Jim Julien's wacky and well-executed story of cephalopod friends who find themselves in a Fishtown restaurant uses puppetry, lighting, and voice to great effect. Helen Walsh reviews.
Die-Cast's Baal & Dix is everything a Fringe show is supposed to be: immersive, imaginative, a little inscrutable…and short. Jill Ivey reviews.
Kyle V. Hiller makes his picks for this year's Fringe Festival.
What happens when the algorithm determines your theater experience? Dara McBride previews Annie Dorsen's retrospective as it comes to Philadelphia for the first time.
Shwarga Bhattacharjee's new exhibition at DVAA explores the immigrant experience through paintings, illustrations, and sculptures. Christina Anthony profiles.
Gail Obenreder rounds up upcoming classical music events throughout the month of September.
BSR is excited to team with the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance's RestART Initiative on this special podcast episode about Tiny Dynamite.
Substance abuse and addiction are common topics onscreen, but a new documentary about family life while striving for sobriety is an essential and intimate look at the struggle. Stephen Silve…
Recording a Fringe performance means you can air it again in future festivals. But as "Bon Appétit!" By Julia Child and Lee Hoiby (During a Pandemic!) shows, that's not always a good thing.…
Fredricka Maister suffered a hemorrhage after she became pregnant in the late 1970s. Abortion access may have saved her life. She worries about the dangers pregnant people face today.
Stephen Silver rounds up film screenings in the Philly area for September.
Have some chai with artist Shwarga Bhattacharjee, visit Flygirrl in West Philly for First Friday, and jazz remains undefeated in the city. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up the week.
Chances are if we missed being in the theater, we also missed meeting up for a bite. Many artists of this year's Fringe are bringing us together over food. Alaina Johns rounds up.
Alaina Johns always admired others' permanent body art, but she didn't think she could ever make the jump to get tattooed herself, even though everyone else in the neighborhood is. This summ…
When is a chair more than a chair? How does furniture reveal our tastes and history? Camille Bacon-Smith asks experts at the Barnes and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
A juried selection of photographs from under-represented artists at Woodmere Art Museum champions the creativity of older, more mercurial art forms. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
A week featuring offerings from Da Vinci Art Alliance, Mural Arts, Tacony LAB, and more. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
The Grown-Ups, a thrilling new play developed in a Brooklyn backyard during the pandemic, gets its Pennsylvania premiere at Pottstown's Theatre with a View. Josh Herren reviews.
After a season of covering the Philadelphia Orchestra at Verizon Hall, music critic Cameron Kelsall followed it to Saratoga Springs, New York. Programs spanning Beethoven to Barber and Valer…
Theatre in the X brings its immersive, innovative take to the showbiz musical Dreamgirls at Malcolm X Park, celebrating Black artists and audiences. Josh Herren reviews.
Once a cultural phenomenon, Dear Evan Hansen now feels manipulative and misguided as its national tour plays Philadelphia. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
This week features offers from cinéSPEAK, terraNOVA Collective, University City Arts League, and the Academy of Natural Sciences. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
With her new solo show, Philly performer Lexi Schreiber asks why fat actors have to create and star in their own shows, instead of simply being cast in roles that already exist. Alaina Johns…
After almost two years of sheltering at home, Anndee Hochman flew to Chile, and experienced a very different response to the pandemic there. What made the difference, and why is it important…
A new book from editor James Wolfinger explores the rise of a Black political identity in Philadelphia, from the industrial influx of World War I to the Goode, Street, and Nutter administrat…