Tuesday, September 8, 2020
‘Disability Visibility,’ a new first-person story collection that arrived along with the 30th anniversary of the ADA, is not about overcoming disability. It’s a platform where diverse …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:30PMTuesday, July 21, 2020
Four months into the pandemic, here’s an update from editor Alaina Johns about BSR’s approach to a reopening Philadelphia.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:07PMTuesday, July 14, 2020
Arts journalists in the pandemic—just like all of us, really—are doing a job we never thought we’d have to do. Can we handle our new responsibilities? Alaina Johns considers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:05PMArts journalists in the pandemic—just like all of us, really—are doing a job we never thought we’d have to do. Can we handle our new responsibilities? Alaina Johns considers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:05PMTuesday, July 7, 2020
Last week, the Wilma made a splash with plans for a post-COVID stage, but the local community raised concerns about safety and accessibility. Alaina Johns asks if the pandemic can drive new …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:40PMTuesday, June 23, 2020
Alaina Johns knows what it’s like to live with chronic illness, and how it can make you feel like you have nothing left over when others need you. Can we reframe this experience to promote…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:33PMTuesday, May 26, 2020
What was so bad about camping, anyway? After two and a half months of stay-at-home in South Philly, Alaina Johns tries to remember.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:08PMTuesday, May 12, 2020
Our #FlattenTheCurve quarantine was hard enough when solidarity abounded and we stayed home together. But how does it feel when others decide to start venturing out? Alaina Johns is anxious.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:19PMMonday, May 4, 2020
Last week Mayor Jim Kenney released a proposed 2021 budget, revised for life during and after the pandemic. It would eliminate the city’s arts office.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:23AMTuesday, April 28, 2020
Some people are exclaiming about the benefits of canceled meetings—but if that means even more emails than before, Alaina Johns isn’t ready.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:51PMTuesday, April 7, 2020
Everywhere you look, there are inspirational tips for life in quarantine, and hopes that we’ll emerge from this better than we were. But there are few things Alaina Johns wishes more peopl…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:40PMTuesday, March 31, 2020
When forming a household, whether it’s you and your pets and plants, a partner and kids, or roommates, nobody (including Alaina Johns) thought about what we’d do if we had to stay home t…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:47PMTuesday, March 10, 2020
As of March 10, 2020, Philly is watching cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the surrounding counties and wondering if and when it’ll hit our city. Meanwhile, racism against Asian people rises …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:59PMTuesday, February 18, 2020
The arts calendar used to confine its self-producing frenzy to the Fringe—but now independent artists, and their questionable PR practices, are a year-round event. Alaina Johns has tips to…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:57PMTuesday, February 4, 2020
“I would love to pick your brain!” Yes, I’ve heard it before, many times, and you probably have, too. But what happens when we talk about the price, and why is this especially tough gr…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:57PMTuesday, January 7, 2020
The weather is dreary, the parties are done, and your social-media feeds are full of people fixated on dieting for the new year. How will you get through? Alaina Johns shares her tips.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:14PMTuesday, December 31, 2019
Is the BSR team going to take their chance in 2020 to stop being so easily offended? Finally, an answer.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:46AMTuesday, December 17, 2019
A venerable alt-weekly announces a new direction in painfully offensive terms. Philadelphia deserves better. Alaina Johns considers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:50PMTuesday, December 10, 2019
Ah yes! Darkness, freezing weather; the long, dreary tunnel of winter looming after the holidays—and the cold I just caught. Alaina Johns whines.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:19PMFriday, December 6, 2019
Theatre Exile’s production of Martín Zimmerman’s ‘On the Exhale’ tackles tragically familiar ground in America with an unexpected narrative. Alaina Johns reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:21PMMonday, December 2, 2019
Do you remember a time in your life when the decisions really started? Do they come quickly? How do you handle it when it’s time to make a choice? Alaina Johns considers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:44PMTuesday, November 26, 2019
Especially after years of being partnered, the holiday season can pose extra challenges for single folks. Alaina Johns has some advice.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:38PMTuesday, November 5, 2019
It’s no surprise that a museum from the American Bible Society will recast US history as an exclusively Bible-based story. But we should look twice at the welcome for Independence Mall’s…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:27PMWednesday, October 30, 2019
When we think about accessibility on the arts scene, are we forgetting something? Maybe we worry about bringing up bathrooms, but Alaina Johns thinks it’d be rude not to talk about it.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:06AMThursday, September 12, 2019
A PHIT sketch comedy crew takes on the city itself in this worthwhile Fringe offering. Alaina Johns reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:40PMTuesday, September 10, 2019
A theater troupe from Widener University highlights the sinister absurdism of a medical waiting-room purgatory with ‘The Clinic.’ Alaina Johns reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:39PMFriday, August 2, 2019
The Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival lands in Old City for its fifth year, and opens with an evening of one-acts by women playwrights. Alaina Johns reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:29AMWednesday, May 15, 2019
“What’s so funny? It’s perhaps the central question of comedy.” So opens ‘A Hard Time’ at FringeArts, and a superlative trio of women take it from there. Alaina Johns reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:46PMFriday, May 3, 2019
A pair of grown-up preachers’ kids confront their faith on the night shift in this world premiere from 1812. Alaina Johns reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:53PMThursday, April 18, 2019
First, there was a letter. Then, the Philly theater community caught fire on social media, with unintended effects for everyone. Now, the original authors have met with Philadelphia Theatre …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:19PMWednesday, March 27, 2019
Here’s your shocker of the century—the editor-in-chief of BSR was never one of the cool kids. What does that mean for our mission? Alaina Johns considers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:45AM 
