Thursday, July 31, 2025

The Month in Philly Dance: August 2025 by Camille Bacon-Smith

Dancing at Dilworth Park, new shorts from CHI Movement Arts, and looking ahead to Penn Live Arts' 2025-26 season. Camille Bacon-Smith previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:29AM

The BSR August 2025 repertory movie roundup by Stephen Silver

Film screenings in the Philadelphia area happening in August. Stephen Silver rounds up.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:21AM

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, August 2025 by Kyle V. Hiller

Rounding up the month of August in with events happening in Philly. Kyle V. Hiller previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:14AM
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

A dance critic hits the studio for Philadelphia Dance Day 2025 by Melissa Strong

Dance critic Melissa Strong observes performances with an expert eye, but she enjoys the challenge of taking dance classes herself along hobbyists and professionals alike at the annual Phila…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:45PM

A Germantown performing arts troupe says “Yes! And…” to kids’ creativity by Maggie Dougherty

At Yes! And… Collaborative Arts, a Germantown-based performing arts group, staffers don’t just talk about the next generation of art-makers. They invite kids’ creativity right now by m…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:52AM

Wanamaker Building partners announce arts lineup in the Grand Court starting in September by Alaina Johns

The Wanamaker Building in Center City has been standing empty since Macy’s left, but the public is invited back soon for a new arts program, and the continuation of popular holiday events.…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:54AM
Monday, July 28, 2025

With a new mural, Philly finally gets public art dedicated to abolitionist William Still by Melissa Strong

The dedication of new work from Mural Arts will bring the legacies of William Still, his family, and Philadelphia’s historic 7th Ward into the public eye. Melissa Strong previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:07PM
Friday, July 25, 2025

Your August guide to Philadelphia-area theater by Cameron Kelsall

BSR may be going on our August hiatus, but theater in our region doesn’t take a vacation. Cameron Kelsall previews some of August’s local productions, from hyperlocal al fresco performan…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:00PM

NoName Gallery presents Next Levels: The Art of Healing by Pamela J. Forsythe

A pop art exhibition at Chestnut Hill’s NoName Gallery draws artists who hail from Philly, the Lehigh Valley, Manila, Mexico, and Venezuela. It’s a refreshing diversion for an oppressive…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:58PM

PSF presents Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead in rep by Kiran Pandey

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival stages Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead in repertory productions, each play illuminating the other. Kiran Pandey reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:11PM
Thursday, July 24, 2025

Shakespeare in Clark Park presents Jay Eddy’s A Bottom’s Dream by Josh Herren

Shakespeare in Clark Park celebrates its 20th year with an original queer musical adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream that feels both nostalgic and contemporary. It runs through Sunday…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:01PM
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, July 24-30, 2025 by Kyle V. Hiller

Rounding up the last week of July with documentary film LIFE AFTER, music from Opera Philadelphia on the Parkway, a pair of events at FringeArts, and a chance to run away to Mars. Kyle V. Hi…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:54PM

PHILADANCO! celebrates Black dance in Philadelphia with Founder’s Day by Camille Bacon-Smith

PHILADANCO! celebrates 55 years on its annual Founder’s Day with a day spotlighting Philly’s Black dance community. Camille Bacon-Smith previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:47PM

Scribe Video Center presents the North Philadelphia History Festival by Erin Dohony

Scribe Video Center hosts a festival looking at the history of various landmarks in North Philadelphia, honoring its Black and Puerto Rican communities. Erin Dohony previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:38PM

Lumazen Yoga and ADSS present Language N’ Motion: Poetic Movement Expressions by Dara McBride

Through ‘Language N’ Motion’ artistic collaboration, the yoga mat becomes space for both movement and written poetic expression. Dara McBride previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:29PM
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Philly’s sports triumphs are thawing our cultural divide by Stephen Silver

Stephen Silver says Philly sports fans and arts patrons, once at odds over the Rocky statue, are increasingly joining forces as the Phillies and the Eagles make historic wins. This week, eve…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:04PM
Monday, July 21, 2025

Delaware Shakespeare presents Twelfth Night, O Lo Que Quieras, adapted by Liz Filios and Tanaquil Márquez by An Nichols

A new adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night onstage at Wilmington’s historic Rockwood Park asks what would happen if Sebastian and Viola washed up in a modern-day country sans docume…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:43PM
Friday, July 18, 2025

BalletX presents its 2025 Summer Series, featuring choreographers Amy Hall Garner, Noelle Kayser, and Matthew Neenan by Camille Bacon-Smith

For this year’s summer series, BalletX presents an exciting excerpt from Amy Hall Garner’s upcoming Petrushka, a premiere by choreographic fellow Noelle Kayser, and a celebration of Matt…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:07PM
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

The Barnes Foundation presents From Paris to Provence: French Painting at the Barnes by Pamela J. Forsythe

With several Barnes galleries closed for refinishing, some of the museum’s 19th and 20th-century masterpieces get a new configuration in From Paris to Provence: French Painting at the Barn…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:51PM

The Clay Studio presents resident artists Akiko Jackson, Minah Kim and Kevin Snipes by K.a. McFadden

Artists Akiko Jackson, Minah Kim, and Kevin Snipes wrap up their three-year residency at the Clay Studio Center for Innovation in Ceramic Art with this trio of enigmatic and arresting solo s…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:08PM

Indecorous Theatre presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Schuylkill Center by Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Philly’s Indecorous Theatre takes audiences into the woods for an interactive production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream that celebrates the show’s gender-bending, class-swapping, fairy-m…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:40AM
Monday, July 14, 2025

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, July 17-23, 2025 by Kyle V. Hiller

Shakespeare in Clark Park premieres a bold, queer take on Midsummer, the 2nd Place Race is back, and two nights with your inner monologue. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up the week.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:58PM
Wednesday, July 9, 2025

BSR Classical Interludes, July and August 2025 by Gail Obenreder

Highlighting summer concerts in the Philadelphia area throughout the summer, including series by Lenape Chamber Ensemble, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Longwood Gardens. Gail Obenreder preview…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:47PM
Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Our popular review-writing webinars are back on July 16 and 17! by Alaina Johns

Are you an aspiring or emerging critic? Are you a journalist who is curious about getting started as a reviewer? Are you an arts-lover who wants an inside look at how critics work? These cla…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:17PM

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, July 10-16, 2025 by Kyle V. Hiller

New exhibitions from Al-Bustan, James Oliver, and William Way, Bodies of Water at Fairmount Park, and the sounds of North Philadelphia at Vox. Kyle V. Hiller previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:13PM

Discover the best new books for young readers with Philly author Eric Smith by Eric Smith

Award-winning local author Eric Smith, whose latest YA novel will be featured at the National Book Festival of the Library of Congress later this summer, rounds up his favorite new books for…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:27AM

Jo Piazza’s Everyone Is Lying To You by Elisa Shoenberger

Journalist, writer, and podcaster Jo Piazza uses her research and interviewing skills to bring her works of fiction to life, including new thriller Everyone is Lying To You—where real life…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:54AM
Monday, July 7, 2025

People’s Light presents Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s Little Shop of Horrors by Mina Reinckens

A new production of Little Shop of Horrors, closing out People’s Light’s 50th anniversary season, gives fearsome new teeth to the adage that there’s no ethical consumption under capita…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:45PM

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun by Kiran Pandey

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival stages A Raisin in the Sun to powerful effect, even if the production finds itself occasionally out of step. Kiran Pandey reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:00PM

Brandywine Museum of Art presents Andrew Wyeth at Kuerner Farm: The Eye of the Earth by Emily Schilling

The Brandywine Museum of Art’s Wyeth Study Center invigorates the storied local artist’s legacy. Andrew Wyeth at Kuerner Farm: The Eye of the Earth features intimate works made over 70 y…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:43PM
Wednesday, July 2, 2025

The moment of rupture: a conversation with Phantasmagossip author Sara Mae by Kiran Pandey

Philly writer Sara Mae talks about their new poetry chapbook Phantasmagossip, writing songs with The Noisy, and themes of gender expansiveness and past selves. Kiran Pandey profiles.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:00AM