In the new FringeArts building, we are presented with what looks like a floating basement, decorated many decades ago, sitting on sloppily placed cinderblocks. Out of pure gray smoke, three jokesters appear. They…
Theater in Sketch: JOHNNY DEPP: A RETROSPECTIVE ON LATE-STAGE CAPITALISM (Val Dunn & Jenna Kuerzi) I was looking forward to catching Val Dunn a... 
THE LION KING (dir. Jon Favreau): Beautiful and utterly pointless A film review of the CGI live action remake 
SUMMER SERIES 2019 (BalletX): BalletX brings The Little Prince to life This contemporary ballet of a classic children’s book is immediately understandable for children, but also poignant and thought-provoking fo... 
Presenting stronger new dramas by overcoming “premieritis” The “one-and-done” premiere problem and filling more theaters through “rolling WORLD premieres” 
Full Cirque: Alix Croop returns to her hometown with AMALUNA Allentown native, Alix Croop, couldn’t imagine how her talents would translate to what she had seen in Cirque du Soleil’s Alegria... Support Phindie operations
At People’s Light and Theatre’s production of Henrik Ibsen’s GHOSTS, the program note written by dramaturg Gina Pisasale discusses Ibsen’s life and work. In his theater, Pisasale tells us, Ibsen created a realistic style which overthrew “the highly presentational, formulaic, and overblown style” of the time. Watching GHOSTS, I can’t help but think: more…
