4,285 stories from Broad Street Review
Stalwart Philadelphia performers chronicle their decades-long friendship in 'Sisters!,' a virtual cabaret
produced by Arden Theatre. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
'ALAS' (WINGS), a participatory documentary film streaming at this year's Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, explores life and loss for incarcerated women in Puerto Rico. Cynthia Via reviews.
'La Nave Del Olvido,' getting its Philly premiere at the 2021 Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, follows a 70-year-old woman exploring a new love in a small Chilean town. Christina Anthony r…
Piffaro's latest virtual musical presentation, 'Fuguing from Obrecht to Bach,' chases melody, mystery, and musical conversations. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Pennsylvania Ballet offers elegance, emotion, and synchrony in world premieres by Russell Ducker, Meredith Rainey, and Juliano Nunes choreographed to the music of Jennifer Higdon. Melissa St…
Last summer, BSR committed to keeping our coverage all-digital or all-outdoors until we saw a significant reduction in Covid-19 risk. Now we're ready for an update. Alaina Johns explains.
BalletX presents new works by company favorite R. Colby Damon and 2021 choreographic fellow Alia Kache in a live performance outdoors at the Glen Foerd Mansion. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Jersey shore native Rob Laymon has some tips for migrating Pennsylvanians hitting the beach this summer.
Readers respond about the MOVE bombing, 'True Believer,' the PMA's Frank Gehry reveal, and 'The Clothes We Wore.'
Poet Elaina Terranova has more in common with her father than she knew. 'The Diamond Cutter's Daughter' explores power, fear, and longing in a Philadelphia Orthodox Jewish family. Anndee Hoc…
Famed Philadelphia sports journalist Ray Didinger shares 50 years of a historic career in his new memoir, 'Finished Business.' Pamela Forsythe reviews.
Is coal an ugly pollutant to which we will soon say good riddance? Or is it a thing of lasting beauty that connects us to time and nature? 'Seeing Coal' at the Library Company inspires thoug…
In Michelle Zauner's debut memoir, Crying in H Mart, grief and loss run parallel to heart and humor as a daughter comes to terms with her mother's death and her Korean American identity. Emi…
Following the recent release of Langhorne Slim's album Strawberry Mansion, Gabi Mendick and Mira Kaplan speak with Slim and community leader Tonetta Graham about the neighborhood, its histor…
Manfred Fischbeck passed away on March 17, 2021, but his Philadelphia dance legacy lives on. Merilyn Jackson remembers.
'The Goldbergs,' inspired by the life of Jenkintown native Adam Goldberg and his zany Jewish family, highlights the city of Philadelphia as well as representing the American Jewish experienc…
The power of truth-telling is on display in 'Tiny Beautiful Things,' the stage adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's best-selling book. Brad Rothbart reviews.
America's most-produced playwright, Lauren Gunderson, wrote a play about her famous virologist husband during the pandemic. Josh Herren reviews.
One year after Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer noticed that family life with autism made for an easier transition to pandemic life, she's learned a lot about herself and how society views disability.
After 14 months of social distancing, 1812 Productions injects life into Zoom ubiquity with 'The Way I Walk.' Jill Ivey reviews.
In Xio Axelrod's new novel, love and ambition collide when a young guitarist joins an up-and-coming rock band. Kirsten Bowen reviews.
A new online exhibition from Drexel's Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection explores what we wore in the pandemic. Pamela Forsythe reviews.
The long-awaited Frank Gehry interior redesign of the Philadelphia Museum of Art is finally open to the public. Does it enhance the museum's original vision and speak to art in the 21st cent…
The 'Hamlet'-inspired 'Fat Ham,' James Ijames's latest Wilma premiere, could have gone the route of tragedy porn, but it doesn't end the way you expect. Hanae Mason reviews.
