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 companies.

Johnny Depp! (A Retrospective on Late-Stage Capitalism)

• FERGIE’S PUB - Second Floor

Join “Johnny Depp”, preteen heart-throb turned wino forever, for a retrospective on every film in his entire career, even the ones we didn’t watch, in order to ask… what happened?

Fresh off an international tour and a lot of rewrites because of a trial, comes a satirical “press tour” that is part ritual and part drunken singalong. Johnny Depp! (A Retrospective on Late-Stage Capitalism) features throwing things at random intervals, “fabulous” prizes, and a celebrity circus we keep tuning in to.

“To watch a show like this recalls the sense of imagination that the Fringe is really all about.” – Broadway Baby

“Johnny Depp: A Retrospective on Late Stage Capitalism is both exactly what you’d expect it to be and also something else entirely.” – Deadline, UK

“We’re all f*cked, enjoy the show.”- Phindie, USA

9 collective international stars! ★★★★★★★★★

Starring Jenna Kuerzi as Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow as Johnny Depp as Late-Stage Capitalism.

LINKS:

Philly Theatre Week - Theatre Philadelphia

https://theatrephiladelphia.org/whats-on-stage/2023-philly-theatre-week

Jenna Kuerzi

http://www.jennakuerzi.com/

Bonnie & Clyde - Media Theatre

https://www.mediatheatre.org/shows-tickets

Support Theatre Philadelphia

https://theatrephiladelphia.org/make-a-donation

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 unravels when ground-shifting accusations from the past surface. What The New York Times calls “compelling” and “visceral”, The Light by Loy A. Webb is a real-time rollercoaster ride of laughter, romance, and despair that uncovers how the power of love can be a healing beacon of light.

ABOUT

Dr. Kimmika L. H. Williams-Witherspoon (Dramaturg) PhD (Cultural Anthropology), M.A. (Anthropology), MFA (Theater), Graduate Certificate) Women’s Studies, B.A. (Journalism); is an Associate Professor of Urban Theater and Community Engagement and President of the Faculty Senate at Temple University. Author of Through Smiles and Tears: The History of African American Theater (From Kemet to the Americas) (Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011); The Secret Messages in African American Theater: Hidden Meaning Embedded in Public Discourse” (Edwin Mellen Publishing, 2006), she has had over 34 productions of her plays, her stage credits include over 20 productions, 8 one-woman shows and she has performed poetry in over 120 national and international venues. A contributing poet to 44 anthologies, 11 books of poetry, 9 book chapters, 10 journal articles and 2 books on African American Theater.

FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION: https://theatreexile.org

Today on a podcast, I turn over the virtual studio to the team that keeps Broad Street Review running. In a sort of Year in Review, our lead editors and Executive Director share some of their media recommendations as the year draws to a close. Here is a chat with Editor-In-Chief, Alaina Johns, Associate Editor, Kyle V. Hiller and Executive Director, Neil Bardhan of Broad Street Review.

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/youhaveamatch

TELEVISION

Severance - AppleTV

https://tv.apple.com/us/show/severance/umc.cmc.1srk2goyh2q2zdxcx605w8vtx

Derry Girls - Netflix

https://www.netflix.com/title/80238565

Power Rangers

https://powerrangers.hasbro.com/en-us

Midnight Diner - Netflix

https://www.netflix.com/title/80113541

Support Broad Street Review: https://www.broadstreetreview.com/donate-to-bsr

Odd Man Out | Part of the America Rising Series
A LIVE Immersive Experience In Complete Darkness

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November 30 – December 18, 2022

Odd Man Out is a captivating play that takes place in complete darkness. Created by Teatro Ciego (an Argentinian company founded by blind artists) and Theatre C (a groundbreaking immersive theatre company in NYC), this story is told unlike any you’ve ever experienced before. You’ll be led into a pitch-black room by ushers. Inside, you’ll immerse yourself in the life story of Alberto, a blind musician returning to Argentina after years of self-exile. It is, at once, a love story, a musical journey, and a multi-sensory immersion into theatre of the blind.

Performances will be in Spanish on Friday, Dec 2 at 6pm | Sunday, Dec 4 at 6pm Thursday Dec 8 at 7pm | Saturday, Dec 10 at 8:30pm | Wednesday, Dec 14 at 7pm Sunday, Dec 18 at 3pm.

This play takes place at 201 Cedar Street, Bristol, PA 19007.

General Admission. Tickets start at $35.

https://www.brtstage.org/shows/odd-man-out/