4,285 stories from Broad Street Review
Act II's 'Souvenir' celebrates the joy of doing what you love with the story of the infamously beloved Florence Foster Jenkins. Ellen Wilson Dilks reviews.
For as long as I've been alive, Cats has been a musical theater punchline. How it got there is easy: It's a show about cats. It features performers dressed as cats. They sing songs wherein n…
The cast of Cats are making new memories with Jimmy Fallon"even if we can't scratch the image of CGI cat bosoms from our minds.
Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, Jason Derulo, James Corden, and…
Need a break from holiday music and looking for something a little more horrific instead? Suddenly, Seymour is here to provide you.
The Off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors,�…
Black rock icons Living Colour will hit the Ardmore Music Hall stage on December 21. Vena Jefferson has been a fan since the beginning.
Representation is changing, and especially after recent elections, Philly is alive with new possibilities. With 2020 looming, what are our responsibilities? Kyle V. Hiller considers.
There are both challenges and opportunities in bringing Sing Street to the stage. John Carney's 2016 film about music videos and young love in '80s Dublin is much newer than other movies cur…
Good Good Comedy's monthly variety show 'Ur Mom Is Funny' highlights family dysfunction, hysterical challenges, and heartfelt moments with hosts Pete Steele and Hannah Trav. Erin Dohony gets…
A venerable alt-weekly announces a new direction in painfully offensive terms. Philadelphia deserves better. Alaina Johns considers.
Philly's own Edith Neff didn't just paint what she saw. She brought you into the life of the painting, as viewers discover at a new retrospective at Woodmere. Pamela Forsythe reviews.
PHILADANCO's 'Xmas Philes' at the Annenberg reminded dance lovers of the full spectrum of holiday emotions. Melissa Strong reviews.
A versatile cast offers a warm and engaging winter tale with the Arden's 'Snow Queen.' Daralyse Lyons reviews.
On the surface, Sing Street and Moulin Rouge couldn't be more different.
The former uses the synth sounds of the 1980s to tell the story of a Dublin teenager who forms a band to impress a gi…
Delaware Theatre Company adds to our region's annual flourish of 'Christmas Carol' stagings with a remount of Patrick Barlow's fresh adaption, this time with an all-women cast. Ellen Wilson …
A confounding narrative framework derails Joyce DiDonato's 'Winterreise' at Princeton University. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Ah yes! Darkness, freezing weather; the long, dreary tunnel of winter looming after the holidays"and the cold I just caught. Alaina Johns whines.
Balanchine's 'Nutcracker' is a dance lover's seasonal favorite, but after 27 years of working with the PA Ballet's orchestra, music director Beatrice Jona Affron has a thing or two to say ab…
If we're having Christmas in July, why not Bastille Day in December? The Bearded Ladies sang of revolution in a holiday-ish cabaret at World Café Live. Brad Rothbart reviews.
The Quintessence production of 'The Wizard of Oz' is an all-around impressive show filled with a wildly talented ensemble cast, electrifying background music, and flying monkeys. Christina A…
Director Michael Apted's 55-year social experiment on film ends with a powerful lesson about the wisdom age can bring. Gary Day reviews.
It's time for Beetlejuice to move on from Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre (though no word yet on whether their ghosts might stick around to haunt the new owners).
On Monday, producers an…
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra and Westminster Symphonic Choir in Bach's B Minor Mass. This brilliantly executed but slightly subdued performance sometimes lacke…
Fans of 1812's annual 'This Is The Week That Is,' a live political satire onstage, often return for multiple shows, because it's different every night. Daralyse Lyons visits the rehearsal ro…
Simpatico Theatre's production of 'Natural Shocks,' a slim but effective play by Lauren Gunderson, benefits from a brilliant performance by Amanda Schoonover. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
The Inheritance is about to get hit with some Scandal.
The much-lauded Broadway play, which transferred from London's West End, is about to add Tony Goldwyn to its ranks. The former Sc…
