Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Ross Gay and Girard College present Be Holding by Kyle V. Hiller

Ross Gay’s libretto poem Be Holding connects an iconic basketball play from Dr. J with one of the most disturbing award-winning photographs in American history. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:18PM

Chocolate Ballerina Company presents Black Swan: A Swan Lake Premiere by Camille Bacon-Smith

The Chocolate Ballerina Company, a contemporary community-based dance organization for artists of color in the Philly region, offered an impressive new take on Swan Lake with an all-ages ens…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:08PM
Monday, June 5, 2023

The Kimmel Cultural Campus and The Schubert Organization present Beetlejuice by C.m. Crockford

The national Broadway tour of Beetlejuice the musical, stopping at the Academy of Music through June 11, 2023, sands the dark edges off the original in favor of feel-good clichés. C.M. Croc…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:55PM

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Henry IV, Part 2 by Kiran Pandey

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival opens its 2023 season with Henry IV, Part 2, a joyous restaging that succeeds in ragtag style, despite a few dramatic missteps. Kiran Pandey reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:48PM

South Camden Theatre Company and the Strides Collective present Diane Son’s Stop Kiss by Josh Herren

South Camden Theatre Company partners with the Strides Collective to produce Diane Son’s 1998 Stop Kiss for Pride month. But why do we need this story in 2023? Josh Herren reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:48AM
Friday, June 2, 2023

Arden Theatre Company presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Cameron Kelsall

At the Arden, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee lingers on cheap jokes at the expense of adolescent self-discovery. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:31PM
Wednesday, May 31, 2023

BSR Classical Music Interludes, June 2023 by Gail Obenreder

Yes, it’s summer, and Gail Obenreder previews some of its early classical music offerings.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:53PM

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, June 1-7, 2023 by Kyle V. Hiller

June arrives with Pride events, a handful of exhibits and art shows, and a circus festival from FringeArts. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:43PM

The BSR Podcast, season 7, episode 8: The Power of Food Media panel recording by Alaina Johns

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 10:06AM
Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Orchestra 2001 presents George Crumb: Scores at an Exhibition by Gail Obenreder

Philadelphia composer George Crumb, who died last year, was famous for his music as well as his hand-notated scores, art forms in themselves. Orchestra 2001 had both on display in this combi…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:58PM

Act II Playhouse presents Michael Stewart and Jerry Herman’s Hello, Dolly! by Josh Herren

Act II Playhouse produces the brassy Hello, Dolly! with top-notch local talent, but does the big show suit a small venue? Josh Herren reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:32PM

BlackStar Projects and Union Transfer present Terence Nance’s VORTEX in concert by Kiersten Adams

Terence Nance’s first performance of V O R T E X, his debut album, was full of heavy percussion and celestial harping that managed to stay tethered to the earth through balance and love. K…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:23AM
Friday, May 26, 2023

The University of Pennsylvania presents Minerva Parker Nichols: The Search for a Forgotten Architect by Pamela J. Forsythe

Minerva Parker Nichols was the first US woman to have her own architectural practice. Then she almost disappeared from history. A new exhibition helps to restore her legacy. Pamela J. Forsyt…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:38PM

No Greater Love, by John A. Siegfried and Kevin Ferris by Andrea Smith

A new biography traces the family and neighborhood life and military service of West Oak Lane native Michael Crescenz, who saved many lives during his service in Vietnam at age 19. Andrea Sm…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:48AM

The Lantern Theater Company presents Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night by Cameron Kelsall

Lantern Theater Company offers a delightfully comic and effortlessly romantic new production of Twelfth Night to close its season. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:37AM
Wednesday, May 24, 2023

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, May 25-31, 2023 by Kyle V. Hiller

Be Holding and Angel Dose hit the stage and screen, Memorial Day at the MoAR, and the return of the Northern Liberties Night Market. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:41PM
Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Grounds for Sculpture presents Spiral Q: The Parade by Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Flooding from 2021’s Hurricane Ida destroyed most of the archive from Spiral Q’s 27-year history of community art and advocacy, but enough remains for an urgent and engaging exhibition a…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:44PM

Piffaro presents Entre dos Álamos by Gail Obenreder

Piffaro closes its season with Entre dos Álamos, a musical trip to South America including Spanish and Indigenous texts and music, proving that great music has always been created everywher…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:30PM

Hedgerow Theatre presents Juliette Dunn’s The Puzzle by Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

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 02:06PM

Meet Camden’s Battleship New Jersey, a great summer trip for Philly-area history fans by Bart Stump

On the way to the shore, writer and teacher Bart Stump noticed an intriguing destination while crossing the Ben Franklin: Camden’s Battleship New Jersey, which turns a massive US warship i…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:11AM
Monday, May 22, 2023

The Print Center presents Rodrigo Valenzuela: Workforce by Emily Schilling

The Print Center presents Rodrigo Valenzuela: Workforce, a surreal mixed-media exhibition about work, industry, power, and people. Emily B. Schilling reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:42PM

Bristol Riverside Theatre presents Douglas Lyons’s Chicken & Biscuits by An Nichols

Chicken & Biscuits at Bristol Riverside Theatre gathers common tropes of the family funeral genre, but its performances and design meld comedy and drama for a fun family night. An Nichol…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:44PM
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, May 18-24, 2023 by Kyle V. Hiller

Kyle V. Hiller rounds up the week, with selections from the African American Museum of Philadelphia, the Mann, drag queen Sasha Velour, and a special edition of Vinyl Tap 215.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:39PM

BSR Classical Music Interludes, May 2023, part 2 by Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder previews the rest of May’s classical music offerings, with events from Astral Artists, Artcinia, Orchestra 2001, Lyric Fest, and Relâche.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:31PM

The return of the Jewish New Media Festival by Stephen Silver

The festival is back after a four-year hiatus, with Kosha Dillz and Karen Cinnamon leading the way. Stephen Silver previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:23PM

The BSR Podcast, season 7, episode 7: PVLA celebrates 45 years of pro bono legal services by Alaina Johns

BSR 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 11:44AM
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Gabriela Lena Frank and Hector Berlioz by Linda Holt

The Philadelphia Orchestra gives its first full rendition of composer-in-residence Gabriela Lena Frank’s Walkabout: Concerto for Orchestra, and a thrilling rendition of Berlioz’s Symphon…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:39PM

McCarter Theatre presents Pearl Cleage’s Blues for an Alabama Sky by Jeannine A. Cook

Josephine Baker presides in spirit over McCarter’s new production of Blues for an Alabama Sky, in which friends in a 1930s Harlem tenement ask what we gain and lose when we stay or leave. …

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:03PM

Join us for The Power of Food Media: A Conversation with Kae Lani Palmisano & BSR by Alaina Johns

It’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 02:09PM

The Lady Hoofers present On Tap by Camille Bacon-Smith

The all-women dance troupe taps into the old and familiar and blend it with new and refreshing in this year’s edition of On Tap. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:00PM

Tempesta di Mare presents The Women Behind the Screen – The Sensational Female Musicians of Venice’s Orphanages by Gail Obenreder

Tempesta di Mare explores the music of Baroque Venetian charitable institutions that were famous for their vocal and instrumental ensembles, made up of brilliant women artists who were hidde…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:41AM

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