If you missed our May 25 Power of Food Media panel conversation in person, now you can listen to it on the BSR pod! Our guests explain how they got into the biz, why the work matters, and of…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:06AMBSR is the media partner for the PVLA Arts Affair! Podcast host Darnelle sits down with PVLA leaders to find out how lawyers and artists empower each other, what services PVLA offers, and ho…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:44AMIt’s a great time whenever the BSR community gets together, and we’re branching out to welcome some of the city’s top food journalists for an exciting discussion panel (and delicious l…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:09PMJane Eyre gets a new stage treatment in this ambitious adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel, which showcases the inner life of the passionate and principled governess. Alaina Jo…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:56PMAt last week’s Philadelphia Orchestra concert, Yannick Nézet-Séguin was so frustrated by repeatedly ringing phones that he stopped the music. What’s behind the growing smartphone scour…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:15PMAs James Ijames’s Pulitzer-winning and Tony-nominated FAT HAM continues on Broadway, his latest world premiere, Abandon, gets a stand-out cast at Theatre Exile. Alaina Johns reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:15PMA fairly faithful adaptation of Judy Blume’s classic 1970 novel is hitting theaters. It expands the stories of three generations of women, reminding us that it’s not just tweens who are …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:22PMThe new Tudor sensation is finally in Philly, as the national tour of SIX lands at the Academy of Music. Is it “a women’s show”? And what does that really mean? Alaina Johns reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:54PMAt this Kimmel Center debate, nine candidates for mayor took questions about how our cultural sector fits into their platform. Alaina Johns was there.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:11PMThe regional premiere of Empathitrax, now onstage at Suzanne Roberts, deals in troubling tropes of depression without preparing its audience. Alaina Johns considers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:06AMOne thing we've been hearing a lot this year is that people are fed up with the media. Are we a lost cause? Not if you invest in the professionals in your community.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:36PMWhen a crisis like cancer hits, it can feel easier to keep it to ourselves. But humans are not meant to cope alone. Vulnerability is where our real strength lies. Alaina Johns shares her exp…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:21PMBSR podcaster Darnelle Radford gets BSR staffers Alaina Johns, Kyle V. Hiller, and Neil Bardhan in the virtual studio to talk book, TV, and podcast recs for your 2023 feed.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:33PMBSR podcaster Darnelle Radford interviews producer Carlos Armesto and actor Carmen Borlas about creating an immersive show in at Bristol Riverside Theatre, sans sight.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:13PMLast week, the BSR team chose not to cross the PMA picket line, and did not attend a preview event for Matisse in the 1930s. We were in the minority, but we weren’t alone. Alaina Johns ref…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:08PMSPEECH, the latest from Lightning Rod Special, features the company's signature stellar ensemble work, skewering our cultural currents. Alaina Johns reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:07AMA 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.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:10AMChances 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.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:52PMAlaina 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 …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:48PMWith her new solo show, Philly performer Lexi Schreiber asks why fat actors have to create and star in their own shows, instead of simply being cast in roles that already exist. Alaina Johns…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:18PMAlaina Johns has found that even in pro-choice spaces, the rhetoric around abortion can be hard to separate from the facts. But we all need to sharpen these skills, especially as Pennsylvani…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:56PMAs an atheist and a divorced woman who supports gender justice, Alaina Johns definitely doesn’t belong in the church that raised her. But when the church’s more inclusive community membe…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:05PMTiny Dynamite distills six of the English language’s best-loved novels—and then some—into this fun, fleet, and heartfelt tribute to Jane Austen. Alaina Johns reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:59PMThe latest exhibition at the Library Company plumbs the real-life narratives of 19th-century insane asylums, but these institutions never disappeared—they were only reinvented. Alaina John…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:37PMAnother 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…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:13PMAs 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…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:25PMEditor Alaina Johns is taking a few weeks off to focus on treating her bipolar disorder, with the support of the BSR team. Here’s why it’s important to talk about this.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:10PMAll eyes are on the Supreme Court this week, taking up cases including one that could overturn the constitutional right to an abortion. What does Philly think about that? Alaina Johns attend…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:03PMBrian Feldman’s 2021 Fringe entry gathers the audience in a digital space, like many other Covid-era productions, but leaves us with big questions about the nature of the art form. Alaina …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:45PMShould 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 02:19PMIn 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.
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