Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Theatre Exile and Theatre in the X present ‘Pass Over,’ a story about two young Black men looking to pass over into their imagined promised land. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:33PMTuesday, June 15, 2021
The past year has brought us a lifetime’s worth of pandemic anxiety and movements for justice, but it all seems to have boiled down to worries about masks. Kyle V. Hiller says something de…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:13PMTuesday, April 20, 2021
InterAct’s virtual presentation of ‘The Niceties’ hits close to home for college students of color. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:52PMTuesday, March 16, 2021
The Arden adapts its 2019 production of ‘74 Seconds… To Judgment’ into a provocative, meta radio play. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:48PMTuesday, February 23, 2021
It’s Stacey Abrams Day 2051, and just like her forbears marched with Dr. King, Karen reminisces about the time she helped America finally change for the better. Kyle V. Hiller imagines.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:50PMMonday, February 15, 2021
Opera Philadelphia presents the latest from Tyshawn Sorey with ‘Save the Boys,’ an opera interpretation of a poem by abolitionist and Black women’s rights activist Frances Ellen Watkin…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:02PMTuesday, February 9, 2021
REP’s ‘Talk About Race’ sparks an assortment of conversations through a collection of vignettes in a new audio performance, but does it add anything to those conversations? Kyle V. Hil…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:15PMMonday, January 18, 2021
This MLK Day, Kyle V. Hiller considers what “unity” actually means, and the education that will get us there.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:34AMTuesday, December 1, 2020
The Sixers' unveiling of their new city jerseys came just days after election week. For Kyle V. Hiller, the two events offer a lot to debate about Philly’s identity.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:00PMTuesday, November 24, 2020
Tyshawn Sorey’s ‘Cycles of My Being’ is a gripping, haunting opera that seeks answers to America’s long history of oppression. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:57PMTuesday, November 3, 2020
Who are politics for? Why should we care? Kyle V. Hiller asks what makes voting important on a personal level, and remembers what got him started.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:40PMTuesday, October 27, 2020
The adaptation of the 2016 novel ‘Lovecraft Country’ tackles racism during the Jim Crow era with science fiction, but it also brings to light problems Black storytellers face today. Kyle…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:03PMTuesday, September 22, 2020
Despite its flaws, Antoine K. Stroman’s debut novella ‘Seeing Things in Black and White’ paints the Black experience in a multitude of colors. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:07PMPhiladelphia author Sarah Archer’s new book ‘Catland: The Soft Power of Cat Culture in Japan’ is a perfect crossover for history buffs and cat lovers. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:34PMTuesday, September 15, 2020
What happens when you upload ‘The Wizard of Oz’ into a 2020 Fringe performance? You get a glitchy, dystopian re-imagining that feels too much like home. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:40PMTuesday, August 25, 2020
Rest is trickier than it seems. How do we get enough? Why do we get enough—or not? What expectations come along with rest? Kyle V. Hiller wants you to take a nap.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:11PMTuesday, July 21, 2020
In the midst of civil unrest, spiking COVID cases, and preemptive reopenings, are we being primed to fend for ourselves? Kyle V. Hiller considers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:08PMTuesday, July 7, 2020
Kyle V. Hiller finally had the chance to watch ‘Hamilton’ when it arrived on Disney+ last week. As the show reaches its widest audience yet, it’s time to consider its roots.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:13PMTuesday, June 30, 2020
Folks who want to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday without observing COVID safety are joining a long American history of ignoring the facts. Could this year be a new opportunity for all …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:47PMTuesday, June 23, 2020
Moore College of Art & Design’s Animation & Game Arts students talk with Kyle V. Hiller about gaming’s impact on their lives, and how the medium can be a platform for marginalize…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:33PMTuesday, June 16, 2020
What is Juneteenth and what does it mean for the movement happening in our current sociopolitical climate? Kyle V. Hiller considers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:12PMTuesday, June 9, 2020
Silence is complicity. But what happens when you’re Black and you’ve been silent? What are you being complicit about? Kyle V. Hiller considers a different kind of silence.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:46PMTuesday, May 19, 2020
As states reopen before the coronavirus is contained, Kyle V. Hiller considers how a stressful Sunday stroll served as a preview of what life will be like post-quarantine.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:04PMTuesday, May 12, 2020
Kenya Barris, the writer and producer behind ABC’s ‘black-ish,’ makes his Netflix debut with ‘blackAF,’ a meta mocumentary. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:52PMTuesday, May 5, 2020
In the face of a proposal to kill Philly’s office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, Kyle V. Hiller says positive pessimism will help the arts bounce back.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:22PMTuesday, April 21, 2020
Kyle V. Hiller, once an aspiring meteorologist, spends Earth Day considering how climate change is directly linked to COVID-19 and the economic crash.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:15PMTuesday, March 31, 2020
With a global pandemic threatening the survival of many arts communities in Philadelphia and around the world, Kyle V. Hiller considers what’s coming after the shouts to stay at home.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:24PMTuesday, March 24, 2020
In the midst of a pandemic that’s got us on lockdown, how do we handle isolation and anxiety? Kyle V. Hiller considers a series of films that might have the answers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:52PMSunday, February 23, 2020
Kaleidoscope Cultural Arts Collective’s production of ‘Khepera’ is a vital contribution to North Philly theater and to Black women. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:21PMTuesday, February 18, 2020
R. Eric Thomas, columnist and senior staff writer at ELLE.com, releases ‘Here For It,’ his debut essay collection, exploring code-switching, his sexuality, and being a person of the Inte…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:44PMTuesday, January 28, 2020
In Daralyse Lyons’s ‘Yoga Cocaine,’ a volatile woman living with addiction discovers that vulnerability is even harder than keeping the protections we make for ourselves. Kyle V. Hille…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:58PM 
