Friday, September 20, 2024

Philly Fringe 2024: Jenn Adams presents An Evening with August Strindberg: Followed by a Perfectly Normal Performance of Miss Julie by Josh Herren

Writer, director, and actor Jenn Adams takes an ambitious leap by portraying the complex and often problematic playwright August Strindberg in her new show for this year’s Fringe. Josh Her…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:25PM

Humble Materials presents Jessica Noel’s All Quiet on the Western Front by Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

In this year’s Philly Fringe, Humble Materials adapts the classic war novel All Quiet on the Western Front to focus on the ones who are most often left behind: women. Jill Ivey reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:01PM
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

BSR Classical Interludes, more in September 2024 by Gail Obenreder

More music to close out September, with performances by Filament Baroque, Ensemble Arts Philly, Lyric Fest, and more. Gail Obenreder previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:40AM

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, September 19-25, 2024 by Kyle V. Hiller

Home-grown Hollywood star Erika Alexander visits Philly, the regional premiere of The Porch on Windy Hill, the return of Digital Chutzpah, and more. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:35AM
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Philly Fringe 2024: Pig Iron presents Poor Judge by Kiran Pandey

Pig Iron presents Poor Judge, an exuberant piece of dance-theater cabaret that finds the personal in the music of Aimee Mann. Kiran Pandey reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:33PM

Philly Fringe 2024: Chris Davis presents The 40-Year-Old Ballerino by Alaina Johns

Chris Davis continues his tradition of audience-pleasing solo Fringe shows with The 40-Year-Old Ballerino, one of his most personal creations to date. Alaina Johns reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:40PM

Setting new trends with Philly Fashion Week and Philly FatCon by An Nichols

An Nichols previews this year’s Philly Fashion Week and Philly FatCon, two events that continue to make space for size-inclusive fashion.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:36PM

Philly Fringe 2024: The Publick Pleasure presents Stop the Bells Tolling by Gail Obenreder

The Publick Pleasure, an early music group featuring top period instrument specialists, tackled a Fringe Festival program exploring our city’s cultural scene before, during, and after the …

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:15PM

I met James Earl Jones when I was six, on TV together thanks to our shared language by Anndee Hochman

By the time she started grade school, Anndee Hochman was known as the girl who learned to read when she was three—and whose talent landed her (literally) in the lap of iconic actor James E…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:13PM
Monday, September 16, 2024

Philly Fringe 2024: My Mother Once Read presents Hundred Acre Park by Helen Walsh

Part of the Cannonball Kids series, a Winnie the Pooh production attempts to transcend the limits of a Philadelphia urban park. Helen Walsh reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:36PM

Philly Fringe 2024: Tennessee Playwrights Studio’s That Woman – The Monologue Show and Becky Bondurant’s Penis Envy by Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

A pair of timely monologue shows in this year’s Fringe, That Woman – The Monologue Show and Penis Envy, both explored the high stakes for women’s autonomy in the modern political era. …

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:49PM

Lantern Theater Company presents Anna Ziegler’s The Wanderers by Josh Herren

The Philly premiere of Anna Ziegler’s The Wanderers at the Lantern is a compelling yet uneven exploration of marriage, identity, and religion, featuring two Williamsburg couples decades ap…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:32PM

Philly Fringe 2024: Myriam Ali-Ahmad presents Handala: A Celebration of Palestine by Krista Mar

LA-based Lebanese American actor, writer, and producer Myria Ali-Ahmad brings her award-winning solo show, Handala: A Celebration of Palestine, to this year’s Philly Fringe. Krista Mar rev…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:13PM
Sunday, September 15, 2024

Philly Fringe 2024: Die-Cast Ensemble presents Tennessee Williams’s Suddenly Last Summer by Cameron Kelsall

Die-Cast Ensemble creates a gripping, immersive production of Suddenly Last Summer, anchored by Ross Beschler’s thrilling performance as an authorial stand-in. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:15PM
Saturday, September 14, 2024

Philly Fringe 2024: Laurel Johnson presents Grief Astronomer by Melissa Strong

Laurel Johnson’s Grief Astronomer, part of the Cannonball Festival in the 2024 Philly Fringe, journeys through childhood trauma, disability, and the cosmos. Melissa Strong reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:36PM
Friday, September 13, 2024

Philly Fringe 2024: Lightning Rod Special presents Lee Minora and Scott R. Sheppard’s Nosejob by Cameron Kelsall

Football, feminism, and facial mutilation collide in Nosejob, an ambitious but uneven exploration of sexual politics from Lightning Rod Special in this year's Curated Fringe. Cameron Kelsall…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:13PM
Thursday, September 12, 2024

Philly Fringe 2024: New Paradise Laboratories presents Jeffrey Cousar’s An Avalanche of ‘No’ by Kiran Pandey

Jeffrey Cousar’s An Avalanche of ‘No’ in the Cannonball hub of this year’s Fringe is a one-man riff on Macbeth that, despite its sincerity, fails to fully engage in the implications …

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:30PM

Philly Fringe 2024: Cannonball Festival presents Tyshaun & Shekinah’s Forbidden Fruit by Melissa Strong

Tyshaun & Shekinah’s Forbidden Fruit, a circus-dance work about Black experiences, is part of Cannonball’s inaugural Black Circus Week. Melissa Strong reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:20PM

Philly Fringe 2024: Nichole Canuso Dance Company presents The Garden: River’s Edge by Camille Bacon-Smith

Nichole Canuso Dance Company joins the 2024 Curated Philly Fringe with The Garden: River’s Edge, an immersive, interactive performance at the historic Arch Street Meeting House. Camille Ba…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:48PM
Wednesday, September 11, 2024

I won’t turn my back on Chinatown: Black and Asian people must stand together in Philly by Constance Garcia-Barrio

As a woman in her 70s, West Philly native Constance Garcia-Barrio finds protest marches challenging, but she knew she had to turn out for Chinatown at the No Arena in the Heart of Our City r…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:23PM
Tuesday, September 10, 2024

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, September 12-18, 2024 by Kyle V. Hiller

A new monthly poetry series comes to Germantown, a notable painting collection comes to the African American Museum, and a variety of new exhibits highlight the week. Kyle V. Hiller rounds u…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:17PM

Philly Fringe 2024: Christ Church Preservation Trust presents On Buried Ground by Kimberly Haas

A meditation on Black lives in colonial Philadelphia comes to life in a Fringe Festival event featuring archival research, site-specific dance, theater, visual art, and historic documents. K…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:17PM

Philly Fringe 2024: Gunnar Montana Productions presents BLACK WOOD: WINTERBORN by Camille Bacon-Smith

Gunnar Montana returns for this year’s Fringe with a standalone sequel to last year’s BLACK WOOD. The bloody, sexy sorcery continues with WINTERBORN, running through October 30 at the La…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:01PM
Monday, September 9, 2024

Philly Fringe 2024: REV Theatre Company presents MY BIG FANG VAMPIRE WEDDING by Melissa Strong

For this year’s cabaret-style Fringe entry, REV Theatre Company takes over a basement nightclub with MY BIG FANG VAMPIRE WEDDING, boasting great music and committed performers. Melissa Str…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:22PM

Philly Fringe 2024: Hum’n’Bards presents The Boy Bands Have Won and Thomas Choinacky presents Forehand Down the Line by Josh Herren

This year, two Philly Fringe shows offered two distinct explorations of performance art made in queer community: The Boy Bands Have Won from Hum’n’bards Theater Troupe, Thomas Choinacky�…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:41PM
Sunday, September 8, 2024

Philly Fringe 2024: Elevator Repair Service presents James Joyce’s Ulysses (second review) by An Nichols

James Joyce's Ulysses is the novel that everyone (or English majors at least) has to read, but few finish. In this year's Fringe, Elevator Repair Service tackles the elusive text. An Nichols…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:01PM

Philly Fringe 2024: Deniz Khateri presents A Bach’eh who wanted to become Bach by Lowry Yankwich

Deniz Khateri's Cannonball Festival entry is a one-woman show that explores identity, pregnancy, war, and immigration. Lowry Yankwich reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:38PM
Friday, September 6, 2024

Philly Fringe 2024: Must See Theatre Company presents davidbdale’s Dirty Priest by David Block

The world premiere of Dirty Priest, presented in a church as part of the Philly Fringe, reunites an allegedly abusive priest with a survivor who has grown up and returned to confront him. Da…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:18PM

Philly Fringe 2024: Elevator Repair Service presents James Joyce’s Ulysses (first review) by Kimberly Haas

Elevator Repair Service’s Curated Fringe Festival staging of Ulysses is an exuberant romp through James Joyce’s iconic novel. Kimberly Haas reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:12PM
Thursday, September 5, 2024

Philly Fringe 2024: Michael Galligan presents Cloud Baby by Kiran Pandey

Michael Galligan brings Cloud Baby to the Philly Fringe, an amusing one-man clown show that seems more a sketch than a finished piece. Kiran Pandey reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:59PM

Philly Fringe 2024: 100th Meridian presents Jared Michael Delaney’s T.REXTASY by Cameron Kelsall

Damon Bonetti makes a rocking galactic tour guide in T.REXTASY, an entry in the Fringe and Cannonball Festivals from 100th Meridian. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:35PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 15, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
TBA: Titanic