Tuesday, February 25, 2025
The enduringly popular memoir-turned-play Tuesdays with Morrie gets a thoughtful and sensitive production from Matt Silva, marking his last show in the role of artistic director at Delaware …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Wrapping up classical music performances happening in February throughout the Philly area. Gail Obenreder rounds up.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:55AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy, a friend (and paramour?) of Benjamin Franklin, was famous in her time for her keyboard sonatas. Early music trio Filament gives her music a well-deserved modern …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:38PM[SHARE]Monday, February 10, 2025
Following a fourth Grammy award, The Crossing presented a concert in Chestnut Hill featuring the world premiere of Sebastian Currier's Mysterium and the North American premiere of Linda Catl…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:16PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 6, 2025
Classical music performances in the greater Philadelphia area this February, with hints of Argentine tango and classics both contemporary and centuries old. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:47AM[SHARE]Monday, February 3, 2025
Opera
Philadelphia, selling out the whole season after offering $11 tickets to
all, delighted a packed house with a faultless production of the only surviving
opera by an 18th-century genius…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:40PM[SHARE]Veteran musician, performer, and scholar Benjamin Bagby returns to Philly alongside French Medieval music ensemble Sequentia for a thrilling performance of Gregorius, The Holy Sinner. Gail O…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:49PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Music from familiar names, and a different kind of Curtain Call, are all in tow to close out the month of January and move into February. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:39AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Philly vocal ensemble Variant 6 explored the classic combination of voice and organ, though with a rare focus on secular music, including a world premiere by Benjamin C.S. Boyle, who was in …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:40AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Music from East Passyunk Opera Project, Ama Deus Chamber Orchestra, Symphony in C, and more to open the new year in the Philly area. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:53PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Holiday music outside of the (beloved) carols and Mariah Carey stratosphere happening in the Philly area this December. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:31PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Great Arrangements by Dolce Suono made for a compelling afternoon of chamber music, featuring arrangements of well-known and less-well-known works that differed from the composer's original …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:51PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Classical music offerings from the first half of December in the Philly and the Greater area. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:51PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 26, 2024
In the first half of the 20th century, the music and culture of America's Jazz Age drove major social change. Now, a new exhibition at Delaware Art Museum captures the era's masterful illust…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:01PM[SHARE]Monday, November 18, 2024
Wood comes alive in The Crafted World of Wharton Esherick, now on view at the Brandywine Museum of Art. It's a rare chance to see the interdisciplinary artist's full oeuvre outside his histo…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:43PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 14, 2024
LyricFest, Delaware Symphony, the Fairmount String Quartet and others close out November with classical offerings in the Philly area. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:22AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Resident Ensemble Players at the University of Delaware takes on Tom Stoppard's rarely produced Rough Crossing, but it's choppy seas, despite a cast that is well-known for excellent farce. G…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:19PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Getting tea with Mimi Stillman, seeing the future with Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, and saying goodbye to Astral Artists. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:12AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 29, 2024
La bohème is one of the opera canon's all-time favorites. In a co-production with Opera Baltimore, OperaDelaware offered a lively, beautifully staged production that showcased Puccini's mus…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:45PM[SHARE]Delaware
Theatre Company teams with Charlie DelMarcelle to present the popular one-man
show Every Brilliant Thing, a gentle comedy that embraces the audience
in its exploration of depression…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:54AM[SHARE]Monday, October 21, 2024
In a glorious season opener, Renaissance band Piffaro and the vocalists of TENET explored the musical world of the great poet Francesco Petrarch, including his unfulfilled lifelong love (con…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:56PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Offerings from Pyxis Piano Trio, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Jasper String Quartet, and more round out the rest of the month. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:28PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 2, 2024
A new season of music opens with Chamber Orchestra, the Crossing, Variant Six, and more. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:27PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Delaware Theatre Company marks 45 years on Wilmington's waterfront with an all-out, thigh-high production of Kinky Boots. Gail Obenreder reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:28PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Delaware's Resident Ensemble Players opens its season with The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] [Again], mixing sketch and farce for a dizzy and hilarious presentat…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:18PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 18, 2024
More music to close out September, with performances by Filament Baroque, Ensemble Arts Philly, Lyric Fest, and more. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:40AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 17, 2024
The Publick Pleasure, an early music group featuring top period instrument specialists, tackled a Fringe Festival program exploring our city's
cultural scene before, during, and after the 17…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:15PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Gail Obenreder rounds up the classical music scene in the Philadelphia area for September.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:38AM[SHARE]Monday, September 2, 2024
Rockwood Mansion, a moody, historic northern Delaware house museum with a renowned collection of Victoriana, asks two contemporary glass artists to respond to its resident works. Gail Obenre…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:40PM[SHARE]Monday, August 19, 2024
Artists from across the country, including many from the Philly area, respond to Winterthur's famous collection of art, textiles, furniture, and more in this exceptional interdisciplinary ex…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:17PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 24, 2024
A list of late July and early August concerts, including performances by the Philadelphia Young Pianists Academy and new music from up-and-coming musicians from Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra…
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