Monday, March 22, 2021
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s latest program brings together chamber-sized wind compositions by Mozart and Valerie Coleman. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:56PMFriday, February 26, 2021
Courtney Bryan’s ‘Blessed,’ the second of four digital commissions from Opera Philadelphia, is a stirring exploration of Christian theology and present-day activism. Cameron Kelsall re…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:45PMFriday, February 19, 2021
Pianist and Curtis professor Michelle Cann offers a passionate and technically flawless account of Florence Price’s Concerto in One Movement with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Cameron Kelsal…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:12PMFriday, February 12, 2021
‘Steal Her Bones,’ a world premiere from InterAct Theatre Company, offers a compelling portrait of human bonds and the complicated nature of belief. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:44AMMonday, February 1, 2021
Soprano Michelle Bradley made a distinctive recital debut with Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, singing a wide-ranging program with elegance and flair. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:01PMFriday, January 29, 2021
Following her appointment as principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Nathalie Stutzmann makes her first appearance leading Beethoven on the Digital Stage. Cameron Kelsall re…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:14PMMonday, January 25, 2021
Lantern Theater’s digital production of ‘Molly Sweeney’ tells the simple but striking tale of a blind woman whose life is upended when her vision is restored. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:11PMMonday, January 11, 2021
A benefit performance of the Julia Child-inspired ‘Bon Appétit!’ for Opera Philadelphia highlights the arresting artistry and comic chops of mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton. Cameron Kelsall …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:24PMTuesday, December 8, 2020
In ‘Ohio State Murders,’ playwright Adrienne Kennedy uses tragedy to explore the lingering effects of racism on personal relationships and society at large. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:41PMThursday, December 3, 2020
‘UNDERGROUND,’ a co-production of EgoPo Classic Theater and Lawrence Theatre Company, updates Dostoyevsky to contemporary Philadelphia. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:33PMMonday, November 30, 2020
Actor Jefferson Mays offers a thrilling, one-person ‘Christmas Carol’ as a benefit for theaters
across the country. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:23PMPhiladelphia Theatre Company brings ‘The Wolves,’ a stunning portrait of adolescent self-discovery, to the digital stage. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:19PMTuesday, November 24, 2020
An online festival dedicated to the life and legacy of playwright Adrienne Kennedy commences with ‘He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box,’ a lyrical and brutal chronicle of interracial roma…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:06PMFriday, November 13, 2020
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society’s reimagined fall season brings live recitals from world-class artists, like pianist Jeremy Denk, directly to viewers at home. Cameron Kelsall considers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:53PMThursday, November 12, 2020
Philadelphia playwright James Ijames makes his Steppenwolf Theatre Company debut with ‘What Is Left, Burns,’ an engrossing, elliptical digital play. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:35PMTuesday, October 27, 2020
Philadelphia Artists’ Collective presents a sharp digital staging of ‘Trouble in Mind,’ a much-revered but underproduced exploration of racism in the theater. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:55PMMonday, October 26, 2020
Stylishly produced and eminently thoughtful, ‘Lawrence Brownlee & Friends in Philadelphia’ sets a high bar for the Opera Philadelphia Channel, the company’s new streaming endeavor.…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:54PMMonday, October 19, 2020
EgoPo Classic Theater’s ‘Emily’ brings theater to your mailbox, and reconsiders the life and legacy of Emily Dickinson in the process. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:39PMThursday, July 23, 2020
The Wilma salvages its scrapped production of Aleshea Harris’s ‘Is God Is’ as a streaming audio production. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:14PMFriday, June 26, 2020
With ‘Code Blue,’ the Wilma Theater engages a national dialogue and offers a possible step forward for filmed theatrical performances amid the ongoing shutdown. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:25PMMonday, June 22, 2020
Like its predecessor ‘Love, Simon,’ the Hulu series ‘Love, Victor’ moves the conversation about LGBTQ+ representation in mainstream media forward. But some voices still aren’t part…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:29PMThursday, April 30, 2020
With its spring season canceled and its return date uncertain, Opera Philadelphia moves to make five recent productions available for streaming. Cameron Kelsall considers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:22PMWednesday, April 8, 2020
As many theater companies throughout the country begin offering streaming content to offset closures, People’s Light releases a filmed version of Jeanne Sakata’s ‘Hold These Truths,’…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:35PMMonday, March 16, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and Mayor Kenney’s prohibition of large gatherings forced the Philadelphia Orchestra to live-stream a Beethoven concert from an empty Verizon Hall. Cameron Kelsall re…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:49PMWednesday, March 11, 2020
In times of political turmoil, we seek comfort in examples of righteousness. That explains CONSCIENCE, a snappy slice of history receiving its world premiere at George Street Playhouse. Play…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:23PMMonday, March 9, 2020
The dubious legacy of Senator Joe McCarthy is well known. ‘Conscience,’ at George Street Playhouse, explores his early adversary Margaret Chase Smith, who sounded an alarm well before hi…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:43PMFriday, March 6, 2020
‘The Agitators’ at Theatre Horizon dramatizes the decades-long friendship between Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:32PMTuesday, March 3, 2020
‘The Steward of Christendom’ chronicles the Lear-like fall of the final Dublin police chief under home rule. Irish Heritage Theatre’s inconsistent production shows his pitiful demise, …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:07PMOrgan virtuoso Paul Jacobs returned to the Philadelphia Orchestra with Michael Daugherty’s ‘Once Upon a Castle,’ an exhilarating symphonie concertante written especially for him. Camer…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:32PMFriday, February 21, 2020
The Academy of Vocal Arts offers a production of Donizetti’s ‘La Favorite,’ in its original French version, where the worthwhile elements outweigh the questionable ones. Cameron Kelsal…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:19PMMonday, February 17, 2020
‘Outside Mullingar,’ an Irish romance by John Patrick Shanley, receives a sweet-natured staging at Delaware Theatre Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:57PM 
