Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Gail Obenreder previews this month’s upcoming classical music performances in the area, with offerings from the Philadelphia Orchestra, Delaware Symphony, Artcinia, and more.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:02PMTuesday, December 13, 2022
Piffaro’s much-anticipated holiday concert invites us to Christmas in Renaissance Italy this year, and will be available to stream as a recording for those celebrating at home. Gail Obenre…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:27PMWednesday, November 30, 2022
Decking the halls with holiday concerts throughout December in the Philadelphia area. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:32PMMonday, November 28, 2022
What makes art American? PAFA explores this question in a major exhibition that spans 200 of our artistic years, debuting at home before a national tour. Gail Obenreder reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:30PMTuesday, November 22, 2022
Sidelined by art history, the works of Evelyn and William De Morgan, a Victorian power couple who integrated their artistic practice with social advocacy, make a stunning debut. Gail Obenred…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:27AMMonday, November 14, 2022
A new exhibition from four artists at Brandywine River Museum balances artistry and polemics, merging the nature of the artist with the art of nature. Gail Obenreder reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:50PMTuesday, November 8, 2022
Does the legendary play Arsenic and Old Lace hold up for today's audiences? Gail Obenreder reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:44PMWednesday, November 2, 2022
Gail Obenreder looks at a few of the musical offerings to brighten up any gray days.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:46PMTuesday, November 1, 2022
In its first live staging since 2019, OperaDelaware is back with Così fan tutte, Mozart and Da Ponte’s deceptively complex opera buffa, presented here in a rare, virtually uncut format. G…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:53PMMonday, October 17, 2022
This wandering, wide-ranging exhibition at The Delaware Contemporary is a rare extravaganza of diverse works all in one medium: glass. Gail Obenreder reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:58PMWednesday, October 12, 2022
Continuing our two-part look at October’s packed slate, Gail Obenreder looks at some of the many musical offerings in the second half of Arts and Culture Month.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:34PMTuesday, October 11, 2022
This touring Shakespearean reinvention turns Twelfth Night into a winning bilingual musical, integrating script, songs, English, and Spanish into a uniquely accessible and timely performance…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:30PMTuesday, October 4, 2022
Opera Philadelphia closed out Festival 022 with the premiere of Black Lodge, by composer David T. Little and librettist Anne Waldman, with live music by Timur and the Dime Museum and the Ope…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:23PMIn the spirit of passing the torch, the season opener for Philly’s illustrious Renaissance band celebrated 15th and 16th-century teachers and mentors who became musical colleagues. Gail Ob…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:52PMWednesday, September 28, 2022
Gail Obenreder previews upcoming music performances happening in the Philly area, including concerts from Orchestra 2001, Choral Arts, Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Viola Quartet, and more.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:36PMTuesday, September 27, 2022
Delaware Symphony Orchestra paired Jennifer Higdon's latest premiere with favorites from Dvořák in this season opener marking the orchestra’s return to full concerts. Gail Obenreder revi…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:28PMWednesday, September 21, 2022
Gail Obenreder previews Opera Philadelphia’s Festival O22, which features 30 films screened at the Philadelphia Film Center.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:53PMTuesday, September 20, 2022
People’s Light presents its latest locally inspired New Play Frontiers production, exploring Chester County’s mushroom-farming community. Gail Obenreder reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:58PMMonday, September 19, 2022
Beloved country-song hits and a script that makes sense? A new homage to Dolly Parton, now onstage at Delaware Theatre Company, is a treat whether or not you’re devoted to Dolly. Gail Oben…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:25PMWednesday, September 7, 2022
Gail Obenreder rounds up upcoming classical music events throughout the month of September.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:43PMTuesday, July 26, 2022
An important new exhibition of portraits by Diné photographer Will Wilson at the Delaware Art Museum is both strongly historic and strikingly contemporary. Gail Obenreder reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:41PMTuesday, July 19, 2022
Delaware Shakespeare celebrates its 20th year of the Bard in Rockwood Park with a strange and satisfying production of The Tempest. Gail Obenreder reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:38PMTuesday, July 12, 2022
A new Winterthur exhibition revives the historic collaboration that turned the White House into the museum it is today, thanks to the vision of Jacqueline Kennedy and Henry Francis du Pont. …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:10AMMonday, July 11, 2022
Sculptor Stan Smokler, who has worked in Chester Country for more than 20 years, comes to the Delaware Art Museum with Steel in Flux, whose found-object abstractions are almost impossible no…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:53PMTuesday, July 5, 2022
People’s Light revives The Vinegar Tree, a rarely staged comedy of manners by a playwright who was America’s answer to Shaw and Coward. Gail Obenreder reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:34PMTuesday, June 21, 2022
Two exhibitions at the Brandywine River Museum of Art demonstrate bold curatorial vision, with Dawoud Bey: Night Coming Tenderly, Black and Gatecrashers: The Rise of the Self-Taught Artist i…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:17PMTuesday, June 7, 2022
A program of iconic works by Gershwin and Rachmaninoff, originally intended as the Delaware Symphony Orchestra’s season opener, made a smashing conclusion instead. Gail Obenreder reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:22PMMonday, May 23, 2022
For the close of its 38th season and a major leadership transition, Piffaro’s tribute to the life of Charles V examines musical legacies then and now. Gail Obenreder reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:39PMWednesday, May 18, 2022
Gail Obenreder previews OperaDE's production of The Marriage of Figaro, continuing the tale of Figaro from this past winter's The Barber of Seville.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:50PMTuesday, May 3, 2022
Rigoletto is Opera Philadelphia’s first full production at the Academy of Music since 2019, reminding us how we sustain, and are sustained by, great art. Gail Obenreder reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:57PMTuesday, April 26, 2022
Expectation and reality collide in Theresa Rebeck’s Yeah Baby, an absurdist comedy that is the playwright’s fourth Resident Ensemble Players premiere. Gail Obenreder reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:44PM 
