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1 month ago | 
broadstreetreview.com | Kyle V. Hiller
Nora: A Doll’s HouseMarch 12-April 6Hedgerow Theatre, 64 Rose Valley Road, MediaHedgerow Theatre Company presents the US premiere of Nora: A Doll’s House, an adaptation that reframes Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House in three different time periods—1920, 1973, and 2018—to weave together female experiences across generations.
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1 month ago | 
broadstreetreview.com | Kyle V. Hiller
Philly GritFebruary 26-March 15Theatre Exile, 1340 South 13th StreetPhilly Grit is a collection of short plays that looks to capture the pulse of the city. Two performances are set for this program that runs through March 15. There’s Koal, an interactive solo-show that is part climate-catastrophe, part clown show that immerses the audience in the middle of the 2019 Australian bushfires.
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2 months ago | 
broadstreetreview.com | Kyle V. Hiller
A Queer Black Body: Thomas Allen HarrisFebruary 17-24Scribe Video Center, 3908 Lancaster AvenueMultidisciplinary artist and filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris Jr., who also goes by Tahj, will have his body of work on display at Scribe in West Philly.
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2 months ago | 
broadstreetreview.com | Kyle V. Hiller
This week, there’s more than just the Eagles parade happening. After celebrating with our beloved Birds, check out a few things popping up this holiday weekend. Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Punch Line and the Philadelphia School of Circus Arts. Catch the new show from Jaffe St. Queer Productions, and see how poetry expands to other mediums with Gabardine. Go Birds! Be safe this weekend, Philly.
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2 months ago | 
broadstreetreview.com | Kyle V. Hiller
When I was in elementary school in West Philadelphia, there was a talented football player a few grades above me. He was speedy, had good hands, and drive. “I’m going to play for the Philadelphia Eagles,” he promised one of our teachers. He made good on that promise, drafted in the seventh round in 2004. He was the third string running back, and if it weren’t for injuries, he might have made an impact as a role player. The Eagles went to the Super Bowl that year for the first time since 1980.
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2 months ago | 
broadstreetreview.com | Kyle V. Hiller
The winter chill has really settled in and won’t let go, but hopefully that won’t keep you from exploring some cool performances, exhibitions, and screenings this week. Black History Month continues with events at the African American Museum of Philadelphia, the Weitzman, Curio Theater, and all over Chestnut Hill. New exhibits open at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, FRIEDA, and the Penn Museum; and a celebration of Philly books and authors comes courtesy of Blue Stoop.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
broadstreetreview.com | Kyle V. Hiller
BSR publishes on a weekly schedule, with an email newsletter every Wednesday and Thursday morning. There’s no paywall, and subscribing is always free. CultureFest!, Good Mother Myths, and more Jan 22, 2025 | | 3 minute read January is already coming to a close. As many of us may be recovering from this past Monday, and we’re all feeling the impact of Sunday’s relentless snowfall. But here we are, living just another day.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
broadstreetreview.com | Kyle V. Hiller
Martin Luther King Day is here with a variety of offerings happening in and around the city this weekend. The African American Museum of Philadelphia, Girard College, Eastern State, and others are hosting many events each day. Discussions and panels, performances, readings, and the like are what you can find to help celebrate and honor his legacy.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
broadstreetreview.com | Kyle V. Hiller
Chevalier film screeningThursday, January 9, 7pmPhiladelphia Film Center, 1412 Walnut StreetOpera Philadelphia is screening Chevalier, the 2022 feature film that tells the story of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the first Black classical composer known to history. Following the life of the composer in 18th-century Paris, the film explores Bologne’s struggle to gain acceptance in the elite circles of French society.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
broadstreetreview.com | Kyle V. Hiller
Kea and the ArkDecember 19-23Theatre Exile, 1340 South 13th StreetThis immersive show uses electric cello, puppetry, and dance to tell the true story of a woman’s protest against displacement in Newark, New Jersey. Kea Tawana, a self-taught engineer, artist, and visionary, single-handedly built an 86-foot-long, three-story ark in Newark’s Central Ward. She lived a life of displacement, invention, and resilience from internment camp to Hopi reservation, to ever-moving life in Newark.
