returns with a fully-hybrid format, and crafty events decorate the weekend. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
For half a century, Harvey Finkle has trained his camera on those fighting for the rights of homeless, displaced, disabled, or undocumented people on the front lines of American protest. An …
To close out its 50th anniversary year, The Clay Studio fittingly looks forward with The Future of Clay, which assembles eight artists for a streamlined show full of intriguing juxtaposition…
Just in time for the week of the 2024 election, Hamilton is back in town, running at the Academy of Music through November 24. The current production boasts a great cast and sometimes differ…
The struggle to make art takes center stage in John Logan's Red, now revived by Theatre Exile. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
In a new production of Lynn Nottage's celebrated Intimate Apparel at the Arden (already extended through December 8, 2024), compelling performances are the highlight of an uneven whole. nat …
Just in time for Philly theatergoers stressed about the 2024 election to find a little relief, Eli Bauman's crowd-pleasing 44 - THE unOFFICIAL, unSANCTIONED OBAMA MUSICAL arrives for a limit…
Getting tea with Mimi Stillman, seeing the future with Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, and saying goodbye to Astral Artists. Gail Obenreder previews.
A Paul Thomas Anderson retrospective, Whit Stillman back in town, a noir festival, and the return of the Lightbox Film Center. Stephen Silver previews.
A new performance from Britt Fishel and Artists, InterAct Theatre Company; a new exhibition opens in a Chestnut Hill gallery, and acoustic explorations are happening with FringeArts and Fire…
Rachel Bellwoar holds an interview with Lionel Barrymore biographer Kathleen Spaltro following the release of her new book, Lionel Barrymore: Character and Endurance in Hollywood's Golden Ag…
La bohème is one of the opera canon's all-time favorites. In a co-production with Opera Baltimore, OperaDelaware offered a lively, beautifully staged production that showcased Puccini's mus…
Delaware Theatre Company teams with Charlie DelMarcelle to present the popular one-man show Every Brilliant Thing, a gentle comedy that embraces the audience in its exploration of depression…
Larissa FastHorse's satire The Thanksgiving Play, one of the most-produced plays in the country, gets its Philly premiere with Curio in a mostly hilarious production. C.M. Crockford reviews.
A new multi-media exhibition at the Barnes featuring New Jersey native Mickalene Thomas celebrates queer existence and the female gaze with mixed-media painting, collage, photography, video,…
Visitors to Scott Kip's Perpetual Inventory can decide if they want to look at an inventory or gallery notes before entering"but it might be worthwhile to wait, for an impressionistic, myste…
Everyone deserves a chance to learn the basics of good PR, especially artists and other independent creators and administrators. Join our November 21 HELP US HELP YOU webinar for tons of tip…
New performances at the Wilma, Arden, and Theatre Exile, a soundscape journey at Asian Arts Initiative, and Penn Museum's annual DÃa de los Muertos celebration. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.