With a world-premiere commission by composer and sound artist Lea Bertucci, Ars Nova Workshop presented a musical meditation on the 2019 Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery explosion. Aar…
Another year, another attempt to gut city support for the arts in Philly. As one of our own artists wins a Pulitzer, a major budget cut seems like an especially bad plan. Alaina Johns consid…
Intercultural Journeys presents The Frances Suite, a musical portrayal of 19th-century Philadelphia activist, speaker, and writer Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, by composer Ruth Naomi Floyd. …
Theatre Exile's production of Succession writer Susan Soon He Stanton's charming play shows just how possible it is to feel alone, even when you spend your life talking to other people. Jill…
The company brings its spring series back to its South Philly roots as the new artist in residence at Equilibrium Dance Academy. Camille Bacon-Smith previews.
The week features offerings from Intercultural Journeys, the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Theatre in the X, Passage Theatre Company, and more. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
Screenings in the Philadelphia area for the month. Stephen Silver rounds up.
Rigoletto is Opera Philadelphia's first full production at the Academy of Music since 2019, reminding us how we sustain, and are sustained by, great art. Gail Obenreder reviews.
We know how the story of Germantown High School ended, but how did it begin? A new book explains, and highlights the fault lines that remain in our schools today. Anndee Hochman reviews.
The Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia marked its bicentennial in 2020, and was finally able to celebrate with four commissioned Philly-inspired premieres by world-class contemporary compo…
The Philadelphia Orchestra's string players took the spotlight in a performance anchored by Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, with guest soloist Gil Shaham. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
FringeArts celebrates the best and most exciting alternative comedy, including headliner and Blue Heaven and SNL alum Sarah Squirm. Melissa Strong previews.
The week features traditions like West Craft Fest and This Is The Week That Is along with intriguing performances from Mural Arts and Philadelphia Ballet, Jody Sperling, and Theatre Exile. K…
Derrick Adams: Sanctuary, now on view at AAMP, is inspired by the "Green Book" travel guide that helped Black motorists plan their trips in the Jim Crow era. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
The Wilma gives Chekhov's classic a chaotic, colorful modern update"complete with a sentient train station departure sign. Jill Ivey reviews.
Expectation and reality collide in Theresa Rebeck's Yeah Baby, an absurdist comedy that is the playwright's fourth Resident Ensemble Players premiere. Gail Obenreder reviews.
On the night founder Joan Myers Brown received the Avenue of the Arts Visionary Award, PHILADANCO! gave us a taste of that vision to open its 52nd year. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
In Where We Belong, a compelling but uneven solo work at Philadelphia Theatre Company, Madeline Sayet explores what it means to study Shakespeare from an Indigenous perspective. Cameron Kels…
The Philadelphia Film Society hosts a film series celebrating Michelle Yeoh alongside her latest film Everything Everywhere All At Once. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up the screenings.
Gail Obenreder looks at Tempesta di Mare as they celebrate their 20th anniversary and debut On Tour from Dresden, a film about their March 2022 Germany tour.
BSR podcaster Darnelle Radford gets one of our favorites, R. Eric Thomas, in the digital studio to talk about his latest work on and off the stage.
As new rulings and lawsuits about mask mandates in Philly and throughout the country roll in this week, Alaina Johns notes what mask mandate arguments are really about: debating accessibilit…
As his readers already know, BSR founding editor Dan Rottenberg loves a good debate, a quest he affirms in his journalistic memoir. Longtime colleague Rob Laymon reviews.
Lastgaspism, a new exhibition at Drexel's Pearlstein gallery, explores breath and life in a time full of new fears for both. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
Kyle V. Hiller rounds up sci-fi and speculative fiction novels for the sake of spring ahead of the release of Janelle Monáe's new book The Memory Librarian.