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 57.1Category: 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.
CAREFUL INJURIES (Other Case Notes Ensemble): 2015 Fringe review 56
Composed as a series of vignettes, CAREFUL INJURIES “began as an examination of physical states and expressions of comfort, fear, and exhaustion.”
View More CAREFUL INJURIES (Other Case Notes Ensemble): 2015 Fringe review 56SUITE N˚2 (Encyclopédie de la Parole / Joris Lacoste): 2015 Fringe review 55
Part chorale work, part theater, and part compelling curated art, this peculiarly affecting piece examines the diversity of contemporary communication.
View More SUITE N˚2 (Encyclopédie de la Parole / Joris Lacoste): 2015 Fringe review 55Fringe in Sketch 7: UNARMED (Arielle Pina)
As part of Phindie’s coverage of the 2015 Fringe Festival, Aaron Krolikowski is attending a series of shows and sketching what he sees.
View More Fringe in Sketch 7: UNARMED (Arielle Pina)KILL 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 54DANCES WITH SOCKS (Megan Flynn Dance): 2015 Fringe review 53
A series of short sketches of people in process. Carefully crafted dances that pulled the audience into the performers’ private worlds.
View More DANCES WITH SOCKS (Megan Flynn Dance): 2015 Fringe review 53THE CART OF LOVE/EL CARRO DEL AMOR (Ana María Ruimonte/Owlsong Productions): Fringe review 52
An ambitious art project that seeks to combine multimedia, puppeteering, a baroque chamber orchestra and the singing of mezzo-soprano Ana María Ruimonte in a bilingual presentation.
View More THE CART OF LOVE/EL CARRO DEL AMOR (Ana María Ruimonte/Owlsong Productions): Fringe review 52IT’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 51ALIAS ELLIS MACKENZIE (Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental and CINEtica): 2015 Fringe review 50
Eleven skilled performers play crew or actors on the set of a Colombian TV show about 1980s American drug pilot and adventurer Barry Seal.
View More ALIAS ELLIS MACKENZIE (Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental and CINEtica): 2015 Fringe review 50UNARMED (Arielle Pina): 2015 Fringe review 49
By looking into the cultural divides between white and black Americans, UNARMED confronts a culture which teaches us to kill.
View More UNARMED (Arielle Pina): 2015 Fringe review 49763 MILES (Annex Dance Company and Drye/Marinaro Dance Company): 2015 Fringe review 48
Two dance companies separated by 763 miles challenge audience to find connections between works created miles away.
View More 763 MILES (Annex Dance Company and Drye/Marinaro Dance Company): 2015 Fringe review 48TALE 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 47THE POP MUSICAL DIARY OF A GAY MAN (Christopher McGinnis): 2015 Fringe review 46
A fun coming-of-age musical using pop music of today and past decades, including Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston, Aerosmith, Rihanna, and more.
View More THE POP MUSICAL DIARY OF A GAY MAN (Christopher McGinnis): 2015 Fringe review 46PURGATORY (Gunnar Montana): 2015 Fringe review 45
With a dynamic set and powerful imagery, Gunnar Montana explores of the influence and power of religion in modern society.
View More PURGATORY (Gunnar Montana): 2015 Fringe review 45AMERICAN 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 44Fringe in Sketch 6: DAMNED DIRTY APES! (Renegade)
As part of Phindie’s coverage of the 2015 Fringe Festival, Aaron Krolikowski is attending a series of shows and sketching what he sees.
View More Fringe in Sketch 6: DAMNED DIRTY APES! (Renegade)THE 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 43PUPPETDELPHIA FRINGE SLAM (Leila and Pantea Productions): 2015 Fringe review 42
Secret Life of Worms, America’s favorite sex ed teacher, singing sheep, foot-centric King of the Nerds fan fiction, and Jolly the Sperm Eating Horse.
View More PUPPETDELPHIA FRINGE SLAM (Leila and Pantea Productions): 2015 Fringe review 42STILL STANDING YOU (Pieter Ampe & Guilherme Garrido / CAMPO): 2015 Fringe review 41
This exploration of manhood shows how our cultural boundaries can restrict deep, meaningful connection.
View More STILL STANDING YOU (Pieter Ampe & Guilherme Garrido / CAMPO): 2015 Fringe review 41A GREAT WAR (Iron Age): 2015 Fringe review 40
This tense, evocative play explores the eternal verities of war, sacrifice, and deceit.
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