Like many people, I’m only now returning to in-person shows after 18 months finding other means of distraction. In a typical example, I went down…
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Category: Fringe reviews
Reviews of theater and performing arts events in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Phindie is providing more critical coverage of the festival than any other publication in Philadelphia.
Neal Zoren’s Shows to See in Philadelphia This November
Rundown of Philadelphia theater shows onstage this November
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AUTOPIA (Hella Fresh): 2019 Fringe review
I’m reminded to look around and appreciate the magic of the theater.
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Let Me Die (Joseph Keckler): 2019 Fringe review
How many times can we witness a dramatic death on TV, in movies, or even opera?
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LET ME DIE (Joseph Keckler): 2019 Fringe review
Spoilers puts it mildly: She dies. He dies. They die.
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A LITERAL DOLL HOUSE (Macho Goat): 2019 Fringe review
Is she playing with dolls or is she controlling her own narrative?
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HABIT@ (Matter Movement Group): 2019 Fringe review
An otherworldly trip into primal vitality
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There (Wilma): 2019 Fringe review
A cosmic trip that combined both poetry and performance
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PUPPET-DELPHIA FRINGE SLAM (Pantea Productions): 2019 Fringe review
A far cry from Sesame Street and Lamb Chop
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THE MURDER AND BOOZE CABARET (Love Drunk Life) 2019 Fringe review
Recreates the breezy cynicism of a 1920s speakeasy
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THERE (Wilma): 2019 Fringe review
THERE is not a place on Earth’s map. It is not a poem recital, nor is it a play.
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ANOTHER AGATHA (Migration Theory): 2019 Fringe review
An enjoyably immersive experience unlike any other
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COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA (IRC): 2019 Fringe review
IRC widens the scope of what absurdism means in our absurd world
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Fringe in Sketch: LATE NIGHT SNACKS (Bearded Ladies)
Sketches of the late night cabaret
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RED LODGE, MONTANA (The Antidote): 2019 Fringe review
A bizarro fusion of indolence, violence, nudity, sex, and dance
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THE ROSE GARDEN (Emily Betts & Monti Cerabino): 2019 Fringe review
The Monti Cerabino and Emily Betts produce a damn clever piece of theater
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Cartography (Kaneza Schaal and Christopher Myers): 2019 Fringe review
LATE NIGHT SNACKS: Stephanie Blythe (Bearded Ladies): 2019 Fringe review
Stephanie Blythe as Blythely Oratonio performing at LATE NIGHT SNACKS
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IS THIS A ROOM (Tina Satter/Half Straddle): 2019 Fringe review
A brilliant production by Half Straddle based on an FBI transcription
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A MANAYUNK MYSTERY TOUR (Manayunk Theatre Company): 2019 Fringe review
Shadowy figures lurk on the dark towpath under the Green Lane Bridge. That would be us.
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