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“Sorry just seeing this” is one of the best possible endings to a text thread silence. In their new Fringe show, Leigh Huster explores the ways our smartphones connect and divide us. Hel…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:34PMPart of the Cannonball Kids series, a Winnie the Pooh production attempts to transcend the limits of a Philadelphia urban park. Helen Walsh reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:36PMIn this classic Polish novel, newly translated into English, a young working-class doctor argues that doctors should not just treat diseases but try to prevent them in poor factory workers�…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:37PMBlessed Hands: Stories, a collection of 20th-century writer Frume Halpern translated into English for the first time, is a treat for Yiddish literary scholars, but leaves a general reader st…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:01PMThrough creative storytelling, contemporary dance, and clowning, Magic Trash Day tells the story of one kid’s fantastical emotional journey down into the dumps. Helen Walsh reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:04PMThis folk retelling of exile from the Garden of Eden unravels the Bible story and weaves a tale of affection, curiosity, transgression, and honesty between characters you thought you knew. H…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:46PMA recent translation by Laura Nagle brings the early work of Prosper Mérimée to English. Songs for the Gusle brims with 19th-century Romantic spirit while keeping a game afoot in the footn…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:34PMEat Purple Theater Co. takes the bit and runs when a clown walks into a funeral in Facepaint, the company's first Fringe production. Helen Walsh reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:43PMThis chilling, expertly circling family drama from Martin McDonagh lands at Allens Lane Art Center in this year’s Philly Fringe. Helen Walsh reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:34AMGeoff Sobelle continues his miraculous exploration of the ways we live and consume with FOOD, his latest Curated Fringe entry. Helen Walsh reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:48AMJim Julien’s wacky and well-executed story of cephalopod friends who find themselves in a Fishtown restaurant uses puppetry, lighting, and voice to great effect. Helen Walsh reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:33AMDelaware Theatre Company’s world-premiere musical spans diverse digital and real-life communities with astounding visuals and sparkling songs. Helen Walsh reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:33PMPhilly poet and author Esther Greenleaf Mürer translates two novels by noted Norwegian author Jens Bjørneboe, who is less well-known here. Both Winter in Bellapalma and Ere the Cock Crows …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:31PMThe Bower, a new sculpture park and public garden outside Harrisburg, features sculptures from Philadelphia artists in a unique and immersive dialogue with the landscape around them. Helen W…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:17PM‘Travel by Haiku, volumes 6–10: Far Out on the Road with Friends’ offers free spirits a backseat in a collaborative road trip across the American West. Helen Walsh reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:01PMThe Frank Rizzo statue is in city storage. What did the bronze body and its removal signify, and what comes next? Helen Walsh considers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:12AMVirtual galleries and digital museum tours have met a whole new era in the pandemic. Helen Walsh takes a look at Drexel's Fox Historic Costume Collection, which you can find on Google Arts &…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:55PM'The Arcane Mysteries of Vanderslice Manor' presents an informal wink and nod to whodunit greats, with a mysterious twist. Helen Walsh reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:01PMThe Curated Fringe visits an aging office clerk who’s consumed by regret and loss, rendered in piquant detail in The Accountant. Helen Walsh reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:21PMAngelo Aiello’s original production 'Onwards and Upwards' gets lost in transit. Ostensibly an exploration of Italian American immigration and the immigrant experience, it lacks polish and …
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