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    The Little Things (dir. John Lee Hancock): Film review

    I have a feeling that The Little Things is going to be a bit of a critical punching bag, but I enjoyed the film

    Dan Scully January 26, 2021 No Comments
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  • Features

    Henrik Eger’s Memorial Service

    A virtual memorial service held on Sunday, January 17, 2021, for Dr. Henrik Eger, who died January 3, 2021, at the age of 79.

    Christopher Munden January 19, 2021 1 Comment
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  • Film Reviews

    Psycho Goreman (dir. Steven Kostanski): Film review

    It's hard to overstate how wonderfully fucked up this movie is.

    Dan Scully January 18, 2021 1 Comment
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  • Features Interviews

    Phindie editor Christopher Munden goes Into the Absurd

    IRC producing artistic director Tina Brock interviews Christopher Munden about Kensington Soccer Club, Chosen by Committee, his work as a theater critic and editor, and his hungry cat Walter cat.

    Smalley Bogg January 15, 2021 No Comments
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  • Theater

    One Night in Miami (dir. Regina King): Film review

    A fictionalized meeting of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke, adapted from the play by the same name.

    Dan Scully January 15, 2021 4 Comments
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Erik Ransom. Photo by Debra Miller.
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[31] TRAGIC EVENTS (Erik Ransom): Fringe review

Debra Miller September 12, 2013 No Comments

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
Bill Golderer. Photo by Michael T. Regan
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Fringe interview: BSM Pastor Bill Golderer talks about the controversial On the Concept of the Face Regarding the Son of God

Christopher Munden September 12, 2013 2 Comments

The FringeArts-sponsored On the Concept of the Face Regarding the Son of God is one of the most anticipated shows of the 2013 Fringe Festival.…

View More Fringe interview: BSM Pastor Bill Golderer talks about the controversial On the Concept of the Face Regarding the Son of God
This is Not a Theater Fringe review
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[28.2] THIS IS NOT A THEATER (Navin Rawanchaikul, Navin Production): Fringe review

Michael Fisher September 12, 2013 3 Comments

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
The Living Newspaper Liz Magic Laser 2013 Philadelphia Fringe review photo
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[30] THE LIVING NEWSPAPER (Liz Magic Laser): Fringe review

Michael Fisher September 12, 2013 No Comments

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
Aleksandra Bercynski. How to Make Potato Salad. Fringe review.
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[29] HOW TO MAKE POTATO SALAD (Aleksandra Berczynski & MB Grupa Realizacji): Fringe review

Christopher Munden September 12, 2013 1 Comment

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
This is Not a Theater Fringe review
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[28.1] THIS IS NOT A THEATER (Navin Rawanchaikul, Navin Production): Fringe review

Julius Ferraro September 12, 2013 3 Comments

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
And Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Queens Blue Suede Fringe review
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[27] AND TELL SAD STORIES OF THE DEATHS OF QUEENS (Blue Suede Productions): Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 11, 2013 No Comments

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
Life and Times, Nature Theater of Oklahoma, Fringe review
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[26] LIFE AND TIMES: EPISODE 1 (Nature Theater of Oklahoma): Fringe review

Debra Miller September 11, 2013 No Comments

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
Brian Sanders' JUNK Hush Now Sweet High Heels and Oak Fringe review
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[25] HUSH NOW SWEET HIGH HEELS AND OAK (Brian Sanders’ JUNK): Fringe review

Debra Miller September 10, 2013 No Comments

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
Enlightenment on E Floor North by Strange Attractor Theatre. Fringe Review
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[24.1] ENLIGHTENMENT ON E FLOOR NORTH (Strange Attractor Theatre Company): Fringe review

Christopher Munden September 10, 2013 3 Comments

“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
Jennifer Blaine Dirty Joke Fringe Festival 2013 Philadelphia
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Jennifer Blaine tells Phindie a DIRTY JOKE: An interview with a Fringe funnywoman

Christopher Munden September 10, 2013 1 Comment

Jennifer Blaine (jenniferblaine.wordpress.com) had a one-woman show in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival for the first ten years of its existence (beginning in 1997). She has been…

View More Jennifer Blaine tells Phindie a DIRTY JOKE: An interview with a Fringe funnywoman
Spoon River Anthology 2013 Philly Fringe review
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[23] SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY (Manayunk Roxborough Art Center): Fringe review

JB Farley September 10, 2013 No Comments

Almost one hundred years ago, Edgar Lee Masters began publishing poems from the point of view of the deceased residents of Spoon River, a lightly-fictionalized…

View More [23] SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY (Manayunk Roxborough Art Center): Fringe review
Gayze: A Real Life Webseries. Fringe review 2013
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[22] GAYZE: A REAL LIVE WEBSERIES (MJ/JT): Fringe review

JB Farley September 10, 2013 1 Comment

GAYZE: A REAL LIVE WEBSERIES is rough around the edges, without a doubt. The cast aims for the cartoonish a lot of the time, and…

View More [22] GAYZE: A REAL LIVE WEBSERIES (MJ/JT): Fringe review
Saint Joan, Betrayed, Mary Tuomanen, 2013 Philly Fringe review
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[21] SAINT JOAN, BETRAYED (Aaron Cromie & Mary Tuomanen): 2013 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 9, 2013 1 Comment

This town knows Aaron Cromie, polymath of the arts—puppeteer, performer, director, designer of puppets, sets, and props; choreographer, musician, teacher, and writer. What else? I…

View More [21] SAINT JOAN, BETRAYED (Aaron Cromie & Mary Tuomanen): 2013 Fringe review
The Society 2013 Philadelphia Fringe review
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[7.2] THE SOCIETY (Jo Strømgren Kompani): Fringe review

Michael Fisher September 9, 2013 2 Comments

Let’s be real: Most theater we see these days is at least a little bit pretentious. The very nature of theater is based in pretense.…

View More [7.2] THE SOCIETY (Jo Strømgren Kompani): Fringe review
Traveling Light by Lindsay Harris Friel Fringe review. Photo by Kyle Cassidy
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TRAVELING LIGHT (Liam’s Sofa Cushion Fortress): 2013 Fringe review 13.2

Kathryn Osenlund September 9, 2013 1 Comment

This play travels anything but light, but for aficionados—as I am—of talented and doomed Joe Orton or for those fascinated by Brian Epstein (the man…

View More TRAVELING LIGHT (Liam’s Sofa Cushion Fortress): 2013 Fringe review 13.2
Pig Iron Pay Up 2013 Philadelphia Fringe review
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[20] PAY UP (Pig Iron Theatre Company with The University of the Arts): Fringe review

Jessica Foley September 9, 2013 2 Comments

This is not a play. Therefore this is not a review, but a warning. If you’re looking to sit in a darkened theater watching actors…

View More [20] PAY UP (Pig Iron Theatre Company with The University of the Arts): Fringe review
Holly's Dead Soldiers 2013 Fringe Festival
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[19] HOLLY’S DEAD SOLDIERS (Bruce Walsh, Douglas Williams, Chris Davis): 2013 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 9, 2013 2 Comments

The play transpires in and around Bruce Walsh’s living room. (September 14 performances will take place at the home of Doug Williams.) Three collaborating playwrights share…

View More [19] HOLLY’S DEAD SOLDIERS (Bruce Walsh, Douglas Williams, Chris Davis): 2013 Fringe review
Antihero. Tribe of Fools. 2013 Philly Fringe review
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[18] ANTIHERO (Tribe of Fools Theatre Company): Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 9, 2013 1 Comment

Although founded ten years ago, Tribe of Fools Theatre Company really burst onto the scene with its inimitable Fringe ‘11 offering, Heavy Metal Dance Fag.  Like that…

View More [18] ANTIHERO (Tribe of Fools Theatre Company): Fringe review
Tough Cookies Together We Act Fringe Review
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[17] TOUGH COOKIES (Together We Act): Fringe review

Michael Fisher September 8, 2013 2 Comments

First, the elephant in the room: Together We Act is a non-profit theater company for people who stutter. Now, it doesn’t take a cynical theater…

View More [17] TOUGH COOKIES (Together We Act): Fringe review

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