4,285 stories from Broad Street Review
Plan and lead a family bat mitzvah in four days? Anndee Hochman is a writer, not a rabbi, but something about the COVID-19 pandemic made her say yes to her cousin's request.
In '(Un)Making Monuments,' The Print Center asks how we handle tributes to a traumatic past: whether they're defaced, reimagined, or removed, these monuments continue to tell us about oursel…
Quintessence Theatre finished up its Shout into the Void Virtual Play Reading Festival and celebrated Election Day with Georg Büchner's political masterpiece 'Danton's Death.' Josh Herren r…
'Woman of the Photographs,' one of the narrative features screening as a part of the 13th annual Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, is a surreal Japanese film whose loose narrative i…
Who are politics for? Why should we care? Kyle V. Hiller asks what makes voting important on a personal level, and remembers what got him started.
Talia Lavin, one of the current political moment's most incisive journalists, details her confrontations with the world's worst trolls in 'Culture Warlords.' Stephen Silver reviews.
Talia Lavin, one of the current political moment's most incisive journalists, details her confrontations with the world's worst trolls in 'Culture Warlords.' Stephen Silver reviews.
Piffaro and carilloneur Janet Tebbel are ringing all the bells in their excellent season opener, which makes the most of video. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Sundance Film Festival award-winner 'Minari,' screened as one of the marquee films at the 29th annual Philadelphia Film Festival, is a family drama that doesn't delve deep enough into the im…
Young workers trying to survive the shoals of 2020 will relate to Philly author Kitty Shields's urban fantasy debut, 'Pillar of Heaven,' which considers just what an enormous paycheck is wor…
PHILADANCO! explored love and struggle with emotional performances by Joe González and Janine Beckles, in a show that brought distanced audiences as close as possible to the theater. Cami…
Filippo Meneghetti's French-language film 'Deux' ('Two of Us') is a poignant love story and new queer classic. Mina Reinckens reviews the Philadelphia Film Festival screening.
Lightning Rod Special's 'SUPERHOST' imagines an Airbnb that isn't as wonderful as it appears, in a recording for distanced theatergoers in search of something creepy. Alaina Johns reviews.
The adaptation of the 2016 novel 'Lovecraft Country' tackles racism during the Jim Crow era with science fiction, but it also brings to light problems Black storytellers face today. Kyle V. …
In Philadelphia writer Courtney P. Hunter's debut novel, 24 participants enter an experiment to determine who among them is human and who is an artificially intelligent robot. Kirsten Bowen …
Philadelphia Artists' Collective presents a sharp digital staging of 'Trouble in Mind,' a much-revered but underproduced exploration of racism in the theater. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
The building that gave birth to the legendary Sound of Philadelphia moves one step closer to becoming a historic landmark. Aaron M. Cohen talks with leaders of a grassroots preservation move…
Adult artists are not the only ones coping with a radically changed world. At Philly's High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, the next generation continues to learn despite the di…
In a new exhibition at Arthur Ross Gallery, also available to experience digitally, four artists dig deep into contemporary consumption, historic tragedy, and cultural heritage, all with the…
Stylishly produced and eminently thoughtful, 'Lawrence Brownlee & Friends in Philadelphia' sets a high bar for the Opera Philadelphia Channel, the company's new streaming endeavor. Camer…
'Nomadland' launched the 29th annual Philadelphia Film Festival's hybrid presentation, with a showing at the PFS Drive-in at the Navy Yard on October 23. Stephen Silver reviews.
Any serious Philly arts fan knows by now that local companies and venues aren't sitting out the pandemic. But big or small, how are they making the shift to distanced performances? Camille B…
Ruby Hamad's debut book, 'White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color,' is a provocative and powerful account of white women's role in white supremacy and the repercus…
A new all-digital theater group concludes its inaugural season with Pravin Wilkins's 'BARS,' which follows characters on both sides of the justice system, asking who it really serves. Michel…
Do lyrics serve the music, or vice versa? Sometimes, in pop music, you don't have to decide. Listen to Kile Smith explain 10 times that pop songs mixed music and words into pure art.
