Tuesday, April 22, 2025
A two-part exhibition, now getting its first installment at TILT, “explores the interiority of Black womb-bearing people” with a brilliant mix of photos and collage that are part of a la…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:47AMWednesday, March 26, 2025
The Philadelphia Magic Gardens opens its new exhibit Stone Soup, an exhibition of Eustace Mamba’s work that portrays the diaspora through mixed media art with a Philly-inspired lens. An Ni…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:33PMTuesday, March 4, 2025
The Philadelphia Flower Show is back for its 196th year, with the theme Gardens of Tomorrow. From individual orchids and cacti to show-stopping floral displays and hundreds of vendors, this …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:09PMWednesday, February 26, 2025
Not able to make it out to the Philly Flower Show this year? No problem! An Nichols tips off free and affordable places you can visit for a chance to smell the flowers around the city.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:40PMMonday, February 24, 2025
Trenton proves itself as a destination for theater with this excellent staging of the Pulitzer-winning Topdog/Underdog, about two brothers struggling between love and one-upmanship. An Nicho…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:16PMThursday, January 16, 2025
AAMP continues to lead the Philly area in showcasing Black art with Shaheed Rucker: (re)Covering the Iconic, featuring notable portraits in the striking style of vintage mid-century media. A…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:12PMTuesday, January 7, 2025
City Councilmember Rue Landau and Creative Philadelphia teamed up to honor the UArts community with a special exhibition, free to view at City Hall through January 25, 2025. An Nichols visit…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:37PMWednesday, December 11, 2024
Breaking the holiday formula with a curated selection of things to do in Philly this holiday season, with festivals, food, light shows, volunteering opportunities, and more. An Nichols round…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:19PMTuesday, November 19, 2024
In an exhibition curated exclusively for AAMP, arts patron and prolific actor CCH Pounder opens up her significant and uplifting portrait collection for Philly audiences. An Nichols reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:29PMMonday, November 18, 2024
Keith Hamilton Cobb’s American Moor, which follows a Black actor reluctantly auditioning for an Othello helmed by a white director, gets its Philly premiere at the Lantern. An Nichol revie…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:21PMThursday, November 14, 2024
The new exhibition at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University explores how fashion impacts our environment and our everyday lives. An Nichols previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:03AMMonday, November 4, 2024
Just in time for the week of the 2024 election, Hamilton is back in town, running at the Academy of Music through November 24. The current production boasts a great cast and sometimes differ…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:52PMWednesday, October 30, 2024
Just in time for Philly theatergoers stressed about the 2024 election to find a little relief, Eli Bauman’s crowd-pleasing 44 - THE unOFFICIAL, unSANCTIONED OBAMA MUSICAL arrives for a lim…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:11PMTuesday, October 22, 2024
An ambitious, sold-out world premiere at North Philly’s Esperanza Arts Center combines real-life stories from Mexican American locals and their families with rich, fantastical cultural ele…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:14PMFriday, October 18, 2024
Ethiopian American artist and design star Jomo Tariku, whose work spans from the PMA and the Smithsonian to Marvel’s onscreen Wakanda, gets his first-ever solo show at Fishtown’s Wexler …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:28PMMonday, September 23, 2024
Empire Records bombed when it first came out in 1995, but the soundtrack was a sensation. Now the movie is a cult classic, inspiring a new musical getting its world premiere at McCarter. An …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:31PMSunday, September 22, 2024
Fist and Heel’s Fringe entry merges a variety of dance elements from West African, Black Shaker, modern dance, and more to imagine the life of Mother Rebecca Cox Jackson. An Nichols review…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:22PMTuesday, September 17, 2024
An Nichols previews this year’s Philly Fashion Week and Philly FatCon, two events that continue to make space for size-inclusive fashion.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:36PMSunday, September 8, 2024
James Joyce's Ulysses is the novel that everyone (or English majors at least) has to read, but few finish. In this year's Fringe, Elevator Repair Service tackles the elusive text. An Nichols…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:01PMWednesday, September 4, 2024
A full week of shows, workshops, family-friendly cabarets and more arrive with Black Circus Week at Cannonball. An Nichols previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:27AMWednesday, July 31, 2024
Theatre Exile and STARFIRE bring Brie Knight’s play to life at this year’s Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival. An Nichols previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:35PMTuesday, July 23, 2024
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival mounts an excellent
production of The Color Purple with acclaimed local director Amina Robinson,
but the show glosses over some of the difficult moments so …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:30PMTuesday, June 18, 2024
An Nichols visits Philly’s Chocolate Ballerina Company, rehearsing for its second annual Black Swan production, based on Swan
Lake with original choreography by founder Chanel Holland-Pier…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:04PMSunday, June 2, 2024
The Lillys are back in Girls with Bad Reputations, the second installment of Xio Axelrod’s popular romance series about an all-women rock band chasing love and stardom from their Philadelp…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:32AMTuesday, May 21, 2024
Famous Chicago improv troupe Second City didn’t have a good showing at its 2023 stop in Philly, but a better cast and a retooled setlist make for a worthy ticket at Bristol Riverside Theat…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:43PMMonday, April 8, 2024
Current representations of Black women in American history are improving, and a traveling exhibition now at Delaware Art Museum is a welcome addition to the trend. An Nichols reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:52AMMonday, March 4, 2024
The Flower Show is here through Sunday, March 10! An Nichols has your guide to entry on a budget plus suggestions for connecting with Philly gardens year-round, and Alaina Johns has a look a…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:36PMWednesday, February 28, 2024
The Marian Anderson Historical Society will host a performance of Porgy and Bess, and looks to continue the Museum’s challenging reconstruction project. An Nichols previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:19PMTuesday, February 13, 2024
Ghetto Gods in Divineland, now getting its world premiere in Trenton, has successful interdisciplinary elements of music, poetry, and dance, but the script doesn’t follow through on its am…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:23AMTuesday, February 6, 2024
A new production of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun at Bristol Riverside Theatre honors this monumental American text while highlighting relevant struggles today. An Nichols revie…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:41PMTuesday, January 9, 2024
Ain’t Too Proud, on
its first national tour and getting its Philly premiere, follows the lives,
loves, and moves of the Motown-hitmaking super group The Temptations, but questions
about ge…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:49PM 
