Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Holiday music outside of the (beloved) carols and Mariah Carey stratosphere happening in the Philly area this December. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:31PMTuesday, December 10, 2024
Great Arrangements by Dolce Suono made for a compelling afternoon of chamber music, featuring arrangements of well-known and less-well-known works that differed from the composer’s origina…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:51PMWednesday, December 4, 2024
Classical music offerings from the first half of December in the Philly and the Greater area. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:51PMTuesday, November 26, 2024
In the first half of the 20th century, the music and culture of America’s Jazz Age drove major social change. Now, a new exhibition at Delaware Art Museum captures the era’s masterful il…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:01PMMonday, November 18, 2024
Wood comes alive in The Crafted World of Wharton Esherick, now on view at the Brandywine Museum of Art. It’s a rare chance to see the interdisciplinary artist’s full oeuvre outside his h…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:43PMThursday, November 14, 2024
LyricFest, Delaware Symphony, the Fairmount String Quartet and others close out November with classical offerings in the Philly area. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:22AMTuesday, November 12, 2024
Resident Ensemble Players at the University of Delaware takes on Tom Stoppard’s rarely produced Rough Crossing, but it’s choppy seas, despite a cast that is well-known for excellent farc…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:19PMWednesday, October 30, 2024
Getting tea with Mimi Stillman, seeing the future with Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, and saying goodbye to Astral Artists. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:12AMTuesday, October 29, 2024
La bohème is one of the opera canon’s all-time favorites. In a co-production with Opera Baltimore, OperaDelaware offered a lively, beautifully staged production that showcased Puccini’s…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:45PMDelaware
Theatre Company teams with Charlie DelMarcelle to present the popular one-man
show Every Brilliant Thing, a gentle comedy that embraces the audience
in its exploration of depression…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:54AMMonday, October 21, 2024
In a glorious season opener, Renaissance band Piffaro and the vocalists of TENET explored the musical world of the great poet Francesco Petrarch, including his unfulfilled lifelong love (con…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:56PMWednesday, October 16, 2024
Offerings from Pyxis Piano Trio, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Jasper String Quartet, and more round out the rest of the month. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:28PMWednesday, October 2, 2024
A new season of music opens with Chamber Orchestra, the Crossing, Variant Six, and more. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:27PMTuesday, October 1, 2024
Delaware Theatre Company marks 45 years on Wilmington’s waterfront with an all-out, thigh-high production of Kinky Boots. Gail Obenreder reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:28PMTuesday, September 24, 2024
Delaware’s Resident Ensemble Players opens its season with The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] [Again], mixing sketch and farce for a dizzy and hilarious present…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:18PMWednesday, September 18, 2024
More music to close out September, with performances by Filament Baroque, Ensemble Arts Philly, Lyric Fest, and more. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:40AMTuesday, September 17, 2024
The Publick Pleasure, an early music group featuring top period instrument specialists, tackled a Fringe Festival program exploring our city’s
cultural scene before, during, and after the …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:15PMWednesday, September 4, 2024
Gail Obenreder rounds up the classical music scene in the Philadelphia area for September.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:38AMMonday, September 2, 2024
Rockwood Mansion, a moody, historic northern Delaware house museum with a renowned collection of Victoriana, asks two contemporary glass artists to respond to its resident works. Gail Obenre…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:40PMMonday, August 19, 2024
Artists from across the country, including many from the Philly area, respond to Winterthur’s famous collection of art, textiles, furniture, and more in this exceptional interdisciplinary …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:17PMWednesday, July 24, 2024
A list of late July and early August concerts, including performances by the Philadelphia Young Pianists Academy and new music from up-and-coming musicians from Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:06AMMonday, July 22, 2024
Delaware Shakespeare opens its 22nd year with a finely mounted production of Julius Caesar—one of the Bard’s shortest and darkest plays—in Wilmington’s atmospheric Rockwood Park. Gai…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:57PMTuesday, July 16, 2024
PAFA’s new Layers of Liberty exhibition, a rare close-up on Appalachian art, continues a trend of museums exploring our complicated, often greedy relationship with the natural world. Gail …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:51AMWednesday, June 26, 2024
Kick off summer with classical music from new choral ensemble Convoco, PAFA’s Sunday Serenades, and outdoor concerts from Philadelphia Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and more. Gail Obenrede…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:49PMWednesday, June 5, 2024
June brings outdoor music in striking natural locales, early music, new music, the rededication of Verizon Hall, and some bonus musical Book Week picks. Gail Obenreder rounds up.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:04PMMonday, June 3, 2024
A background in music theory will serve readers well in this trenchant and insightful tour of music throughout history: its meaning and function, and how it helps us understand the many worl…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:25PMMore and more, artists worldwide are incorporating a performance-art element in their galleries. This slim, eminently readable collection brings us the voices of these unique performers. Gai…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:48PMTuesday, May 21, 2024
Puccini’s
legendary Turandot (unfinished when he died) is typically a rare treat
for opera lovers, but OperaDelaware joins many companies marking the centennial
of the composer’s death. …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:19PMWednesday, May 15, 2024
Rounding up May's music offerings, including a capella from Variant Six, an album from Filament, a program featuring the baryton, and a tribute to the late Tom Purdom by Dolce Suono. Gail Ob…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:19PMTuesday, May 14, 2024
For its season closer, Piffaro brought its trademark virtuosity to a tour of Renaissance Portugal and Spain, featuring dozens of period instruments and a rich program of sacred and secular m…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:11AMWednesday, May 1, 2024
Three operas, an operetta, and new vocal work decorate the first half of a very vocal May. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:17PM 
