Laura Schellhardt’s foray into the Pop psychology of familial dysfunction and the significance of personal possessions is given its regional premiere.
View More AUCTIONING THE AINSLEYS (People’s Light): Familial dysfunction, memory, and the significance of objectsAuthor: Debra Miller
Old Friends and Frequent Collaborators Get HOOKED! An interview with Tom Reing and Charlie DelMarcelle
Director Tom Reing and actor Charlie DelMarcelle talk about their childhood, their collaborations, and Inis Nua’s upcoming production of HOOKED!
View More Old Friends and Frequent Collaborators Get HOOKED! An interview with Tom Reing and Charlie DelMarcelleLA TRAVIATA (Opera Philadelphia): A stunning new design and a stellar new Violetta
A refreshed rendition of Verdi’s tragic opera features the impressive house and role debut of Lisette Oropesa as the titular “fallen woman” and a stunning design that purposefully pairs the distant past with recent times.
View More LA TRAVIATA (Opera Philadelphia): A stunning new design and a stellar new ViolettaFrom the UK to Philadelphia to Broadway: An interview with actor Harry Smith
British-born actor Harry Smith talks about his background in the UK, his life and career in Philadelphia, and his upcoming debut on Broadway.
View More From the UK to Philadelphia to Broadway: An interview with actor Harry SmithPHOTOGRAPH 51 (Lantern): Discovering the secret of life
The backstory of Rosalind Franklin’s seminal image that led to the discovery of the double-helix structure of the DNA molecule is examined in an engrossing Philadelphia premiere.
View More PHOTOGRAPH 51 (Lantern): Discovering the secret of lifeLOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST (Revolution Shakespeare): 2015 Fringe review 61
A clever new take on Shakespeare’s early romantic comedy imparts the flavor of 1960’s-70s Americana with live country-rock music and a multi-talented cast of actors/singers/musicians.
View More LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST (Revolution Shakespeare): 2015 Fringe review 61INTO THE LIGHTS (Dancefusion & Ballet Fleming): 2015 Fringe review 59
Modern dance meets contemporary ballet in an expressive collaboration by two of Philadelphia’s top-notch companies.
View More INTO THE LIGHTS (Dancefusion & Ballet Fleming): 2015 Fringe review 59JUMP THE MOON (Philadelphia Opera Collective): 2015 Fringe review 57.1
An experimental world-premiere opera gives voice to the unsung women heroes of astrophysics at Harvard in the 1890s, with a cutting-edge score, non-linear libretto, and expressionist movement.
View More JUMP THE MOON (Philadelphia Opera Collective): 2015 Fringe review 57.1KILL WILL (Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre): 2015 Fringe review 54
Seven actors explain, enact, and parody a series of Shakespeare’s “bloody bits” in this fast, furious, and funny mash-up of The Bard’s iconic death and battle scenes.
View More KILL WILL (Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre): 2015 Fringe review 54IT’S SO LEARNING (Berserker Residents): 2015 Fringe Review 51
Go back to school with The Berserker Residents in this highly interactive ensemble-devised piece, in which you are the student and your teachers are berserk!
View More IT’S SO LEARNING (Berserker Residents): 2015 Fringe Review 51TALE OF THE PHANTOM SHIP (Temple Theater’s Sidestage): 2015 Fringe review 47
A talented collective of students from Temple University present an original musical inspired by a maritime legend from historic Prince Edward Island.
View More TALE OF THE PHANTOM SHIP (Temple Theater’s Sidestage): 2015 Fringe review 47AMERICAN STANDARD (Brian Sanders’ JUNK): 2015 Fringe review 44
Find out what really goes on in the barn in this exciting foray into the country, as Brian Sanders’ JUNK exposes the true “American standard!”
View More AMERICAN STANDARD (Brian Sanders’ JUNK): 2015 Fringe review 44THE LIGHT PRINCESS (Tony Lawton with Ugly Stepsister): 2015 Fringe review 43
This hilarious musical workshop reading of an adapted 19th-century fairytale is a treat for all ages!
View More THE LIGHT PRINCESS (Tony Lawton with Ugly Stepsister): 2015 Fringe review 43ANDY: A POPERA (Opera Philadelphia & The Bearded Ladies): 2015 Fringe Review 37
An exciting multi-media collaboration reflects the operatic life and times of Andy Warhol and the Pop Sixties.
View More ANDY: A POPERA (Opera Philadelphia & The Bearded Ladies): 2015 Fringe Review 37DAMNED DIRTY APES! (Renegade): 2015 Fringe Review 36
Wear sturdy shoes for this wild mile-and-a-half theatrical expedition through FDR Park, where humans are pitted against apes and hilarity ensues!
View More DAMNED DIRTY APES! (Renegade): 2015 Fringe Review 36AVAILABLE LIGHT (Lucinda Childs Dance Company): 2015 Fringe Review 31
Three progenitors of 20th-century Minimalism—Lucinda Childs, John Adams, and Frank Gehry–teamed up to create a stunning program of dance, sound, and space.
View More AVAILABLE LIGHT (Lucinda Childs Dance Company): 2015 Fringe Review 31CITY OF WOES (Found): 2015 Fringe Review 29
A fluid stylistic synthesis of Dante’s Inferno with 1940s crime fiction, this ensemble-devised work is profound and affecting.
View More CITY OF WOES (Found): 2015 Fringe Review 29901 NOWHERE STREET (Sam Tower + Ensemble): 2015 Fringe Review 25
The mysterious world of film noir is given a new twist as an all-female cast reconfigures the traditionally male crime-detective genre.
View More 901 NOWHERE STREET (Sam Tower + Ensemble): 2015 Fringe Review 25THE WAITSTAFF’S VACATION (The Waitstaff): 2015 Fringe Review 19
Short skits on current topics and send-ups of people in the news guaranteed to amuse, and to offend!
View More THE WAITSTAFF’S VACATION (The Waitstaff): 2015 Fringe Review 19ZOMBIES . . . WITH GUNS (Tribe of Fools): 2015 Fringe Review 18
The Zombie Apocalypse invades the Fringe with Tribe of Fools’ zany foray into the fright genre, with a serious socio-political message about gun violence.
View More ZOMBIES . . . WITH GUNS (Tribe of Fools): 2015 Fringe Review 18