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BSR_S08E04 - 2024 Philly Theatre Week - Sabriaya Shipley

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - April 10, 2024 17:00 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this conversation, Darnelle Radford interviews Sabriaya Shipley, the executive director of Theater Philadelphia, about the seventh annual Philly Theatre Week. They discuss the importance of digital media in promoting the theater community, the value of long-form conversations, and the need fo...

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BSR_S08E03 - MACBETH - QTG

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - March 25, 2024 11:00 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this conversation, Darnelle Radford interviews artistic director Alex Burns about Quintessence Theater Group's love and war season, with a focus on the production of Macbeth. The conversation covers various topics, including the themes of love and war in the season, the exploration of villain...

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BSR_S08E02 - COST OF LIVING - Jeffrey L. Page

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - February 14, 2024 17:33 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and just recently on Broadway, Cost of Living traces two relationships: one between a wealthy graduate student with cerebral palsy and his female caregiver, the other between a woman recovering from a terrible accident being tended to by her ex-husband. Heartfelt, fu...

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BSR_S08E01 - The Pecking Order - Paperdoll Ensemble

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - September 20, 2023 12:30 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
September 21 – October 1, 2023 PAPER DOLL ENSEMBLE creates devised absurdist tragicomedies that redefine traditional stories of feminine experiences. THE PECKING ORDER is born out of grief and disbelief after the 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and inspired by the wife and daughters of ...

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BSR_S07E10 - In Their Silence

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - August 28, 2023 16:05 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
IN THEIR SILENCE (formerly, They'll Neglect to Tell You) by TS Hawkins directed by Reva Stover September 15-October 1  *limited engagement Click here for Sept. 15th - 24th; tickets available at FringeArts! Click here for Sept. 29th - Oct 1st; tickets available at Allens Lane! ABOUT THE PL...

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BSR_S07E09 - FAT HAM - BOOK LAUNCH

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - July 19, 2023 15:00 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
The Wilma Theater and TCG Books present: Fat Ham (James Ijames in conversation with Amina Robinson, featuring a performance by Anthony Martinez-Briggs). In this special in-person and live-streamed book launch event, James Ijames will discuss his Pulitzer-winning play Fat Ham, which premiered in...

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BSR_07E08 - The Power of Food Media

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - May 31, 2023 00:00 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Why? Because Kae Lani Palmisano is approaching food journalism in the same way BSR approaches arts journalism: food and the arts (and media about them) are gateways for new voices and conversations, not an elitist checkpoint. Sometimes people push back on this work: see Palmisano’s recent Bon Ap...

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BSR_S07E07 - PVLA -The Arts Affair

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - May 16, 2023 16:30 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
(PVLA) will celebrate a milestone 45th anniversary during this year’s annual benefit celebration The Arts Affair 2023 on Wednesday, June 7th from 6-9pm at University of the Arts’ Hamilton Hall. Featuring live performances by local artists, visual art, and awards for both Volunteer Attorney and L...

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BSR_S07E06 - ABANDON - World Premiere by James Ijames

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - April 24, 2023 15:00 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
ABOUT ABANDON Luella is alone – haunted by the ghost of her son. Joshua is alone – kicked out of his house by his brother. One winter night these two people collide. Luella is looking for redemption; Joshua is looking for family. By the next morning, these two lonely souls are meshed together i...

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BSR_S07E05 - Philly Theatre Week - Cannonball Festival | Miniball

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - March 27, 2023 13:05 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Miniball is a micro-version of Cannonball Festival featuring encores of previous Cannonball shows, as well as other works not featured in the festival before, to keep the spirit of Cannonball sailing strong throughout the year. Make sure to follow @cannonballfest on Instagram and turn on notific...

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BSR_S07E04 - 2023 Philly Theatre Week and Jenna Kuerzi

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - March 22, 2023 14:05 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
This year, experience over 50 unique events with hundreds of shows during Philly Theatre Week! Plus, join the 2023 Philly Theatre Week Kick-Off Celebration on March 20th at the Kimmel Cultural Campus. See preview scenes, songs, and interactive performances from participating Philly Theatre Week ...

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BSR_S07E03 - THE LIGHT - Theatre Exile - Dr. Kimmika L.H. Williams-Witherspoon

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - February 16, 2023 15:05 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
The Light Written by Loy A. Webb Directed by J. Paul Nicholas Featuring: Ang(ela) Bey and Abdul Sesay February 2, 2023 — February 26, 2023 “Explosive and Exquisite” – Stage Left Not every marriage proposal goes as planned. What started as the happiest day of a loving couple’s lives quickly...

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BSR_S07E02 - BSR TEAM (DABC) Don’t Always Be Consuming - Year In Review

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - December 07, 2022 16:00 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Some of BSR’s Media Recommendations: BOOKS Merlin Sheldrake - Entangled Life https://www.merlinsheldrake.com/entangled-life Adrienne Maree Brown - Pleasure Activism https://www.akpress.org/pleasure-activism.html You Have A  Match - Emma Lord https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250237309/...

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BSR_S07E01 - Odd Man Out - BRT

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - December 05, 2022 11:00 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Odd Man Out | Part of the America Rising Series A LIVE Immersive Experience In Complete Darkness Para ver el sitio web en español, haga click aquí November 30 – December 18, 2022 Odd Man Out is a captivating play that takes place in complete darkness. Created by Teatro Ciego (an Argentinian ...

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BSR_S06E21 - THIS IS MY BRAVE Pt2

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - September 21, 2022 14:05 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
This Is My Brave, Inc. (TIMB), the national nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the stigma surrounding mental illness through storytelling, comes to Philadelphia this fall. The show will be held at the Ambler Theater on October 9, 2022. Performances will feature area community members wh...

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RestART with BSR - BSR_S06E20 - RestART Wrap-Up

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - September 13, 2022 13:05 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Today on the podcast, our summer series collaboration with Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance’s “RE-START Initiative”, draws to a close with the Initiative’s champions, Kabria Rogers and Roberta Johnson. Stay Tuned. The RestART Organizations we heard from: Al-Bustan: Seeds of Culture Davi...

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RestART with BSR - BSR_S06E19 - EP6_Tiny Dynamite

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - September 06, 2022 13:05 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Today on the podcast, our summer series collaboration with Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance’s “RE-START Initiative”, continues with Tiny Dynamite where we explore how the organization has fared during the pandemic. Here is my interview with KC MacMillan, Producing Artistic Director of Tiny...

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RestART with BSR - BSR_S06E18 - Ep5 - Intercultural Journeys

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - July 26, 2022 16:05 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
OUR VISION Intercultural Journeys boldly leverages the power of the performing arts to catalyze social change, challenge bias, and create spaces for dialogue and understanding by  presenting culturally diverse voices that celebrate and affirm our shared humanity. OUR VISION We imagine a world...

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RestART with BSR - BSR_S06E18 - Ep5_Intercultural Journeys

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - July 26, 2022 16:05 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
OUR VISION Intercultural Journeys boldly leverages the power of the performing arts to catalyze social change, challenge bias, and create spaces for dialogue and understanding by  presenting culturally diverse voices that celebrate and affirm our shared humanity. OUR VISION We imagine a world...

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RestART with BSR - BSR_S06E17 - Ep4_Kun-Yang Lin Dancers

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - July 12, 2022 16:05 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Today on the podcast, our 8-part summer series collaboration with Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance’s “RE-START Initiative”, continues with Kun-Yang Lin Dancers. In our conversation, we learn how a dance company has fared during the pandemic. Here is my interview with Katie Moore-Derkits, E...

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RestART with BSR - BSR_S06E16 - Ep3_EgoPo Classic Theatre

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - July 05, 2022 16:05 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
EgoPo transforms timeless works of literature into innovative and immersive theatrical events. We re-envision the classic canon by re-introducing diverse works and re-bodying existing canonical works to ensure a wide range of voices, bodies and stories are shared on our stages. We honor and re...

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RestART with BSR - BSR_S06E15 - Ep2_Da Vinci Art Alliance

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - June 21, 2022 16:00 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Da Vinci Art Alliance (DVAA) was founded in 1931 by sixteen Italian immigrant artists and collectors at a time when immigrants were barred from major artistic, academic, and scientific institutions. DVAA was a creative refuge where members could show their works, hold meetings, engage in social ...

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RestART with BSR - BSR_S06E14 - Ep1_Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - June 14, 2022 15:30 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Rooted in Arab arts and language, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture offers artistic and educational programming that enriches cross-cultural understanding and celebrates diversity. “Al-Bustan,” Arabic for “The Garden,” serves youth and adults of all ethnic, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds, w...

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BSR_S06E14 - RestART - Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - June 14, 2022 15:30 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Rooted in Arab arts and language, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture offers artistic and educational programming that enriches cross-cultural understanding and celebrates diversity. “Al-Bustan,” Arabic for “The Garden,” serves youth and adults of all ethnic, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds, w...

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BSR_S06E13 - THIS IS MY BRAVE

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - April 20, 2022 13:00 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
This Is My Brave was co-founded in Virginia by Jennifer Marshall and Anne Marie Ames (1958-2017), two women passionate about ending the stigma surrounding mental illness, and saving lives through storytelling. In May of 2014, TIMB debuted its first ever live show in Arlington, Virginia at the Sp...

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BSR_S06E12 - Our Eric - Writer. Person on the internet, R. Eric Thomas

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - April 19, 2022 20:15 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
We’re living in the “The Ever Present”, we’re “Backing Track”, spending time with “The Folks at Home”, will soon bow to the “Kings of B’More”…, soon, we’ll be “Crying On Television”, all this and more “Previously On…”, is Our Eric, R. Eric Thomas in the virtual studio!!

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BSR_S06E11 - Choir Boy - Jeffrey L. Page - PTC

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - February 28, 2022 17:05 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Honor. Legacy. Pride. Taking his place out front as the choir leader at an elite all-boys, all-Black prep school, Pharus Young is determined to make his mark by challenging expectations in a world steeped in deep-rooted traditions. Can Pharus find harmony among his peers while staying true to hi...

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BSR_S06E10 - RENT, A Generational Conversation

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - February 23, 2022 11:05 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
For a quarter of a century, Jonathan Larson’s RENT has inspired us to choose love over fear and to live without regret. This Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning phenomenon follows a year in the lives of a diverse group of artists and friends struggling to follow their dreams without selling ou...

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BSR_S06E09 - Scott Greer - The MotherF**ker with the Hat

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - February 01, 2022 19:05 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
The Motherf**ker with the Hat is presented by Theatre Exile in partnership with The Brothers’ Network. Directed by Ozzie Jones Honorary Producers Linda & David Glickstein Associate Producers Mark  & Tobey Dichter and Gayle & David Smith Featuring: J Hernandez, Amanda Schoonover, Scott Greer, ...

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BSR_S06E08 - Sculptor, Michael Ferris

Broad Street Review, The Podcast - January 20, 2022 18:05 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
“Extra-Human: The Art of Michael Ferris” features larger-than-life figurative sculptures that Ferris created by fusing reclaimed discarded wood and pigmented grout through environmentally-conscious methods. The exhibition embodies a rich diffusion of cultural and artistic traditions and celebrat...

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