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The BSR Podcast, season 8, episode 4: talking Philly Theatre Week 2024 with Sabriaya Shipley
Celebrating seven years of Philly's spring theater festival
Host Darnelle Radford sits down with Theatre Philadelphia executive director Sabriaya Shipley to talk all things Philly Theatre Week 2024 and the issues facing our modern arts scene.
Podcast
1 minute read
The Wilma Theater presents Bertolt Brecht's The Good Person of Setzuan
Reversing Orientalist tropes
Kindhearted Shen Te invents a ruthless businessman alter-ego when her generosity overtakes her wallet in The Good Person of Setzuan, presented in this “radically reclaimed” production at the Wilma centering Asian artists. Mina Reinckens reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read
InterAct Theatre Company presents Deborah Zoe Laufer’s The Last Yiddish Speaker
Imagining life for Jews after a successful insurrection
Deborah Zoe Laufer’s The Last Yiddish Speaker, getting its world premiere at InterAct, offers a striking glimpse into the specificity of Jewish generational trauma, but it needs something more. Josh Herren reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read
Plays & Players presents Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story
Paper tiger
Plays & Players presents Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story in a flat restaging that fails to capture the play’s primal power. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
E.J. Simpson presents Jesus Christ Superstar
Rising through tradition
An 18 year tradition rises differently this time around, as local musician E.J. Simpson prepares to perform their solo rendition of Jesus Christ Superstar. David Block previews.
Previews
3 minute read
As a trans actor, I’m dismayed by the “testosterone-driven” concept of the all-male Macbeth at Quintessence
If we don’t break down gender barriers in casting, Philly theater will continue to stall.
A promotional note from Quintessence Theatre Group artistic director Alex Burns about why he’s staging an “all-male” Macbeth drew a strong response from the Philly theater community. Bruce Baldini speaks up as a trans male actor.
Essays
6 minute read
Quintessence Theatre Group presents Shakespeare’s Macbeth
A rare expansion of the Scottish play
Quintessence Theatre Group stages a blockbuster Macbeth with an expanded script and an all-male cast, thrilling even when its reach exceeds its grasp. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Reviews
5 minute read
The BSR Podcast, season 8, episode 3: talking with Quintessence director Alex Burns about his all-male Macbeth
Back to the roots of the Scottish Play?
Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with Quintessence Theatre Group artistic director Alex Burns to talk about his new production of Macbeth.
Podcast
1 minute read
Ensemble Arts Philly and the Shubert Organization present Disney’s Frozen
Let it snow
Disney’s Frozen makes its way to Philadelphia for the first time, landing at the Academy of Music and drawing passionate franchise fans into the magic of live theater. Josh Herren reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read
Act II Playhouse presents Terence McNally’s It’s Only a Play
Waiting on the reviews
The review is in for Act II's It's Only a Play, the show about theater artists waiting to hear the critics' opinions. Frank Burd reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read