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A beloved holiday film comes to the Walnut's stage with ELF The Broadway Musical. But does this spirited production offer anything new for fans of the movie? nat Äermák reviews.
A new exhibition at PAFA spanning the 19th century to today (but rooted in a movement launched in the 1500s) explores religious imagery that has been distorted to signify the artists' diverg…
XOXO, a traveling installation now at the Please Touch Museum, welcomes youngsters for a variety of displays and activities exploring their feelings and compassion for others. Jill Brooke re…
In the first half of the 20th century, the music and culture of America's Jazz Age drove major social change. Now, a new exhibition at Delaware Art Museum captures the era's masterful illust…
New York's José Limón Dance Company, an icon of modern dance founded in 1946, visited Philly's Penn Live Arts for a mix of classic and new choreography. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
The Comeuppance at the Wilma considers every weighty topic under the sun as a quintet of unhappy Millennials gather for their 20th high-school reunion, but too often the stakes feel frustrat…
Holiday-themed events from NextFab, Ensemble Arts, and Hedgerow Theatre, a vinyl and recorded media event takes over the weekend, and a wellness workshop to get ready for the season. Kyle V.…
Multimedia artist Rashid Zakat's exhibit at Asian Arts Initiative is a meditation on music, joy, and spiritual vitality. John Morrison profiles.
The first mainstage production in over a decade for Theatre Ariel fronts an historic bill with contemporary perspective. Josh Herren reviews.
In an exhibition curated exclusively for AAMP, arts patron and prolific actor CCH Pounder opens up her significant and uplifting portrait collection for Philly audiences. An Nichols reviews.
BSR Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with Seth Rozin and J Paul Nicholas, co-directors of the American premiere of Pravin Wilkins's Moreno.
Wood comes alive in The Crafted World of Wharton Esherick, now on view at the Brandywine Museum of Art. It's a rare chance to see the interdisciplinary artist's full oeuvre outside his histo…
Keith Hamilton Cobb's American Moor, which follows a Black actor reluctantly auditioning for an Othello helmed by a white director, gets its Philly premiere at the Lantern. An Nichol reviews.
A new solo exhibition by Philly conceptual artist and writer Theodore A. Harris, inspired by Nina Simone's history with the Curtis Institute, questions the ways that art, artists, patrons, a…
BalletX kicks off its 19th season with more dancers, a new venue, and works by Marguerite Donlon, Matthew Neenan, and Takehiro Ueyama. The works showcase the quality and range of the company…
The new exhibition at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University explores how fashion impacts our environment and our everyday lives. An Nichols previews.
Food writer and editor Margaret Eby's new cookbook lays out creative plans for when your energy may be running low. Anndee Hochman previews.
Brian Sanders' JUNK presents a limited-run showcase of Urban Scuba featuring a new musical score. Melissa Strong previews.
LyricFest, Delaware Symphony, the Fairmount String Quartet and others close out November with classical offerings in the Philly area. Gail Obenreder previews.
Preserving art with Afromation Avenue, Theatre Ariel's premiere of Amsterdam, PAFA opens Making Strange, and more. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with Philly drag king Simone Lawrence about a November 16 event at Prism Arts Philadelphia featuring fine art, drag, and the community we need.
We offer a huge range of opinions here at BSR, from journalists who know what they're talking about. But this diversity of opinion is built on the value of respect for our shared humanity. W…
Resident Ensemble Players at the University of Delaware takes on Tom Stoppard's rarely produced Rough Crossing, but it's choppy seas, despite a cast that is well-known for excellent farce. G…
Gabriel Coan has spent almost 30 years in the media business from coast to coast. Now he calls his new record shop in Fairmount, Records Forever, the best job he's ever had. Emma Riverso vis…
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There Is Light, a new exhibition combining portraits, self-portraits,
landscape, and collage, starts a new conversation about imprisonment, identity,
and justice with cameras in the…
