Big Dance Theater has built a reputation of articulate and speculative work, pairing theater and dance to dissect both historical and contemporary ideals. 17c is…
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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.
TRIAGE (Bent Antennae): 2017 Fringe review
TRIAGE is a loosely formed conceit in which a manic-fairy-pixie host wearing a gas mask prances around, forcing the audience to watch bad improv. It’s…
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LIBERTY CITY RADIO THEATRE (Bill Arrowood & Liberty City Radio Theatre): 2017 Fringe review
Old style ‘On’ and ‘Applause’ signs light up. The show starts.
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THE STORYTELLERS (Joy Madden): 2017 Fringe review
“We are storytellers,” Joy Madden begins.
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THESE TERRIBLE THINGS (Berserker Residents): 2017 Fringe review
The Berserker Residents may parody the conventions of theater, but they clearly believe in its power
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AMERICANA PSYCHOBABBLE (Alexandra Tatarsky): 2017 Fringe review
Tatarsky’s daring, inventive, rapid-fire wordplay is unlike anything you’ll see on a Philly stage
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BYE BYE LIVER (Happy Hour Live, LLC): 2017 Fringe review
A sketch-comedy, drinking play designed to get you drunk while making you laugh at the absurdities of over-imbibing.
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THE TURN OF THE SCREW (Leila and Pantea Productions): 2017 Fringe review
An inventive and terrifying take on a classic ghost story
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AIRSWIMMING (Half Key Theater Company): 2017 Fringe review
Shuchman and Johnson take us through the trenches of psychological warfare with unforgettable performances
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UBU FAUST (Broderick Jones with Leila and Pantea Productions): 2017 Fringe review
Alfred Jarry, Doctor Faustus, and Punch & Judy combine in hilarious puppetry.
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BIND (Corinna Burns): 2017 Fringe review
An ambitious, unfinished work by one of Philadelphia’s best.
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CLOSE MUSIC FOR BODIES (Michael Kiley): 2017 Fringe review
Anyone who has sung around a campfire can attest to the power of music to elicit feelings of closeness
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LABOR OF LOVE (The Waitstaff): 2017 Fringe review
Sketch comedy group The Waitstaff is the longest continuously producing company in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. They must be doing something right.
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#COCKTAILPLAYS (Juniper Productions): 2017 Fringe review
The best bartenders remember you by the names of the cocktails you drink.
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A BILLION NIGHTS ON EARTH (Thaddeus Phillips + Steven Dufala): 2017 Fringe review
How do you capture A BILLION NIGHTS ON EARTH in a 90 minute play while appealing to an audience aged 3-99?
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HELLO BLACKOUT! (New Paradise Laboratories): 2017 Fringe review
Another other take on NPL’s HELLO BLACKOUT!
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WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED (Opera Philly): 2017 Fringe review
Relevant themes and ideas rarely seen on an opera stage
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THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI (DBaD Productions): 2017 Fringe review
The Fringe is an excellent place for companies to mount political protest plays
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BAD ACTIVIST (Humble Mumbles): 2017 Fringe review
The story of a third-wave feminist / lefty peace activist unable to resist her essentially Orientalist fantasies
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I, PEASEBLOSSOM (Curio): 2017 Fringe review
I, PEASEBLOSSOM is a lark, even compared to its light-hearted inspiration, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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