Monday, December 4, 2023
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 03:42PMTuesday, August 15, 2023
The 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 02:13PMMonday, July 17, 2023
In 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 04:35PMTuesday, May 2, 2023
A 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 03:12PMMonday, March 20, 2023
Carolyn 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 04:26PMTuesday, February 7, 2023
Terrell 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 04:09PMMonday, December 5, 2022
A 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 11:14AMTuesday, May 4, 2021
The ‘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 04:51PMMonday, January 11, 2021
Round 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 04:40PMFriday, August 28, 2020
‘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 12:37PMTuesday, August 25, 2020
Three 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 02:58PMTuesday, March 3, 2020
Sparked 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 05:50PMTuesday, February 11, 2020
Angelina 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 12:54PMTuesday, January 21, 2020
A 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.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:49PM 
