Current representations of Black women in American history are improving, and a traveling exhibition now at Delaware Art Museum is a welcome addition to the trend. An Nichols reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:52AMThe Flower Show is here through Sunday, March 10! An Nichols has your guide to entry on a budget plus suggestions for connecting with Philly gardens year-round, and Alaina Johns has a look a…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:36PMThe Marian Anderson Historical Society will host a performance of Porgy and Bess, and looks to continue the Museum’s challenging reconstruction project. An Nichols previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:19PMGhetto Gods in Divineland, now getting its world premiere in Trenton, has successful interdisciplinary elements of music, poetry, and dance, but the script doesn’t follow through on its am…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:23AMA new production of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun at Bristol Riverside Theatre honors this monumental American text while highlighting relevant struggles today. An Nichols revie…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:41PMAin’t Too Proud, on its first national tour and getting its Philly premiere, follows the lives, loves, and moves of the Motown-hitmaking super group The Temptations, but questions about ge…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:49PMChris Davis has been bringing his fresh and funny one-man take on The Nutcracker to Philly theaters since 2019. This year, the still-delightful show lands at the Drake. An Nichols reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:15PMAn Nichols previews the 2023 East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention and how the ECBACC works towards cultural awareness, youth literacy, and building safe spaces for geekdom.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:25PMLin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes’s In the Heights relies on the life of a neighborhood for its drama, and a smooth, sparkling production from Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:59PMChicken & 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 02:44PMCotton, an immersive multimedia experience recreating generational trauma, marks Lyric Fest’s 20th anniversary, with new music by Damien Geter and a slate of poets inspired by the photogra…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:22PMPeople’s Light stages this informative and engaging one-man drama about lawyer Thurgood Marshall, who became the first Black justice on the US Supreme Court. An Nichols reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:20PMWriter An Nichols followed the recent national social justice explosion that rocked the Philly theater community, but she wanted to look closer, speaking with local artists about their exper…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:52PMThe George Floyd protests helped An Nichols to reflect on her past in a white-dominated culture.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:22PM