Monday, March 25, 2024
Princess Kate’s cancer announcement brought up Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer’s own memories of fighting cancer as a mom in her late 30s. This news is an opportunity for us all to look inward an…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:27PMMonday, January 29, 2024
Sabrina Proffit stars in this popular one-woman show exploring the real lives of Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, and Betty Ford at Act II Playhouse. Does it connect to presidential politics to…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:31PMTuesday, August 15, 2023
When Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer heard about Sinéad O’Connor’s death this summer, she became her 21-year-old self, sustained against harassment and injustice by a singular voice.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:05PMMonday, June 12, 2023
Tiny Dynamite brings
the legendary yet little-known 11th-century Japanese novelist Murasaki
Shikibu to life, alongside a bookstore manager whose own work is closer to the
author’s legacy t…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:52PMTuesday, May 23, 2023
Hedgerow marks its 100th season with the world premiere of Juliette Dunn’s The Puzzle, which reveals complex inner worlds for all of us, whether or not we communicate by speaking. Gabriell…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:06PMWednesday, March 29, 2023
Mike Weilbacher details the amazing nature in and around the city in Wild Philly. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:07PMTuesday, December 13, 2022
Since Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer first reviewed Fiddler on the Roof in 2018, antisemitism has continued to rise, and this new production from the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene strikes just…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:03PMTuesday, December 6, 2022
A Mary Poppins for the stage at Quintessence, based on the original stories by P.L. Travers and the 1964 film, marries a book by Julian Fellowes with the original Sherman Brothers music (plu…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:12PMTuesday, November 22, 2022
Alice in Wonderland, the jubilant new holiday panto by Jennifer Childs and Alex Bechtel, engages both our children and our inner child. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:21PMFriday, October 14, 2022
The short-lived Broadway musical adapted from the iconic film comes to the Walnut Street Theatre eight years after its limited Broadway run. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:27PMWednesday, September 21, 2022
Chef Michael Twitty, a James Beard Award-winning chef, food historian, and author of Koshersoul, serves up conversation at the Weitzman this week. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:31PMMonday, March 7, 2022
After a BSR podcast conversation between Gen X and Gen Z Rent lovers, Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer takes her teenager to experience Rent live, finding out whether Jonathan Larson speaks to a new g…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:05PMWednesday, December 8, 2021
We usually herald the digital age as a blow to the music and publishing industries, but in her new book, American Lit Remixed, Melissa Strong argues that an exciting synergy is emerging. Gab…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:58PMTuesday, November 2, 2021
After decades of mentorship to local writing communities, including incarcerated writers, Bucks County poet, teacher, and activist Christopher Bursk never stopped learning or fighting for ju…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:10PM 
