Fat Ham comes home in this new production at the Wilma, onstage as it was meant to be, after the company debuted a filmed version in 2021. Everyone is welcome to the cookout. Hanae Mason rev…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:42PMThe BlackStar Film Festival landed in Center City for the first time this August. Hanae Mason reviews Going to Mars, Know Your Place, and Dancing the Stumble, three films examining our relat…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:13PMIn its exhibition featuring sculptor William Edmondson, who blurred and subverted a lot of what institutions expect from great artists, The Barnes begins to grapple with ways of seeing the a…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:35PMA major joint exhibition, thanks to an unprecedented partnership between the African American Museum in Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, asks whether the sun is ri…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:12PMCarolyn Lazard examines accessibility, care, and interdependence, with an interdisciplinary installation at ICA that de-emphasizes sight in favor of many other senses. Hanae Mason reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:26PMTerrell Halsey’s Ascend: Beyond the Veil is a breath of fresh air for “street portraits,” featuring a collection of photography of Center City Philadelphia from 2015-2020. Hanae Mason …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:09PMA spectacular collection of work is on display at AAMP, including Gordon Parks, Faith Ringgold, and Carrie Mae Weems, thanks to an exhibition loan from Bank of America. Hanae Mason reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:14AMThe ‘Hamlet’-inspired ‘Fat Ham,’ James Ijames’s latest Wilma premiere, could have gone the route of tragedy porn, but it doesn’t end the way you expect. Hanae Mason reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:51PMRound House Theatre and McCarter’s Work of Adrienne Kennedy: Inspiration & Influence festival concludes with the stream of ‘Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side,’ a static producti…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:40PM‘Legendary: 30 Years of Philly Ballroom,’ screened as part of this year’s BlackStar Film Festival, goes behind the fashion, flair, glitz, and glamor to elevate a vital origin story. Ha…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:37PMThree documentary features at the 2020 BlackStar Film Festival, highlighting activists from the 1970s to today, summarize the current political landscape in Black America. Hanae Mason review…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:58PMSparked by a 2011 social-media post about gentrification, the Wilma’s ‘Renaissance in the Belly of a Killer Whale’ forces you to listen. Hanae Mason reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:50PMAngelina Weld Grimké’s 1916 play, ‘Rachel,’ a family drama written to combat the spread of racist US propaganda in the early 20th century, is as relevant today as it was a century ago…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:54PMA recounting of Thurgood Marshall’s life, now onstage at the Walnut, raises important questions about how we measure our heroes’ greatness—and who’s watching. Hanae Mason reviews.
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