Whether or not you believe in ghosts, Josh Hitchens's collection of stories, told in true SoLow Fest style, will give you the shivers. Alaina Mabaso reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:54AMBassem Youssef had to leave Egypt when his government decided they'd had enough of his political satire; PIFA offered him a stage and little else. Alaina Mabaso reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:39PMPlastic Boom’s PIFA juggling show is more earthbound than it sounds. Alaina Mabaso reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:56AMIt’s not only an international arts festival, it’s an interspecies one, too. ‘Doggie Hamlet’ takes the audience outside and demands the cooperation of people, dogs, and sheep. Alaina…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:41PMPig Iron delves into the art of “social practice” for an original show about caregivers in Philly, starring the real-life people who shared their stories. Alaina Mabaso reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:13AMIn Kelly McCaughan's 'Catholic Guilt,' a young Philly transplant shares true stories about growing up Catholic in Pittsburgh. Are you eligible for Holy Communion with her? Alaina Mabaso revi…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:52PMMichael Hollinger and Robert Maggio's new musical, 'TouchTones,' at the Arden Theatre Company, reminds us that it isn’t really about the bride. Alaina Mabaso reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:37PMWith bells, candles, a dark studio, a sheet, and a few artifacts from her life in dance, Fringe artist Julia Brandenberger expressed her own mix of theology and theater with an unusual funer…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:57PMAn isolated English estate, orphaned children, a mysterious master, a young governess seeking her fortune — but Leila and Pantea Productions' Henry James adaptation is no love story on the…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:53PMMichael Kiley believes singing is for everyone, not just an elite few with “good” voices, and he invites the audience to experience the body as natural instrument. Alaina Mabaso reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:52PMAfter almost a century on Broad Street, the Merriam Theater is due for an upgrade. Architects are already consulting, developers will weigh in soon, and now is the time for the public to lis…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:54AMA New York performance troupe wonders just what is inside the mind of Kellyanne Conway, America’s chief “pundette,” and brings the show to the Philly Fringe. Alaina Mabaso reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:32PMThis Curated Fringe world premiere gets you out of your house and into another that might as well be your own. Alaina Mabaso reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:50AMA timely staging of Athol Fugard’s drama about an illegal South African love affair makes itself at home in a Philadelphia library. Alaina Mabaso reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:26PMFive college women who think they have the answer to preventing rape explore ways to heal from trauma. Alaina Mabaso reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:01PMIn his “comedy hypnosis” show, Frank Perri proves his unsettling grasp on strangers’ minds, but what if hypnosis is more common than we think? Alaina Mabaso reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:51AMWhen someone else’s life depends on a second chance, ‘Borderlands’ asks what you sacrifice if you step up to help. Alaina Mabaso reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:23PMJust because someone got it into the catalog doesn’t mean it’s a good idea to go. Or is it?
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:23PMJust because someone got it into the catalog doesn’t mean it’s a good idea to go. Or is it?
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:23PMComedy, tragedy, growth, and discovery mingle in surprising and compelling ways when Fringe artists use their artistic platforms to undo stigmas around mental illness and associated issues.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:09PMThis year’s festival wouldn’t be complete without a huge helping of the issues and causes that have been getting Philadelphians into the streets by the thousands, from the Women’s Marc…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:58AMForget roaring. It’s war for the Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival, with a new patriarchy-smashing musical to anchor its third annual lineup. Alaina Mabaso reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:46PMCourageous writer/performer Tenara Calem tackles hard and hilarious truths as she explores life with a brother who has autism. Alaina Mabaso reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:16PMFor its outdoor summer Shakespeare this year, REV unleashes Hamlet to wander among residents and guests of historic Laurel Hill Cemetery.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:13PMPWTF 2017 isn’t until August, but donors can help now with the costs of staging its world-premiere headliner musical about a march a lot of us would probably like to take.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:00PMDoes Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre's 90-minute 'Hamlet' help or hurt Will's legacy? Alaina Mabaso considers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:11PMA new one-woman show from a local comedy favorite details the aftermath of suppressed traumatic memories, mixing a trigger warning with laughs. Alaina Mabaso reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:49PMLightning Rod Special and Strange Attractor's 'Sans Everything' fast forwards through millennia, when human existence has outstripped our physical bodies, and vacation takes on a whole new m…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:22AMAfter launching in 2015, this local theater festival celebrating the work and perspectives of a wide range of women has been growing every year.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:38PMNatasha Ladva's First Person Arts show gave its audience front row seats to the life of a suddenly undocumented immigrant. Alaina Mabaso reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:41PMThis general election is going to be a rich season for political comedy — isn’t it?
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