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Alamo Drafthouse theaters have a new owner. It’s time for them to come to Philly.
The need for screens
The popular Austin-based movie-theater chain Alamo Drafthouse (recently acquired by Sony Pictures Entertainment) has spread to cities across the country, but never to Philly. Stephen Silver asks if it’s time to change that.
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Essays
3 minute read
![Samuel, a white man seen in profile from over his shoulder, looks thoughtfully out on a city street.](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Samuel-Dunsiger_header_BSR_7_9_24.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.2682&fp-y=0.4162&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=48b2e2505e323ab6265f00c1d179e7e2)
The hardest thing about stuttering isn’t stuttering at all: it’s how people react to it.
If I want your help, I’ll ask.
Samuel Dunsiger has a speech disability, but the hardest part about talking to others isn't his stuttering; it's the assumptions people make.
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Essays
4 minute read
![Hundreds of people, many holding handmade signs, rally on a June day on the steps of the pillared Hamilton Hall building.](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/UArts-rally-BSR_7_8_24.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.8412&fp-y=0.9295&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=65a03b67abdbd7ed90a3981e90f98b65)
A UArts student speaks: “It’s clear that I’ll have to settle, no matter where I go.”
A young writer promises that his school’s demise won’t silence his craft.
Jay Clark was a rising junior at UArts and this year’s winner of the school’s Creative Writing Poetry Prize. On May 31, he got a tuition bill. The same day, news broke of the school’s closure. What’s next for him and hundreds of others?
![Photo of a rainy New York City street and the red hanging sign for Marie’s Crisis Café, with ornate calligraphic lettering.](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Hochman_Singalong.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=7e8f3f574d73f672aca7fbcb4a6cdb42)
These basement singalongs queer the Broadway canon and help me reclaim my voice
The soundtrack of our way out
When Anndee Hochman was 13, a teacher told her she couldn't sing. Decades later, a basement Broadway singalong in Manhattan's West Village taught her something new.
Essays
5 minute read
![The pillared exterior of Hamilton Hall from across Broad Street, with 100s of people gathered in front of it, many with signs](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/UArts-rally_BSR_6_11_24.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.4922&fp-y=0.6928&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=5dece23f6bfe7944e168f1912d1b7764)
A University of the Arts professor speaks: “Knowing it’s the last time I’ll be here is unbearable.”
Students and faculty pledge to keep creating despite their school’s "unconscionable" demise
Philly novelist Elise Juska founded the creative writing program at UArts, where she taught for 24 years. She brings us inside her last days at the university, alongside her irrepressible students.
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Essays
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From Shanghai to Philadelphia: An international alum speaks on the closure of UArts
Because of UArts, Philly will always be part of me.
When Shanghai native Wenlu Bao wanted to continue her arts education, she came to UArts, which led her to museums throughout our region. She was shocked to see the news about its closing. She remembers her time there.
![View from the audience of a standing ovation at the Wilma, with the cast and stage manager lined up joyfully under the lights](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Wilma.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.8513&fp-y=0.5666&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=7e7935c9d989fd25b10fe2a2e9d088b2)
The Wilma’s Tony reminds us to keep fighting for Philly’s arts community
The future is collaborative
Philly’s theater community rejoiced at
hearing that the Wilma will receive the 2024 Regional Theatre Tony Award at
this year’s ceremony on Sunday, June 16. It’s a huge reason to keep fighting
for Philly arts, but certainly not the only one.
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Editorials
5 minute read
![23 storytellers of different ages, genders & races pose onstage with hands folded and heads lowered.](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Embracing-the-Light_BSR_5_21_24.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.0917&fp-y=0.5259&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=3a5f4d42ace293d78fb8380615402ec1)
Mural Arts and First Person Arts present Embracing the Light
Philly storytellers tackle suicide stigma
Mural Arts and First Person Arts teamed up for a show tackling stigma around mental illness and suicide—unusual topics for public storytelling. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Alaina Johns reviews.
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Editorials
7 minute read
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Six tips for news and social media sanity in the 2024 election cycle (you won’t believe #6)
The news is stressful. Here’s how to stay engaged while keeping your cool.
Our democracy, our climate, our rights, our health, our wars and protests—it’s hard to look at any news at all without feeling like the world is ending. Spend seven minutes with Alaina Johns now and get six tips to help you navigate today’s media.
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Editorials
7 minute read
Three free road trips from Philadelphia offer a treasure-hunting trifecta
Hit the road (or the river) to discover fossils, Jersey diamonds, and petroglyphs
Writer Bart Stump is a seasoned local adventurer. He recommends three summer destinations for all kinds of Philly-area treasure hunters, with itineraries in Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
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Essays
4 minute read