Based on a Murakami short story, BURNING clocks in at 148 indispensable minutes.
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SWEAT (PTC): What’s the matter with Reading?
Why does SWEAT appeal to us, as aging urban middle-to-upper-to-upper-upper-class theatergoers? Do we hope to understand? Relate? Gawk? What do we applaud?
View More SWEAT (PTC): What’s the matter with Reading?PLUNGE (Brian Sanders JUNK): 2018 Fringe review
PLUNGE is yet another fruit of Brian Sanders’ creative genius
View More PLUNGE (Brian Sanders JUNK): 2018 Fringe reviewFRANKENSTEIN; OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS (Quintessence Theatre): It’s Alive!!
Quintessence Theatre dynamically brings to life Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Frankenstein and his monstrous creation in a fantastic, eerily staged production
View More FRANKENSTEIN; OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS (Quintessence Theatre): It’s Alive!!A dilettante at large reviews NE QUITTEZ PAS (Opera Philadelphia)
What a complicated evening, filled with gorgeous singing and roiled emotions and puzzling theatrics
View More A dilettante at large reviews NE QUITTEZ PAS (Opera Philadelphia)GARDENS SPEAK (Tania El Khoury): 2018 Fringe review
GARDENS SPEAK is a metaphysical experience of death and injustice… and a tangible experience of growth and self-expansion.
View More GARDENS SPEAK (Tania El Khoury): 2018 Fringe reviewPAPRIKA PLAINS (Natalie Fletcher / Jessica Noel): 2018 Fringe review
Like a Joni Mitchell song, PAPRIKA PLAINS is intimate, artful, and affecting.
View More PAPRIKA PLAINS (Natalie Fletcher / Jessica Noel): 2018 Fringe reviewTIAN WEN: Heavenly Questions for Modern Times (Hua Hua Zhang’s Visual Expressions): 2018 Fringe review
Am I dreaming of being a butterfly or is the butterfly dreaming of being me?
View More TIAN WEN: Heavenly Questions for Modern Times (Hua Hua Zhang’s Visual Expressions): 2018 Fringe reviewDARLINGS: KILL US (Good Good Comedy): 2018 Fringe review
In a word: Funny.
View More DARLINGS: KILL US (Good Good Comedy): 2018 Fringe reviewLONG TROUBLE (Svaha Theatre Collective): 2018 Fringe review
There’s a lovely simplicity in Elise D’Avella’s staging of the tragic story.
View More LONG TROUBLE (Svaha Theatre Collective): 2018 Fringe reviewPHAEDRA’S LOVE (Svaha Theatre Collective): 2018 Fringe review
Two decades after her suicide, Kane remains one of the most truthful voices in theater. Svaha’s production captures her brilliance.
View More PHAEDRA’S LOVE (Svaha Theatre Collective): 2018 Fringe reviewECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE (Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium): 2018 Fringe review (2nd)
Another review of IRC’s 2018 Fringe piece.
View More ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE (Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium): 2018 Fringe review (2nd)TRUE WEST (Subscension): 2018 Fringe review
This little company has heft and promise. The Fringe has given them the opportunity to launch and they’ve certainly taken advantage of it.
View More TRUE WEST (Subscension): 2018 Fringe reviewBON IVER FIGHTS A BEAR (mauraampersanddoug): 2018 Fringe review
Justin is a heartbroken young musician who escapes to his father’s cabin in the middle of nowhere
View More BON IVER FIGHTS A BEAR (mauraampersanddoug): 2018 Fringe reviewI <3 ADRIAEN (Gerhardus): 2018 Fringe review
An artful blend of theater and history thrives among the tombstones at Old Swedes Church
View More I <3 ADRIAEN (Gerhardus): 2018 Fringe reviewDAY OF ABSENCE (Flying Quilt/Iron Age): 2018 Fringe review
It’s haunting how relevant—and funny—this somewhat dated piece remains
View More DAY OF ABSENCE (Flying Quilt/Iron Age): 2018 Fringe reviewCOCKTAIL PLAYS (Juniper Productions): 2018 Fringe review
Slightly buzzed from our gin-and-honey bees knees, we find the site-specific plays by a diverse group of local playwrights make for welcoming, accessible, easy-to-enjoy theater.
View More COCKTAIL PLAYS (Juniper Productions): 2018 Fringe review(KENSINGTON) STREETPLAY (Renegade): 2018 Fringe review
I wish Renegade could conduct these walking performances all year round
View More (KENSINGTON) STREETPLAY (Renegade): 2018 Fringe reviewMOONWRITERS: Local Women Writers (Rhythm & Bones Literary Magazine): 2018 Fringe review
Several local women writers perform their work in an illuminating, engagingly entertaining literary slam-dunk of an event
View More MOONWRITERS: Local Women Writers (Rhythm & Bones Literary Magazine): 2018 Fringe reviewTHE PRESENTED (Chris Davis): 2018 Fringe review
Chris Davis has come into his own as an exuberant and irresistible Rumpelstiltskin who spins his own life’s straw into gold.
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