This is an opera about monsters—the Frankenstein of the title, a monster we know well from films if not from literature, and the ways in which people become monsters.
The compelling two-act opus captures the historic characters, events, and mood with passion and clarity.
Phindie will provide more Philly Fringe Festival coverage than any publication in the world! Coverage begins with 15 picks from star Phindie writer Deb Miller.
An original chamber opera by the exciting young Philadelphia Opera Collective, OPERA MACABRE—which fittingly opened on Friday the 13th!—captures all the hair-raising suspense and psychological disturbance of Edgar Allan Poe’s…
COMPLETENESS (Theatre Exile): Algorithms and geek romance Seduction by examples of computational intractability 
OLIVER! (Quintessence): Eat gruel, get pickpocketed, and become an orphan Stepping back to a Victorian workhouse with Quintessence Theatre Group. 
An Aerialist Brazilian: Danila Bim discusses her work with Cirque du Soleil’s VOLTA Danila Bim’s job is literally hair-raising! 
GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER (Moscow Ballet): Dance review The Moscow Ballet delivers all that is expected from a first-rate Nutcracker, but there are no surprises. 
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR (IRC): Corruption! A production that forefronts Gogol’s surprising, desperate, hypnotizing dialogue. Illustration by Mike Jackson. Support Phindie operations
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). more…
