Wednesday, May 28, 2025

BSR Classical Interludes, June 2025 by Gail Obenreder

Rare performances, an ambitious youth orchestra concert, and much more bring music to the unofficial start of summer. Gail Obenreder previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:06PM

The BSR June 2025 repertory movie roundup by Stephen Silver

A variety of films celebrating Pride and outdoor screenings hit the Philly area this month. Stephen Silver previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:55PM

The month in Philly Dance: June 2025 by Camille Bacon-Smith

TERRA: Bodies & Territories gets in touch with the earth, West Chester Dance Works tells a powerful story about community, and Anne-Marie Mulgrow and company turn to a new year. Camille …

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:46PM

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, May 29-June 4, 2025 by Kyle V. Hiller

A new arts festival at Laurel Hill embraces death, a new play from R. Eric Thomas gets otherworldly, and an exclusive play from Quintessence taps into a James Baldwin classic. Kyle V. Hiller…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:39PM
Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Mural Arts presents Emilio Martínez Poppe’s Civic Views by Isabel Soisson

Civic Views, a new public art installation from Mural Arts on view in the City Hall Courtyard, offers engaging perspectives from city employees at a time when public-sector workers face incr…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:33PM
Monday, May 26, 2025

The Arden Theatre presents Jonathan Larson’s Rent by Josh Herren

The Arden leans into the political urgency and community spirit of Rent’s roots with a new production featuring interactive couch seats available only with $20 rush tickets. Josh Herren re…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:09PM

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

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Florence Price and Beethoven’s Ninth by Linda Holt

Yannick Nézet-Séguin continues to champion Florence Price by pairing her Piano Concerto in One Movement with Beethoven’s Ninth, that blockbuster of the classical music canon, heard here …

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:59AM
Friday, May 23, 2025

Book giveaways, reviews, and staff recs! BSR Book Week 2025 is coming June 1-7 by Alaina Johns

The BSR team is excited for our third annual Book Week, running June 1-7, 2025. We have reviews, giveaways, recommendations, and a virtual panel event with awesome Philly authors. Here’s e…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:13PM
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Ensemble Arts and the Shubert Organization present the national tour of Some Like It Hot by Josh Herren

The national tour of Some Like It Hot draws from the golden era of musical theater. Its full-throttle charm and commitment to the form, instead of winking at the audience, is a rare feat amo…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:52PM
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, May 22-28, 2025 by Kyle V. Hiller

A city-wide circus festival, weekly events from Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, Wayne Art Center, and cinéSPEAK highlight the week. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:27AM
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Opera Philadelphia’s Anthony Roth Costanzo wants art to be a civic right by Alaina Johns

When he first brought up pick-your-price tickets, Opera Philadelphia president Anthony Roth Costanzo says there were a lot of naysayers. He tells Alaina Johns how it all turned out, and why …

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:43PM

Network for New Music presents Songs Without Words – Without Borders by Peter Burwasser

The Network for New Music is now one of Philly’s venerable music institutions, celebrating its 40th anniversary with an exciting slate of diverse commissions that honor the group’s eclec…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:50PM

Hedgerow Theatre presents Celine Song’s Endlings by Maya Arthur

Celine Strong’s Endlings, getting its regional premiere at Hedgerow, spans two generations of Korean women and poses a deceptively simple question: who gets to tell the story? Maya Arthur …

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:20AM

OperaDelaware presents Derrick Wang’s Fearless by Gail Obenreder

An eloquent and moving new opera by Derrick Wang, premiering at OperaDelaware, honors the life of Hazel Ying Lee, a trailblazing Asian American WWII pilot. Gail Obenreder reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:59AM
Monday, May 19, 2025

The Crossing presents At Which Point by Aaron Pond

The latest album from virtuosic contemporary Philly choir The Crossing, fresh from its fourth Grammy win, features compositions by Ayanna Woods, Wang Lu, and Tawnie Olson. Aaron Pond reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:58PM

Music collective Son Revoltura brings Mexican folk traditions to the people of Philly by Thomas Hagen

Philly cultural collective Son Revoltura brings music that flourished for centuries in Veracruz to parties, protests, and local jam sessions that welcome everyone regardless of their musical…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:05PM
Wednesday, May 14, 2025

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, May 15-21, 2025 by Kyle V. Hiller

Highlights from the upcoming week include an HBCU festival in West Philly, Pride in New Hope, international and local film screenings in Old City, and more. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:42PM

BSR Classical Interludes, more in May 2025 by Gail Obenreder

More classical music happening in May 2025, including performances by Choral Arts, Tempesta di Mare, and a world premiere that honors the life of aviator Hazel Ying Lee. Gail Obenreder previ…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:39PM

Celebrating a history of LGBTQIA+ activism and community with Homecoming by Dara McBride

In a humble Victorian in Lansdowne, visitors can explore the comforts and complexities of queer domestic life this spring, through the work of 20 LGBTQIA+ artists. Dara McBride previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:35PM

Tony Lawton’s Goldfish premieres at the FirstGlance Film Festival by Stephen Silver

Local theater artist Tony Lawton talks about his new film that debuts in Philadelphia this week. Stephen Silver previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:30PM

Drexel University’s Paul Peck Alumni Center Gallery presents Kurt Vonnegut Jr. As a Visual Artist by Pamela J. Forsythe

A timely new exhibition of drawings by Kurt Vonnegut, many of which have never been displayed publicly, offers a new perspective on the iconic author that resonates in our own time. Pamela J…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:14AM
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

The PMA’s BOOM sparks a closer look at women in the art and design of the 1940s by Wendy Univer

BOOM, a new exhibition at the PMA surveying American art and design in the global tumult of the 1940s, also offers a chance to reflect on evolving roles for women in American art history. We…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:38PM
Monday, May 12, 2025

The Performance Garage presents Megan Mazarick’s soapbox by Melissa Strong

Dance artist Megan Mazarick concluded her Performance Garage DanceVisions residency with the world premiere of soapbox, an engaging interdisciplinary dance/theater piece considering digital-…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:49PM

Woodmere Art Museum presents Eye of the Beholder: Two Philadelphia Collectors’ Visions of Beauty in Art by K.a. McFadden

Eye of the Beholder, now on view at Woodmere Art Museum, curates picks from the collections of two luminaries of the local art scene with an eye for goodness and beauty. K.A. McFadden review…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:29PM

Philadelphia Ballet presents August Bournonville’s La Sylphide by Camille Bacon-Smith

Philadelphia Ballet rose to the challenge of August Bournonville’s difficult technique in a new production of La Sylphide, the oldest surviving ballet of its kind, plus an outing with Hara…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:36PM
Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Does Philly’s proposed 2026 budget cut arts and culture? City arts leaders explain. by Alaina Johns

Recent reporting showed Philly’s arts and culture budget is getting yet another proposed cut from the mayor, but arts leaders say the truth is more complicated, and they urge public advoca…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:01PM

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, May 8-14, 2025 by Kyle V. Hiller

New performances at Hedgerow and Quintessence open this week, a multidisciplinary concert at Curtis, a legendary story of a Pennsylvania Quaker, and an experimental technology workshop at PM…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:29AM

Ukrainian-born Conductor Dalia Stasevska leads Philadelphia Orchestra performance with pianist Emanuel Ax by Lowry Yankwich

Pianist Emanuel Ax’s return to Philadelphia, paired with Dalia Stasevska, makes for a soul-searching performance in the midst of conflict. Lowry Yankwich previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:23AM
Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Philly arts organizations speak up after the Trump administration revokes their NEA grants by Anndee Hochman

The Trump administration is clawing back hundreds of thousands of dollars of NEA grants already promised to arts groups around the country. These cuts are hitting hard in Philly, but artists…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:33PM

The Philadelphia Artists’ Collective presents Eli Lynn’s CATO (Remixed) by Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

For Damon Bonetti’s last outing as PAC’s producing artistic director, the company presents CATO (Remixed), based on a play that helped inspire the American Revolution, in the building th…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:59AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre