Anyone who has sung around a campfire can attest to the power of music to elicit feelings of closeness
View More CLOSE MUSIC FOR BODIES (Michael Kiley): 2017 Fringe reviewCategory: 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.
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.
View More LABOR OF LOVE (The Waitstaff): 2017 Fringe review#COCKTAILPLAYS (Juniper Productions): 2017 Fringe review
The best bartenders remember you by the names of the cocktails you drink.
View More #COCKTAILPLAYS (Juniper Productions): 2017 Fringe reviewA 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?
View More A BILLION NIGHTS ON EARTH (Thaddeus Phillips + Steven Dufala): 2017 Fringe reviewHELLO BLACKOUT! (New Paradise Laboratories): 2017 Fringe review
Another other take on NPL’s HELLO BLACKOUT!
View More HELLO BLACKOUT! (New Paradise Laboratories): 2017 Fringe reviewWE SHALL NOT BE MOVED (Opera Philly): 2017 Fringe review
Relevant themes and ideas rarely seen on an opera stage
View More WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED (Opera Philly): 2017 Fringe reviewTHE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI (DBaD Productions): 2017 Fringe review
The Fringe is an excellent place for companies to mount political protest plays
View More THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI (DBaD Productions): 2017 Fringe reviewBAD ACTIVIST (Humble Mumbles): 2017 Fringe review
The story of a third-wave feminist / lefty peace activist unable to resist her essentially Orientalist fantasies
View More BAD ACTIVIST (Humble Mumbles): 2017 Fringe reviewI, PEASEBLOSSOM (Curio): 2017 Fringe review
I, PEASEBLOSSOM is a lark, even compared to its light-hearted inspiration, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
View More I, PEASEBLOSSOM (Curio): 2017 Fringe reviewA BILLION NIGHTS ON EARTH (Thaddeus Phillips and Steven Dufala): 2017 Fringe review
It looks like a father’s love went into the making of this big adventure, Phillips’s warmest work yet.
View More A BILLION NIGHTS ON EARTH (Thaddeus Phillips and Steven Dufala): 2017 Fringe reviewLEAPS OF FAITH AND OTHER MISTAKES (Almanac): 2017 Fringe review
A beautiful spectacle, full of humor, sadness, joy and handstands
View More LEAPS OF FAITH AND OTHER MISTAKES (Almanac): 2017 Fringe reviewTHE PASSION OF KELLYANNE (LiveFeedNYC): 2017 Fringe review
How did Kellyanne Conway go from Hammonton, New Jersey blueberry-packing champ to the first woman to manage a successful U.S. presidential Campaign?
View More THE PASSION OF KELLYANNE (LiveFeedNYC): 2017 Fringe reviewTOWN (Jolie Darrow & Jack O’Keeffe/PHIT Comedy): 2017 Fringe review
TOWN feels like a writer’s first draft. Ultimately, nothing seems to be at stake.
View More TOWN (Jolie Darrow & Jack O’Keeffe/PHIT Comedy): 2017 Fringe reviewSTORM (Asya Zlatina and Dancers): 2017 Fringe review
Asya Zlatina’s new work STORM is sophisticated and well-done.
View More STORM (Asya Zlatina and Dancers): 2017 Fringe reviewDEATH IS A CABARET OL’ CHUM (REV Theatre Company): 2017 Fringe review
Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren’t lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well…
View More DEATH IS A CABARET OL’ CHUM (REV Theatre Company): 2017 Fringe reviewSUICIDE STORIES (Elephant Room Productions): 2017 Fringe review
A surprising reminder of how good it is just to be alive.
View More SUICIDE STORIES (Elephant Room Productions): 2017 Fringe reviewTHE GROOM’S A FAG; THE BRIDE’S A CUNT; THE BEST MAN’S A WHORE; AND THE MAIDEN OF HONOR (JUST) HUNG HERSELF IN THE CLOSET (On the Rocks): 2017 Fringe review
On the Rocks proves you can dismantle the master’s house with his tools.
View More THE GROOM’S A FAG; THE BRIDE’S A CUNT; THE BEST MAN’S A WHORE; AND THE MAIDEN OF HONOR (JUST) HUNG HERSELF IN THE CLOSET (On the Rocks): 2017 Fringe reviewHOME (Geoff Sobelle): 2017 Fringe review
Bringing it all back home
View More HOME (Geoff Sobelle): 2017 Fringe review(MISS) JULIE (Svaha Theatre Collective): 2017 Fringe review
In (MISS) JULIE, Svada Theatre Collective gives the naturalistic classic a much-needed reinterpretation.
View More (MISS) JULIE (Svaha Theatre Collective): 2017 Fringe reviewTILDA SWINTON ADOPT ME PLEASE (The Greenfield Collective): 2017 Fringe review
A mythical world of secret rituals: special handshakes, dream sharing, playacting the stories of their ancient namesakes
View More TILDA SWINTON ADOPT ME PLEASE (The Greenfield Collective): 2017 Fringe review