Saturday, September 11, 2021
Should you have kids? Is that a personal decision? In The Choice, inFLUX Theatre Collective’s 2021 Fringe offering, three women theater artists navigate questions of pregnancy, and ask who…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:19PMTuesday, August 31, 2021
In a world that expects everyone to travel in pairs, going out alone is a refreshing and important way to reframe your relationship to yourself—and others. Alaina Johns wanders.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:25PMIn a world that expects everyone to travel in pairs, going out alone is a refreshing and important way to reframe your relationship to yourself—and others. Alaina Johns wanders.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:25PMTuesday, July 13, 2021
Most coverage of protests against the Walnut Street Theatre ignores a key fact: the building may be historic, but the theater company there started in the 1980s. Alaina Johns thinks that mat…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:13PMTuesday, June 22, 2021
Alaina Johns is one of many Philadelphia professionals who got their start in the Walnut Street Theatre’s apprenticeship program, and the experience still influences her today.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:55PMMonday, June 14, 2021
After questioning the Walnut Street Theatre on Facebook, Philly performing artist Jenna Pinchbeck received a cease and desist letter on behalf of the Walnut and its artistic director, Bernar…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:17PMTuesday, May 25, 2021
Last summer, BSR committed to keeping our coverage all-digital or all-outdoors until we saw a significant reduction in Covid-19 risk. Now we’re ready for an update. Alaina Johns explains.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:29PMTuesday, April 20, 2021
Lightning Rod Special launches a new series of audio works with ‘Nosejob,’ a story that connects a 9th-century nunnery to modern college kids, asking what really makes up our fantasies. …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:12PMTuesday, January 26, 2021
Some folks are worried about a day or two of vaccine side effects. Others handle symptoms like pain and fatigue for their whole lives. Alaina Johns considers how the vaccination line lets us…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:48PMTuesday, January 12, 2021
The January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol traumatized many Americans, whether we were shocked by it, or we were seeing what we already knew to be true. Editor Alaina Johns affirms what ou…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:52PMTuesday, January 5, 2021
If you’ve been curious about why BSR is describing as well as captioning the images we run, or if you want to understand why this is important, Alaina Johns has an update.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:33PMMonday, November 23, 2020
Another COVID lockdown grips Philadelphia through the end of the year. Many arts organizations were already on a precipice. BSR seconds a campaign from the Philadelphia Cultural Alliance and…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:53AMTuesday, November 10, 2020
Commentators across the country all have the same long list of examples proving that Philly takes no prisoners, but these viral round-ups are missing our artistic soul. Alaina Johns consider…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:29PMThursday, October 29, 2020
Lightning Rod Special’s ‘SUPERHOST’ imagines an Airbnb that isn’t as wonderful as it appears, in a recording for distanced theatergoers in search of something creepy. Alaina Johns re…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:22PMTuesday, October 13, 2020
If we don’t comment on the current White House, what can we comment on? Plenty, as it turns out—and focusing our energy away from the president is the perfect comment in itself. Alaina J…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:08PMTuesday, September 22, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday night. On Monday, Alaina Johns contacted her senators (again). Does it even matter? Yes. Here’s why.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:34PMOriginally destined for live performances in a hotel, Die-Cast’s ‘Temporary Occupancy’ is now an online experience that brings its travelers to our screen. Alaina Johns reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:52PMTuesday, September 8, 2020
‘Disability Visibility,’ a new first-person story collection that arrived along with the 30th anniversary of the ADA, is not about overcoming disability. It’s a platform where diverse …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:30PMTuesday, July 21, 2020
Four months into the pandemic, here’s an update from editor Alaina Johns about BSR’s approach to a reopening Philadelphia.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:07PMTuesday, July 14, 2020
Arts journalists in the pandemic—just like all of us, really—are doing a job we never thought we’d have to do. Can we handle our new responsibilities? Alaina Johns considers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:05PMArts journalists in the pandemic—just like all of us, really—are doing a job we never thought we’d have to do. Can we handle our new responsibilities? Alaina Johns considers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:05PMTuesday, July 7, 2020
Last week, the Wilma made a splash with plans for a post-COVID stage, but the local community raised concerns about safety and accessibility. Alaina Johns asks if the pandemic can drive new …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:40PMTuesday, June 23, 2020
Alaina Johns knows what it’s like to live with chronic illness, and how it can make you feel like you have nothing left over when others need you. Can we reframe this experience to promote…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:33PMTuesday, May 26, 2020
What was so bad about camping, anyway? After two and a half months of stay-at-home in South Philly, Alaina Johns tries to remember.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:08PMTuesday, May 12, 2020
Our #FlattenTheCurve quarantine was hard enough when solidarity abounded and we stayed home together. But how does it feel when others decide to start venturing out? Alaina Johns is anxious.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:19PMMonday, May 4, 2020
Last week Mayor Jim Kenney released a proposed 2021 budget, revised for life during and after the pandemic. It would eliminate the city’s arts office.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:23AMTuesday, April 28, 2020
Some people are exclaiming about the benefits of canceled meetings—but if that means even more emails than before, Alaina Johns isn’t ready.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:51PMTuesday, April 7, 2020
Everywhere you look, there are inspirational tips for life in quarantine, and hopes that we’ll emerge from this better than we were. But there are few things Alaina Johns wishes more peopl…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:40PMTuesday, March 31, 2020
When forming a household, whether it’s you and your pets and plants, a partner and kids, or roommates, nobody (including Alaina Johns) thought about what we’d do if we had to stay home t…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:47PMTuesday, March 10, 2020
As of March 10, 2020, Philly is watching cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the surrounding counties and wondering if and when it’ll hit our city. Meanwhile, racism against Asian people rises …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:59PMTuesday, February 18, 2020
The arts calendar used to confine its self-producing frenzy to the Fringe—but now independent artists, and their questionable PR practices, are a year-round event. Alaina Johns has tips to…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:57PM 
