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June offers plenty of chances to celebrate Pride at the cinema in Philly, plus seminars on The Godfather, Part II and Memento, and lots more picks, from Bee Movie to Pulp Fiction. Stephen Si…
Jesse Krimes, subject of the 2021 documentary Art & Krimes by Krimes and a sometime Philadelphia resident, has an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and continues to work for j…
Longtime PHILADANCO! company member Joe González recently returned to his hometown in Boston, but he visited Philly in late May with a thrilling performance from his own company, Jo-Mé D…
Lantern Theatre Company presents William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, as reliably airy and delightful as it's ever been. Kiran Pandey reviews.
A thoughtfully reimagined production of Once on This Island smartly overcomes elements of the 1990 musical that haven't aged well. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
PHLAFF returns with an expanded vision, InLiquid opens its new exhibit, a book launch with Housemates, and a queer pirate takes the stage at Plays & Players. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
BSR Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with Gabrielle Sellei, Shekhinah B., and Chuck Schultz to find out all about the Arts Affair, and what makes this party special on the annual gala…
Mural Arts and First Person Arts teamed up for a show tackling stigma around mental illness and suicide"unusual topics for public storytelling. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Ala…
Puccini's
legendary Turandot (unfinished when he died) is typically a rare treat
for opera lovers, but OperaDelaware joins many companies marking the centennial
of the composer's death. This…
Famous Chicago improv troupe Second City didn't have a good showing at its 2023 stop in Philly, but a better cast and a retooled setlist make for a worthy ticket at Bristol Riverside Theatre…
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia's season-ending concert welcomed star pianist Simone Dinnerstein and saw the end of Dirk Brossé's tenure as music director. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Meredith Rainey's BUILDING takes a metatheatrical approach to his work as the Performance Garage's DanceVisions 2023-2024 Resident Artist. Melissa Strong reviews.
Food for life at the Weitzman, Once on This Island at the Arden, the return of The Elephant in the Room, and a lively performance by Philadelphia Gay Men's Chorus. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
Rounding up May's music offerings, including a capella from Variant Six, an album from Filament, a program featuring the baryton, and a tribute to the late Tom Purdom by Dolce Suono. Gail Ob…
"Why have there been no great women artists?" An art critic posed the question in 1971 and Philly responded in 1974 with FOCUS, a citywide festival of women artists. Now, a new Woodmere show…
Editor-in-chief Alaina Johns joins forces with contributing critic Josh Herren for a conversation about Theatre Exile's PHILLY GRIT, an exciting trio of solo shows by Philly women artists.
A longtime Philly artistic director and Rittenhouse restaurant owner launched a new cabaret that has drawn Broadway stars and sold-out crowds since it debuted last December. They promise a r…
Philadelphia will celebrate hometown artist Mary Cassatt this summer, kicking off with a major new exhibition that was years in the making at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Camille Bacon-Sm…
For its season closer, Piffaro brought its trademark virtuosity to a tour of Renaissance Portugal and Spain, featuring dozens of period instruments and a rich program of sacred and secular m…
Join us on Zoom for two exciting BSR events: our latest webinar about review-writing on May 29, and a Philly publishing panel with some of our region's top writers and editors on June 6.
The Philadelphia Ballet closed its season with Frederick Ashton's crowd-pleasing Dream and George Balanchine's strange and wonderful Prodigal Son, with revelatory dancing by Zecheng Liang. C…
New exhibits from Da Vinci Art Alliance, TILT, and Fabric Workshop; and laughs from Bristol and Theatre Exile. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up the week.
A new
ensemble exhibit featuring 15 InLiquid Gallery members poses plenty of worthwhile
questions along with its nudes, but something is missing from the show's
promise to honor humanity's i…
The new version of Harvey Fierstein's classic comedy, revised from the original into a shorter two-act production, gets its regional premiere at 1812 in a show that aptly emphasizes the writ…
Dionysus is back, but this time, he's not out for destruction. In Hurricane Diane, now getting its regional premiere at People's Light, he tries to enlist four Jersey housewives for a new, e…
