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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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Do musicians make great presidents?
If Trump had studied music…
Music produces good citizens, argued the visionary musical pedagogue Shinichi Suzuki. So how many U.S. presidents have mastered a musical instrument? And how did that experience affect their performance in office? The envelopes, please.
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What a week
Race onstage, welcomes, and a goodbye
A look at some of the week's most compelling 'Broad Street Review' posts, with a welcome to some new writers, and a goodbye to one of our dance writers.
Wendy Rosenfieldand Illustration by Mike Jackson
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Campaign slogans for Trump
The ultimate intellectual exercise
How can a candidate with so many negatives persuade most Americans to vote for him? This is no job for an ordinary pundit — it’s a job for Broad Street Review.
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Arts criticism: Decline and fall
Be careful what you wish for
On at least one issue — the role of critics in society — BSR’s new editor Wendy Rosenfield and I were once two trains running in opposite directions. How times have changed.
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Running Broad Street
Two things I thought I'd never do
Broad Street Review's new Editor-in-Chief, Wendy Rosenfield, introduces herself. Read about her history with the website and longer history with its founder, Dan Rottenberg.
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Trump and Putin: Mystery solved
The dog that didn't bark
What explains the Trump-Putin mutual admiration society? Ask Angela Merkel.
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Elliot Shelkrot: Librarian as pitchman
He made libraries sexy
By harnessing publicity to raise money (and vice versa), Elliot Shelkrot transformed the Free Library from a musty refuge for bookworms into a vibrant civic institution.
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Stepping down as BSR's editor
It's so hard to say goodbye
I’m leaving with sadness, but also with a fair amount of pride — a most un-Quakerly emotion.
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