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The 2016 presidential candidates on arts funding
Tipping the presidential scale
Our editor makes a last-minute plea that you not vote for a third-party candidate, because art! Before you head to the polls, know the candidates' positions on arts funding.
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Bruce Graham’s ‘Rizzo,’ reconsidered
Beyond anger: Frank Rizzo and his survivors
Bruce Graham’s 'Rizzo' isn’t really a play at all. It serves a useful purpose nevertheless.
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Theatre Philadelphia hosts a Diversity Town Hall at New Freedom Theatre
Freedom isn't free
Theatre Philadelphia's Diversity Town Hall Meeting at New Freedom Theatre was going great.... Until the cops showed up.
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Sexual harassment: Roger Ailes vs. Phyllis Schlafly
When Roger met Phyllis
If Fox News chairman Roger Ailes had propositioned Phyllis Schlafly, the virtuous first lady of American conservatism, how would Phyllis have responded? Let me consider the possibilities.
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2016 family-friendly Philly Fringe guide
Families can Fringe too!
There's no reason for families with young children to miss out on this year's Philly Fringe excitement. You just need a little guidance; allow BSR editor Wendy Rosenfield to assist.
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Central City Opera's 'The Ballad of Baby Doe,' and Leadville's 'Fiddler'
Who tells your story?
A Colorado production of the opera 'The Ballad of Baby Doe,' and a production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' in a church got Wendy Rosenfield thinking about history, legacies, and access to the arts.
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'Broad Street Review' pairs with the Rep Radio podcast
We know what you need
'Broad Street Review' has been delighting your eyes and mind for the last 10 years. Now we've got something exciting for your ears.
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Religious insults: A simple solution
There oughta be a law!
Some Islamic governments want a ban on insulting religion to be written into international law. But who will draft such legislation? Let me take a whack at it.
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Further thoughts on Young Jean Lee's 'Straight White Men' at InterAct Theatre Company
I come to bury patriarchy, not to praise it
InterAct Theatre Company's straight-white-man-helmed production of Young Jean Lee's 'Straight White Men' has 99 problems, and the truth is one.
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Morley Safer, Ed Rendell, and women
Eyes of the beholder
Two quotations from prominent men went viral in May — one for its profundity, the other for its tactlessness. But which was which?
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