4,285 stories from Broad Street Review
Hella Fresh Theater premieres 'Osceola,' a new play imagining a moment in the life of writer/director John Rosenberg's grandmother. Josh Herren reviews.
Ephrat Asherie's exuberant choreography in the Philly premiere of 'Odeon' brought the normally staid Annenberg audience to its feet. Gary Day reviews.
Curio Theatre Company's 'I Heart Alice Heart I' explores a decades-long partnership with humor and tenderness. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
With 'A Hundred Words for Snow,' Inis Nua mounts a gorgeous production of a flawed play. Josh Herren reviews.
EgoPo Classic Theater's production of 'Fool For Love' lacks the charged current that pulls the doomed central couple together, even as it guarantees their mutual destruction. Cameron Kelsall…
Once again, the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium explores meaning, truth, language, and absurdity in 'The Bald Soprano'. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Beethoven loved composing piano trios, but they often get short shrift today. A Princeton University concert paired two lesser-known works with the famous "Archduke," playing with a verve th…
'Grey Rock,' from a Palestinian writer/director and cast, reminds us that some things in life are worth pursuing not because they are easy, but because they are hard. Jill Ivey reviews.
There's a new florist sprouting on Skid Row!
On Wednesday, producers of the critically-acclaimed Off Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors announced that Jeremy Jordan (Newsies, Supe…
"I would love to pick your brain!" Yes, I've heard it before, many times, and you probably have, too. But what happens when we talk about the price, and why is this especially tough ground f…
Especially for those deep in the last 10 years of the Harlem jazz scene, one singer's international rise has been a thrill. Gregory Porter is heading for his first concert at the Kimmel. Ven…
This story about a young person forced to commodify her every moment is an endearing and compelling window on claiming space in gamer geek culture. Michelle Nugent reviews.
The Galleries at Moore present 'Emerging Philadelphia,' made up of three conceptually and materially distinct solo exhibitions by local artists Shona McAndrew, Matt A. Osborn, and Stacey Lee…
Readers respond about Verdi's 'Requiem' with Opera Philadelphia, the Orchestra at the Academy of Music, and 'The Band's Visit' at the Kimmel.
In a theatrical epic, playwright Rajiv Joseph uses Soviet history to make us look at ourselves, right now in the United States. Brad Rothbart reviews.
Heads are turning in the casino and lobby of the Las Vegas Flamingo as six drag queens " Asia O'Hara, Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, Derrick Barry, Naomi Smalls, Kameron Michaels, and Yvie Oddly (bel…
The acclaimed classical troupe Bedlam brings a streamlined and confounding adaptation of 'King Lear' to Bristol Riverside Theatre. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Hamilton has legions of fans across the world, but not all of them got to see Lin-Manuel Miranda's game-changing musical with the acclaimed original cast. But next year, they will all get to…
Verdi's operatic 'Requiem' gets top-drawer treatment from the orchestra, chorus, and soloists of Opera Philadelphia. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Piano superstar Daniil Trifonov offered revelatory readings of two Beethoven concertos with the Philadelphia Orchestra, played alongside underheard works by two women composers. Cameron Kels…
InterAct's 'Man of God' exposes the danger between vulnerability and shame, as four teenage girls far from home discover that someone is watching them. Christina Anthony reviews.
A sprawling new exhibition on Philly's own mid-century renaissance takes us into spring 2020, encountering both famous and little-known cultural touchstones, from posters and books to archit…
Spike Lee is setting his sights on Broadway.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker has officially signed on to direct a movie version of David Byrne's American Utopia. It was announced on Friday that …
Lucy Barton is a woman of many lives. A writer reeling from a traumatic childhood, she emerged in Elizabeth Strout's Booker Prize-nominated 2016 novel My Name Is Lucy Barton. In 2018, Rona M…
In Daralyse Lyons's 'Yoga Cocaine,' a volatile woman living with addiction discovers that vulnerability is even harder than keeping the protections we make for ourselves. Kyle V. Hiller revi…
