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Monday, July 7, 2025

People’s Light presents Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s Little Shop of Horrors by Mina Reinckens

A new production of Little Shop of Horrors, closing out People’s Light’s 50th anniversary season, gives fearsome new teeth to the adage that there’s no ethical consumption under capita…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:45PM

Monday, May 26, 2025

The Lantern Theater Company presents The 39 Steps, adapted by Patrick Barlow by Mina Reinckens

This stage adaptation of the classic story about an ordinary man plunged into the life of a spy fleeing across the Scottish Highlands gets an inventive and hilarious production at the Lanter…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:42PM

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

The Wilma Theater presents Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Setzuan by Mina Reinckens

Kindhearted Shen Te invents a ruthless businessman alter-ego when her generosity overtakes her wallet in The Good Person of Setzuan, presented in this “radically reclaimed” production at…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:19PM

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility by Mina Reinckens

With this adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival breathes new life into a literary classic that even newcomers to Austen will love. Mina Reinckens reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:02PM

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

PhilHarmonia and Nashirah present Singing from the Heart: A Benefit Concert for the Children of Ukraine by Mina Reinckens

PhilHarmonia hosts a benefit concert for Ukraine's largest children's hospital, featuring a performance from the Dzvin Ukrainian Male Folk Choir. Mina Reinckens previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:27PM

Thursday, April 22, 2021

When a UK-based oat milk company pasted over Philly street art, our artists answered by Mina Reinckens

When Minor Figures Oat Milk pasted ads over street art across the city, many Philadelphians responded in force. Who belongs in this space, and why did this ad campaign feel so personal to so…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:46AM

Monday, February 22, 2021

Theatre Exile presents Anna Moench’s ‘Sin Eaters’ by Mina Reinckens

Theatre Exile’s ‘Sin Eaters’ takes advantage of the digital stage to tell a gripping story about the content moderators who make the Internet what it is today. Mina Reinckens reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:46PM

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Quintessence presents Suli Holum and Priyanka Shetty’s ‘The Little Princess’ by Mina Reinckens

Quintessence Theatre revisits a beloved childhood narrative for the holidays with its own interactive adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s ‘A Little Princess.’ Mina Reinckens review…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:07PM

Friday, December 4, 2020

Theatre Exile presents Jeremy Gable’s ‘D-Pad’ by Mina Reinckens

Theatre Exile presents ‘D-Pad,’ an almost-too-real narrative about a woman of color facing down the gaming industry. Mina Reinckens reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:07PM

Friday, October 30, 2020

Philadelphia Film Festival 2020: Filippo Meneghetti’s ‘Deux’ by Mina Reinckens

Filippo Meneghetti’s French-language film ‘Deux’ (‘Two of Us’) is a poignant love story and new queer classic. Mina Reinckens reviews the Philadelphia Film Festival screening.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:18PM

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Here’s why everybody should watch FX’s ‘What We Do In the Shadows’ by Mina Reinckens

Killers with no regard for human life may not sound like the most queer-positive demographic, but everyone should be watching ‘What We Do In the Shadows,’ a lovingly queer TV series abou…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:54PM

Friday, October 2, 2020

Philadelphia Theatre Company presents ‘The Days of Re-Creation’ by Mina Reinckens

With ‘The Days of Re-Creation,’ Philadelphia Theatre Company presents seven short plays that reinterpret the Book of Genesis in the best use of Zoom you’ve ever seen. Mina Reinckens re…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:09PM

Monday, September 28, 2020

Philly Fringe 2020: Allens Lane presents Sarah Ruhl’s ‘Eurydice’ by Mina Reinckens

Allens Lane’s ‘Eurydice’ explores themes of isolation and heartbreak in a way that feels familiar in a world marked by COVID-19. Mina Reinckens reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:26AM

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