4,164 stories from Broad Street Review
While Fringe is in full swing, there are still plenty of other non-Fringe things to do this week. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
Gail Obenreder rounds up the classical music scene in the Philadelphia area for September.
A full week of shows, workshops, family-friendly cabarets and more arrive with Black Circus Week at Cannonball. An Nichols previews.
The Fringe calendar is always a bit overwhelming: with hundreds of performances throughout the city, where should you begin? Alaina Johns helps out by sharing some of the shows that caught h…
The Philadelphia Fringe Festival happens in venues throughout the city, and this year, more shows are popping up in South Philly than ever before. Alaina Johns rounds up the ones she's hopin…
Rockwood Mansion, a moody, historic northern Delaware house museum with a renowned collection of Victoriana, asks two contemporary glass artists to respond to its resident works. Gail Obenre…
The Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth is celebrating eight years of its Artists' Initiative, a program supporting young musicians whose communities need better access and representation …
Producer and director Bill Nicoletti talks the trials and tribulations of getting The Philly Sound Heard 'Round The World, a documentary on Sigma Sound Studios, to an audience. Frank Halperi…
Philadelphia film critic Carrie Rickey pens A Complicated Passion, a biography on the legendary filmmaker Agnès Varda. Rachel Bellwoar interviews.
Stephen Silver previews screenings happening in the area, including a collection of "shaggy dog adventures," a hearty serving of Wong Kar Wai flicks, and the Blazing Saddles 50th anniversary.
Choreographer Caili Quan sits down with contributor Melissa Strong to discuss her journey from Guam to Philly and from dancer to choreographer.
Despite powerful singing, the national tour of Les Misérables more closely resembles a theme-park attraction than a work of theater. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Exhibitions from Chimaera Gallery, Muse, Da Vinci Art Alliance, and Scribe Video Center. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer spent her teen years devoted to big books and theater. Seeing Les Misérables all by herself in Philly in 1988 was a formative experience. Now she's going back to expl…
Novelists Jennifer Weiner and Emma Copley Eisenberg talk with Emma Riverso about a new fellowship from Philly's Blue Stoop that will offer a new path into the industry for under-represented …
Theatre in the X presents One Monkey Don't Stop No Show, by Philly native playwright Don Evans, for its annual free production in West Philly's Malcolm X Park. C.M. Crockford reviews.
A roundup of events at this year's Philadelphia Bookstore Crawl, which enters its second year. Kyle V. Hiller previews.
A Well-Trained Wife, Tia Levings's gripping new memoir about her path in and out of a high-control Christian religion, is also an urgent warning to US voters who care about women's rights. A…
Cameron Kelsall remembers BSR writer Margaret Darby, who died in April. She was a musician, linguist, and librarian; an astute yet generous journalist and critic; and a beloved colleague and…
Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with author and literary agent Eric Smith and Philly bookstore owners Catie Gainor and Sara Zia Ebrahimi Hughes to talk all things Philly Bookstore Cr…
Alex DiFrancesco's memoir is a transformative exploration of
identity, spirituality, and perseverance. By delving into the complex layers of
trauma and emotion, they offer a haunting narrati…
Artists from across the country, including many from the Philly area, respond to Winterthur's famous collection of art, textiles, furniture, and more in this exceptional interdisciplinary ex…
The Women's Film Festival returns on August 15, 2024 with feature films, documentaries, workshops, panels, and more. Jill C. Brooke previews.
Theatre Exile and STARFIRE bring Brie Knight's play to life at this year's Philadelphia Women's Theatre Festival. An Nichols previews.
Philadelphia artist Rachel Hsu's first installation draws inspiration from traditional Chinese medicine and her childhood as the daughter of a Taiwanese immigrant. Kimberly Haas previews.
