Object lesson: A demonstration of a principle using a material object, which forms the basis of the lesson and is available to be inspected. —Collins…
View More [40.1] THE OBJECT LESSON (Geoff Sobelle): Fringe reviewCategory: Reviews
[39] SIX FEET (ABOVE AND) UNDER: A GRAVEYARD CABARET (REV Theatre Company): 2013 Fringe review
The sun has set at Laurel Hill Cemetery. A half-moon barely illuminates the gravestones, with faint shadows moving about off in the distance. There is…
View More [39] SIX FEET (ABOVE AND) UNDER: A GRAVEYARD CABARET (REV Theatre Company): 2013 Fringe review[38] MORE SEX-ED BURLESQUE (Chlamydia dell’Arte): Fringe review
The delightful and hilarious ladies of Chlamydia dell’Arte—Gigi Naglak and Meghann Williams—would like to educate you. They would like to sing you a song about…
View More [38] MORE SEX-ED BURLESQUE (Chlamydia dell’Arte): Fringe review[37] ALL THE SEX I’VE EVER HAD (Mammalian Diving Reflex): Fringe review
At Plays & Players, a serene air of sophistication, and a soothing nostalgia of productions past blanket the crowd of the fully seated theater. The…
View More [37] ALL THE SEX I’VE EVER HAD (Mammalian Diving Reflex): Fringe review[36] POLYGON COMEDY PRESENTS: THE FRINGE! (Polygon Independent Comedy): Fringe review
Courtesy of Philly “Art” Blog. Performing at POLYGON COMEDY PRESENTS: THE FRINGE! were Rosen and Milkshake and Alex Pearlman, local acts with previous stand-up credentials and unpretentious indie appeal.…
View More [36] POLYGON COMEDY PRESENTS: THE FRINGE! (Polygon Independent Comedy): Fringe review[35] OPERA MACABRE: EDGAR ALLAN POE (Philadelphia Opera Collective): Fringe review
An original chamber opera by the exciting young Philadelphia Opera Collective, OPERA MACABRE—which fittingly opened on Friday the 13th!—captures all the hair-raising suspense and psychological…
View More [35] OPERA MACABRE: EDGAR ALLAN POE (Philadelphia Opera Collective): Fringe reviewTHE SEA PLAYS (Philadelphia Artists’ Collective): 2013 Fringe review 32.2
Eugene O’Neill’s early maritime heart-wrenchers, Bound East for Cardiff and In the Zone, are brought to life in the Philadelphia Artists’ Collective’s devastatingly effective site-specific…
View More THE SEA PLAYS (Philadelphia Artists’ Collective): 2013 Fringe review 32.2[34] WHERE (WE) LIVE (So Percussion): Fringe review
Like vague early childhood memories of “home”, the eight players of WHERE (WE) LIVE assemble without an introduction, scattering to spaces cluttered with objects, lights,…
View More [34] WHERE (WE) LIVE (So Percussion): Fringe review[33] PAPERBACK DREADFUL (Shannon House): Fringe review
Improv is the jam band genre of theater: it often seems more fun to do than fun to watch. Sure, it provides tools to young…
View More [33] PAPERBACK DREADFUL (Shannon House): Fringe review[24.2] ENLIGHTENMENT ON E FLOOR NORTH (Strange Attractor Theatre Company): Fringe review
ENLIGHTENMENT ON E FLOOR NORTH explores the absurdities of employment in the most unlikely of places – the galleries of an art museum where four security…
View More [24.2] ENLIGHTENMENT ON E FLOOR NORTH (Strange Attractor Theatre Company): Fringe review[32.1] THE SEA PLAYS (Philadelphia Artists’ Collective): Fringe review
With a series of celebrated readings and full productions (including 2012 Fringe hit The Creditors) Philadelphia Artists’ Collective has established a reputation as one of…
View More [32.1] THE SEA PLAYS (Philadelphia Artists’ Collective): Fringe review[31] TRAGIC EVENTS (Erik Ransom): Fringe review
One of the best bonuses of Philadelphia’s Fringe Festival is the nightly after-party at the Festival Bar (this year at Underground Arts), where everyone can…
View More [31] TRAGIC EVENTS (Erik Ransom): Fringe review[28.2] THIS IS NOT A THEATER (Navin Rawanchaikul, Navin Production): Fringe review
You know those commercials at the movies that play for fifteen minutes before the trailers? You don’t want them, you don’t care about them, but…
View More [28.2] THIS IS NOT A THEATER (Navin Rawanchaikul, Navin Production): Fringe review[30] THE LIVING NEWSPAPER (Liz Magic Laser): Fringe review
Given that you have to sit suffering through the disgraceful This is Not a Theater, it’s almost irrelevant to review THE LIVING NEWSPAPER, but NEWSPAPER is…
View More [30] THE LIVING NEWSPAPER (Liz Magic Laser): Fringe review[29] HOW TO MAKE POTATO SALAD (Aleksandra Berczynski & MB Grupa Realizacji): Fringe review
Three potatoes, peeled with difficulty (“you drive me as crazy as my date will”) by long fingernails and diced Two apples, crudely peeled (“how come…
View More [29] HOW TO MAKE POTATO SALAD (Aleksandra Berczynski & MB Grupa Realizacji): Fringe review[28.1] THIS IS NOT A THEATER (Navin Rawanchaikul, Navin Production): Fringe review
Navin Rawanchaikul has created an epic portrait of the history of Philly’s historic Plays and Players Theater. Hundreds of faces have been painted with photographic…
View More [28.1] THIS IS NOT A THEATER (Navin Rawanchaikul, Navin Production): Fringe review[27] AND TELL SAD STORIES OF THE DEATHS OF QUEENS (Blue Suede Productions): Fringe review
Two young guys who moved here from Tennessee in 2012 started their own theater company, which they named Blue Suede Productions as a tribute to…
View More [27] AND TELL SAD STORIES OF THE DEATHS OF QUEENS (Blue Suede Productions): Fringe review[26] LIFE AND TIMES: EPISODE 1 (Nature Theater of Oklahoma): Fringe review
From the supremely innovative New York company that brought the hilarious Romeo and Juliet to the 2011 Philly Fringe, LIFE AND TIMES: EPISODE 1 begins…
View More [26] LIFE AND TIMES: EPISODE 1 (Nature Theater of Oklahoma): Fringe review[25] HUSH NOW SWEET HIGH HEELS AND OAK (Brian Sanders’ JUNK): Fringe review
Choreographer par excellence Brian Sanders creates a psycho-sexual dreamscape of children’s fairy tales and nursery rhymes morphing into adult erotic fantasies in HUSH NOW SWEET…
View More [25] HUSH NOW SWEET HIGH HEELS AND OAK (Brian Sanders’ JUNK): Fringe review[24.1] ENLIGHTENMENT ON E FLOOR NORTH (Strange Attractor Theatre Company): Fringe review
“You’re not here.” “Yes I am.” “But you’re not supposed to be here.” —ENLIGHTENMENT ON E FLOOR NORTH Someone once said that war is months…
View More [24.1] ENLIGHTENMENT ON E FLOOR NORTH (Strange Attractor Theatre Company): Fringe review