BSR Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with Gabrielle Sellei, Shekhinah B., and Chuck Schultz to find out all about the Arts Affair, and what makes this party special on the annual gala…
Mural Arts and First Person Arts teamed up for a show tackling stigma around mental illness and suicide"unusual topics for public storytelling. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Ala…
Puccini's legendary Turandot (unfinished when he died) is typically a rare treat for opera lovers, but OperaDelaware joins many companies marking the centennial of the composer's death. This…
Famous Chicago improv troupe Second City didn't have a good showing at its 2023 stop in Philly, but a better cast and a retooled setlist make for a worthy ticket at Bristol Riverside Theatre…
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia's season-ending concert welcomed star pianist Simone Dinnerstein and saw the end of Dirk Brossé's tenure as music director. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Meredith Rainey's BUILDING takes a metatheatrical approach to his work as the Performance Garage's DanceVisions 2023-2024 Resident Artist. Melissa Strong reviews.
Food for life at the Weitzman, Once on This Island at the Arden, the return of The Elephant in the Room, and a lively performance by Philadelphia Gay Men's Chorus. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
Rounding up May's music offerings, including a capella from Variant Six, an album from Filament, a program featuring the baryton, and a tribute to the late Tom Purdom by Dolce Suono. Gail Ob…
"Why have there been no great women artists?" An art critic posed the question in 1971 and Philly responded in 1974 with FOCUS, a citywide festival of women artists. Now, a new Woodmere show…
Editor-in-chief Alaina Johns joins forces with contributing critic Josh Herren for a conversation about Theatre Exile's PHILLY GRIT, an exciting trio of solo shows by Philly women artists.
A longtime Philly artistic director and Rittenhouse restaurant owner launched a new cabaret that has drawn Broadway stars and sold-out crowds since it debuted last December. They promise a r…
Philadelphia will celebrate hometown artist Mary Cassatt this summer, kicking off with a major new exhibition that was years in the making at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Camille Bacon-Sm…
For its season closer, Piffaro brought its trademark virtuosity to a tour of Renaissance Portugal and Spain, featuring dozens of period instruments and a rich program of sacred and secular m…
Join us on Zoom for two exciting BSR events: our latest webinar about review-writing on May 29, and a Philly publishing panel with some of our region's top writers and editors on June 6.
The Philadelphia Ballet closed its season with Frederick Ashton's crowd-pleasing Dream and George Balanchine's strange and wonderful Prodigal Son, with revelatory dancing by Zecheng Liang. C…
New exhibits from Da Vinci Art Alliance, TILT, and Fabric Workshop; and laughs from Bristol and Theatre Exile. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up the week.
A new ensemble exhibit featuring 15 InLiquid Gallery members poses plenty of worthwhile questions along with its nudes, but something is missing from the show's promise to honor humanity's i…
The new version of Harvey Fierstein's classic comedy, revised from the original into a shorter two-act production, gets its regional premiere at 1812 in a show that aptly emphasizes the writ…
Dionysus is back, but this time, he's not out for destruction. In Hurricane Diane, now getting its regional premiere at People's Light, he tries to enlist four Jersey housewives for a new, e…
With a multifaceted script and powerhouse lead performance, Azuka Theatre and Simpatico Theatre's An Army of Lovers invites audiences into a world of complex queer politics, surveillance, an…
None of Philly's regional theaters have ever staged a full production of a non-solo show by a local AAPI playwright. Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists' new playwriting cohort wants to ch…
This rattling and thrilling new production of Maxim Gorky's Children of the Sun, set in 1862 and written in a St. Petersburg prison in 1905, has devastating resonance for Americans in 2024. …
A new exhibit opens at Fuller Rosen Gallery, a new play from R. Eric Thomas, revisiting (re)FOCUS, and celebrating Jewish American and Pacific American heritage at the Weitzman. Kyle V. Hill…
Three operas, an operetta, and new vocal work decorate the first half of a very vocal May. Gail Obenreder previews.
Celebrating Bob Fosse, Grey Gardens, and more looks back to the '70s. Stephen Silver rounds up area film screenings.