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A.D. Amorosi

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BSR Contributor Since January 20, 2017

A.D. Amorosi is a Philadelphia-based journalist and editor who started his local career writing a gossip column for the late Philadelphia City Paper, before veering into features and reviews on all thing things cultural, culinary, and political for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com. He is all about animals and dogs in particular, especially his greyhound, Django.

A.D. Amorosi is a Philadelphia-based journalist and editor who started his local career writing a gossip column for the late Philadelphia City Paper, before veering into features and reviews on all thing things cultural, culinary and political for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News, and Philly.com. Along with helping co-create Philadelphia Style magazine, he writes for additional Philly publications, runs a web mag with his wife, GlamorosiMagzine.com, and writes internationally at Jazz Times, Billboard, Magnet, and Wax Poetic. He is all about animals and dogs in particular, especially his greyhound Django.

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A segment of John J. Pron's "Northern Liberties: Immigrant Haven." (Photo courtesy of DaVinci Art Alliance.)

DaVinci Art Alliance presents 'Rocky (Re)Runs'

Rocky's roads

DaVinci Art Alliance takes a jog through Rocky's iconography and geography with 'Rocky (Re)Runs.' A.D. Amorosi reviews.

Apr 24, 2018 Articles 2 minute read

Jennifer Childs as middle-aged comeback-rocker Sierra Mist. (Photo by Mark Garvin.)

People's Light presents Jennifer Childs's 'I Will Not Go Gently'

She's every woman

Jennifer Childs humorously and loudly touches upon the aching gender-gapped concerns of aging rockers, mothers, and grandmothers in this one-woman show at People's Light. A.D. Amorosi reviews.

Apr 02, 2018 Articles 3 minute read

Nutter and Smerconish talk shop. (Photo courtesy of the National Constitution Center.)

'Mayor: The Best Job in Politics (The City in the Twenty-First Century)' by Michael A. Nutter

The mayor's mantra

Former Mayor Michael Nutter visited the National Constitution Center to discuss his new memoir, 'Mayor: The Best Job in Politics.' A.D. Amorosi reviews.

Feb 05, 2018 Articles 2 minute read

The 'Fashion Machine' runs on pure, youthful energy. (Photo by B.A. Kessler.)

FringeArts presents Theatre SKAM's 'Fashion Machine'

Runway project

Theatre SKAM’s 'Fashion Machine.' at FringeArts, finds its deconstructionist child charges ripping apart your outfit — literally and figuratively — and putting it back together again, fabulously. A.D. Amorosi reviews.

Jan 26, 2018 Articles 2 minute read

Saleem Ahmed's "Rani Road" (2017), archival inkjet print, from 'By the Book Vol. 2: New Photography Publications' (Photo courtesy of the Print Center)

Print Center presents 'Collaborative Histories: Dieu Donné + By the Book Vol. 2'

Works on (and in) paper

The intimate confines of the Print Center show off the subtly colorful and sensually tactile works of the New York-based handmade paper giant Dieu Donné, alongside an exhibition of new photography works. A.D. Amorosi reviews.

Jan 16, 2018 Articles 2 minute read

Philadelphians Elaine and David Ravich visited the Soviet Union in 1978 and smuggled out photographs and tape recordings of conversations with refuseniks. (Photo courtesy of the National Museum of American Jewish History, gift of David and Elaine Ravich.)

NMAJH presents 'Power of Protest: The Movement to Free Soviet Jews'

Letting their people go

The National Museum of American Jewish History's 'Power of Protest: The Movement to Free Soviet Jews' looks back at the national efforts on their behalf, and the Philadelphians who either assisted or emigrated. A.D. Amorosi reviews.

Dec 26, 2017 Articles 3 minute read

L to R: Santos, Honkala, and Webber get real. (Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Film Festival.)

Philadelphia Film Festival 2017: Mark Webber's 'Flesh and Blood'

Virtual reality

Philadelphia-raised director-writer-actor Mark Webber, son of activist Cheri Honkala, treats his real-life dramas as exploded fiction in the experimental, earnest 'Flesh and Blood.' A.D. Amorosi reviews.

Oct 23, 2017 Articles 2 minute read

Levin and Buno test the waters in Ocean City, New Jersey. (Photo courtesy of Paul Davidson)

Dan Sickles and Antonio Santini's documentary film 'Dina'

Love is (almost) all you need

Philadelphia-based directors Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles tackle local love on the neurodiversity spectrum with the warmly humorous documentary 'Dina.' A.D. Amorosi reviews.

Oct 17, 2017 Articles 2 minute read

The strangers, L to R: Rachel Basescu, Erin Brittain, Grant Mech. (Photo courtesy of FringeArts.)

Philly Fringe 2017: 'Stranger in a Strange Land'

Not so strange after all

Three classical opera singers from New York City capture the words and music of immigrant songs in South Philly’s Italian Market. A.D. Amorosi reviews.

Sep 25, 2017 Articles 2 minute read

Kevin Cole's "Conversations on Monument Avenue," 1995, mixed media on wood. (Photo by A.D. Amorosi.)

PAFA presents 'A Collaborative Language: Selections from the Experimental Printmaking Institute'

A new language

PAFA's 'A Collaborative Language: Selections from the Experimental Printmaking Institute' shows off the diversity of founder and master printmaker Curlee Raven Holton’s vision. A.D. Amorosi reviews.

Aug 15, 2017 Articles 2 minute read

"Alejandra," by Ada Trillo. (Photo courtesy of Twenty-Two Gallery.)

Twenty-Two Gallery presents Ada Trillo's 'How Did I Get Here?'

Dark travels in Mexico's skin trade

Photographer Ada Luisa Trillo's exhibition 'How Did I Get Here?' looks at the horror and honor of Mexican prostitution. A.D. Amorosi reviews.

Jul 18, 2017 Articles 3 minute read

No Face watches you watching them. (Photo by Nikki Dodd)

FringeArts presents No Face Performance Group's 'The Top'

Just look at them

No Face Performance Group performs “The Top,” 40 minutes of little movement art and a lot of staring. A.D. Amorosi reviews.

Jun 01, 2017 Articles 2 minute read

Paige Price. (Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Theatre Company.)

Will Paige Price make or break Philadelphia Theatre Company?

Coming down the mountain

When Paige Price took the helm of a floundering Philadelphia Theatre Company, she steered toward safer financial waters. But will that keep the company afloat? A.D. Amorosi considers.

May 22, 2017 Articles 5 minute read

Tania Isaac surrounded by some of her "ephemera." (Photo by L. Browning Photography)

FringeArts presents Tania Isaac's 'crazy beautiful'

Not so crazy but definitely beautiful

Choreographic storyteller Tania Isaac’s 'crazy beautiful' weaves a multimedia tapestry of motion and music. A.D. Amorosi reviews.

Apr 29, 2017 Articles 3 minute read

(Photo by Michelle V. Agins, The New York Times)

The Rrazz Room at the Prince presents Nellie McKay's 'A Girl Named Bill'

Nellie and Billy's fabulous adventure

Bright bold jazz singer-musician-composer Nellie McKay tackles issues of gender identity and the secret life of performer Billy Tipton. A.D. Amorosi reviews.

Apr 11, 2017 Articles 2 minute read