Four seafarers embark on a voyage of escapism and mutual self-discovery, expressed through breathtakingly impressive acrobatics
View More LEAPS OF FAITH AND OTHER MISTAKES (Almanac Dance Circus Theatre): 2017 Fringe reviewAuthor: Christopher Munden
IPHIGENIA AT AULIS (PAC): 2017 Fringe review
If there’s an ideal company to introduce works of classical theater, it’s the Philadelphia Artists’ Collective
View More IPHIGENIA AT AULIS (PAC): 2017 Fringe reviewWhat Is Hardcore Fringer Brett Mapp Seeing This Year
Brett Mapp is seeing 35 Fringe shows in 20 days. His itinerary makes a good starting point for considering your own schedule.
View More What Is Hardcore Fringer Brett Mapp Seeing This YearIn Judgment of Wrongs: A biting premiere on American injustice launches Kash Goins’s residency at the Arden
In 2016, Philly playwright Kash Goins took a look at the human costs of mass incarceration in his nuanced, intimate original drama V to X…
View More In Judgment of Wrongs: A biting premiere on American injustice launches Kash Goins’s residency at the ArdenThe Parkway at 100: Philadelphia’s Champs-Elysees celebrates its 100th birthday
A century of the Ben Franklin Parkway.
View More The Parkway at 100: Philadelphia’s Champs-Elysees celebrates its 100th birthday24 Picks for the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
What to see at the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
View More 24 Picks for the 2017 Philadelphia Fringe FestivalYo Philly, No More Safe Bullshit
Excerpted from gchat conversations between Christopher Munden and John Rosenberg.
View More Yo Philly, No More Safe BullshitTHE WHITE DEVIL (PAC): A bloody good thriller
PAC gives the Jacobin the veneer of a mid-20th century hard-boiler. Sketches by Chuck Schultz.
View More THE WHITE DEVIL (PAC): A bloody good thrillerG-chatting the Gift of Life: Talking POLLYANNA with Katherine Perry and Sarah Knittel
Phindie met Katherine and Sarah online to get the lowdown on their collaborative project
View More G-chatting the Gift of Life: Talking POLLYANNA with Katherine Perry and Sarah KnittelA Different Type of Theatrical Experimentation: PARROT TALK with Julius Ferraro
Philly theater creators experiment with physical theater, but use TV-type language. Julius Ferraro goes down a different path.
View More A Different Type of Theatrical Experimentation: PARROT TALK with Julius FerraroA MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Arden): Take pains, be perfect
Shakespeare made simple, and simply fun.
View More A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Arden): Take pains, be perfectLEPER + CHIP (Inis Nua): More booze than the Bard
A fast-paced shaggy dog tale of love and revenge, told mostly in dueling monologs of Irish brogue
View More LEPER + CHIP (Inis Nua): More booze than the BardJOHN (Arden): Things that haunt
There remains something compelling about ghost stories. Annie Baker’s JOHN demonstrates why: our past haunts just as well as any poltergeist.
View More JOHN (Arden): Things that hauntTwo by Tuomanen: MARCUS/EMMA (InterAct) and HELLO! SADNESS (FringeArts)
Two shows by Philadelphia writer Mary Tuomanen opened on consecutive nights last week, providing a singular opportunity to assess common threads tying together works by the author.
View More Two by Tuomanen: MARCUS/EMMA (InterAct) and HELLO! SADNESS (FringeArts)A Winter in the Life of J.S. Bach
This February, Choral Arts Philadelphia presents the Winter segment of the 1734-1735: A Season In The Life of J.S. Bach.
View More A Winter in the Life of J.S. BachNICE AND FRESH Returns with Josh McIlvain, Irina Varina, Steve Lippe, Evalina “Wally” Carbonell
Philadelphia’s best revue of new performing arts returns for another season January 13 and 14, 2017, at Moving Arts of Mount Airy.
View More NICE AND FRESH Returns with Josh McIlvain, Irina Varina, Steve Lippe, Evalina “Wally” CarbonellPhindie’s Best of 2016: Our most-read articles of the past year
Among all these historic joys of 2016, Phindie continued its march as the leading site for independent coverage of Philadelphia theater and arts.
View More Phindie’s Best of 2016: Our most-read articles of the past yearChoral Arts director Matt Glandorf on the Christmas Oratorio
Choral Arts artistic director Matt Glandorf shares a little about the seasonal New Years Eve concert.
View More Choral Arts director Matt Glandorf on the Christmas OratorioBORTLE 8 (Tiny Dynamite): Set the controls for the heart of darkness
Chris Davis’s imaginative one-man play gets a deservedly professional staging as part of Tiny Dynamite’s A Play, A Pie, and A Pint series
View More BORTLE 8 (Tiny Dynamite): Set the controls for the heart of darknessNew Years with Bach: Choral Arts Philadelphia presents a seasonal treat
End this strange year with some high notes as Choral Arts Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Bach Collegium present a rare performance of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio.
View More New Years with Bach: Choral Arts Philadelphia presents a seasonal treat