4,170 stories from Broad Street Review
Emily Mayer's Bower Bird takes us on a delightful bird-clown romp exploring the courtship and physical presentation rituals we share across species. Emily Esten reviews.
Imagination Playground, an outdoor interdisciplinary Fringe event at Strawberry Mansion's Hatfield House, did not let rain dampen its vision. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
With In High Germany and The Parting Glass, a pair of plays by Dermot Bolger, Irish Heritage Theatre explores Ireland's lost generation and one man's enduring fealty to soccer. Cameron Kelsa…
Gunnar Montana Productions presents BATH HOUSE, an immersive, sensory theatrical experience designed as a temple to the fluid nature of sexuality. Melissa Strong reviews.
A wider range of voices would have benefited this production of new short plays, which marks the Philly debut of TheatreXP, a recent transplant from South Florida. Alaina Johns reviews.
Among many dance offerings in this year's Fringe, Dancefusion and Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble team up for an homage to Pauline Koner and Anna Sokolow. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium dives into the weird and wonderful world of Tennesse Williams's The Two-Character Play as part of the Fringe Festival. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Jim Julien's wacky and well-executed story of cephalopod friends who find themselves in a Fishtown restaurant uses puppetry, lighting, and voice to great effect. Helen Walsh reviews.
Die-Cast's Baal & Dix is everything a Fringe show is supposed to be: immersive, imaginative, a little inscrutable…and short. Jill Ivey reviews.
Kyle V. Hiller makes his picks for this year's Fringe Festival.
What happens when the algorithm determines your theater experience? Dara McBride previews Annie Dorsen's retrospective as it comes to Philadelphia for the first time.
Shwarga Bhattacharjee's new exhibition at DVAA explores the immigrant experience through paintings, illustrations, and sculptures. Christina Anthony profiles.
Gail Obenreder rounds up upcoming classical music events throughout the month of September.
BSR is excited to team with the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance's RestART Initiative on this special podcast episode about Tiny Dynamite.
Substance abuse and addiction are common topics onscreen, but a new documentary about family life while striving for sobriety is an essential and intimate look at the struggle. Stephen Silve…
Recording a Fringe performance means you can air it again in future festivals. But as "Bon Appétit!" By Julia Child and Lee Hoiby (During a Pandemic!) shows, that's not always a good thing.…
Fredricka Maister suffered a hemorrhage after she became pregnant in the late 1970s. Abortion access may have saved her life. She worries about the dangers pregnant people face today.
Stephen Silver rounds up film screenings in the Philly area for September.
Have some chai with artist Shwarga Bhattacharjee, visit Flygirrl in West Philly for First Friday, and jazz remains undefeated in the city. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up the week.
Chances are if we missed being in the theater, we also missed meeting up for a bite. Many artists of this year's Fringe are bringing us together over food. Alaina Johns rounds up.
Alaina Johns always admired others' permanent body art, but she didn't think she could ever make the jump to get tattooed herself, even though everyone else in the neighborhood is. This summ…
When is a chair more than a chair? How does furniture reveal our tastes and history? Camille Bacon-Smith asks experts at the Barnes and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
A juried selection of photographs from under-represented artists at Woodmere Art Museum champions the creativity of older, more mercurial art forms. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
A week featuring offerings from Da Vinci Art Alliance, Mural Arts, Tacony LAB, and more. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
The Grown-Ups, a thrilling new play developed in a Brooklyn backyard during the pandemic, gets its Pennsylvania premiere at Pottstown's Theatre with a View. Josh Herren reviews.
