Monday, November 6, 2023
Then and now, fascism feels like an easy fix for any psychic fissure. With Camp Seigfried, Theatre Exile takes us to a Nazi summer-camp in 1938 New York. Wendy Rosenfield reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:19PMMonday, July 11, 2022
In its new revue, Act II Playhouse takes on two legends of the American theater, Mary Martin and Ethel Merman, with mixed success. Wendy Rosenfield reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:10PMTuesday, June 14, 2022
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s participatory production of Every Brilliant Thing has a message we need, from Center Valley all the way to Capitol Hill. Wendy Rosenfield reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:24AMMonday, June 6, 2022
Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Fairview, closing out the Wilma’s season, delves deep into themes of community and identity, and the power of live theater has never felt more immediate. Wendy Ro…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:31PMWednesday, May 25, 2022
The NMAJH reopens with a new name and a new outlook on the past and future of American Jewish history. Wendy Rosenfield previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:13PMMonday, April 11, 2022
In this world-premiere take on a real theater-world controversy, a Jewish Community Center commissions a new work from a playwright who adopts an unexpected stance. Wendy Rosenfield reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:17PMFriday, March 4, 2022
Lyric Fest’s presentation of a musical history of American Yiddish Theater makes compelling and poignant listening, especially as all eyes are on Ukraine. Wendy Rosenfield reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:04PMTuesday, March 1, 2022
Last summer, many in the Philly theater community began protesting unjust conditions that Walnut Street Theatre workers said they experienced on and offstage. Wendy Rosenfield asks whether t…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:16PMThursday, October 7, 2021
After a summer of protest and invitations to dialogue that went ignored by the Walnut Street Theatre, Protect the Artist organizers took their message to the Walnut’s 2021 opening night. W…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:06PMFriday, February 21, 2020
Chelsea Mercantel’s ‘Everything Is Wonderful’ comes at an opportune time, as women’s rage flares—and men navigate a world that may value them more than they value themselves. Wendy…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:18PMTuesday, January 7, 2020
With the third season of Amazon’s ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ recently released, Wendy Rosenfield finds the trouble with the streaming sensation, from its casting to the script's erasu…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:23PMWednesday, March 7, 2018
The real Anne was unequivocal about the particular Jewishness of her suffering and about her perpetual otherness. She wrote, “We can never become just Netherlanders, or just English, or …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:32PMTuesday, October 24, 2017
Aaron Davidman's 'Wrestling Jerusalem' brings the Israeli/Palestinian conflict to Philadelphia Theatre Company's stage. Wendy Rosenfield reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:46PMSaturday, September 9, 2017
In a little house by a cornfield, four former high school friends come together to swap stories and sing songs. And then things get weird. Wendy Rosenfield reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:00PMFriday, September 8, 2017
In Carl(os) Roa's solo Fringe performance, Google Street View plays a starring role in the search for belonging. Wendy Rosenfield reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:55AMThursday, September 7, 2017
In Iron Age Theatre's world premiere of Richard Bradford's new solo show, Black Panther leader Fred Hampton comes back to life after his murder at age 21. Wendy Rosenfield reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:51PMFriday, June 9, 2017
Taylor Mac's 'Hir' detonates the nuclear family in Simpatico Theatre's excellent production. Wendy Rosenfield reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:22PMFriday, May 26, 2017
The Arden Theatre Company gives Mary Martello her turn to tackle Mama Rose in its production of 'Gypsy.' Wendy Rosenfield reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:36AMThursday, May 4, 2017
In James Ijames's world premiere 'WHITE,' art and artifice make uncomfortable bedfellows. Wendy Rosenfield reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:16PMTuesday, September 20, 2016
Theatre Philadelphia's Diversity Town Hall Meeting at New Freedom Theatre was going great.... Until the cops showed up.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:03PMWednesday, August 17, 2016
A Colorado production of the opera 'The Ballad of Baby Doe,' and a production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' in a church got Wendy Rosenfield thinking about history, legacies, and access to the ar…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:33AMTuesday, July 12, 2016
'Broad Street Review' has been delighting your eyes and mind for the last 10 years. Now we've got something exciting for your ears.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:30AMTuesday, June 7, 2016
InterAct Theatre Company's straight-white-man-helmed production of Young Jean Lee's 'Straight White Men' has 99 problems, and the truth is one.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:17PMSaturday, April 30, 2016
Broad Street Review's new Editor-in-Chief, Wendy Rosenfield, introduces herself. Read about her history with the website and longer history with its founder, Dan Rottenberg.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:10PMTuesday, December 22, 2015
Who insisted the voices of six white, male baby boomers needed to be heard among Broadway’s groundbreaking new musical arrivals, all groundbreaking because they stepped away from Diner’s…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:08PMFriday, September 18, 2015
Not for Profit, produced by Ferdinand for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:06PMFriday, September 4, 2015
Family-Friendly FringeArts and Philly Fringe, Neighborhood Fringe options, by Wendy Rosenfield
SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:33PMThe Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret celebrates its 10 year anniversary, by Wendy Rosenfield
SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:33PMToneelgroep Amsterdam and FringeArts present Ivo Van Hove's After the Rehearsal and Persona by Ingmar Bergman, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:26PMThe Shoplifters, by Morris Panych, produced by 1812 Productions, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:26PM 
