Never underestimate the power of taking away the lights. Then anything might be there in the dark.
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Author: Christopher Munden
Your faithful correspondent and publisher Christopher Munden has written and edited for many publications, websites, and cultural institutions. He was an editor/publisher of the Philly Fiction book series, collections of short stories written by local writers and set in Philadelphia. He's also a soccer coach, a pretty good skier, and an erstwhile songwriter.
10 Ways YOU Can Improve Theater Criticism
Actions you can take since you’re upset with theater criticism in Philadelphia.
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SWEAT (PTC): What’s the matter with Reading?
Why does SWEAT appeal to us, as aging urban middle-to-upper-to-upper-upper-class theatergoers? Do we hope to understand? Relate? Gawk? What do we applaud?
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Mule for Hire: John Rosenberg returns to Philly with some hella fresh theater
Our favorite DIY theatermaker returns to Philadelphia with a new play that probably won’t suck
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PAPRIKA PLAINS (Natalie Fletcher / Jessica Noel): 2018 Fringe review
Like a Joni Mitchell song, PAPRIKA PLAINS is intimate, artful, and affecting.
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DARLINGS: KILL US (Good Good Comedy): 2018 Fringe review
In a word: Funny.
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PHAEDRA’S LOVE (Svaha Theatre Collective): 2018 Fringe review
Two decades after her suicide, Kane remains one of the most truthful voices in theater. Svaha’s production captures her brilliance.
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COCKTAIL PLAYS (Juniper Productions): 2018 Fringe review
Slightly buzzed from our gin-and-honey bees knees, we find the site-specific plays by a diverse group of local playwrights make for welcoming, accessible, easy-to-enjoy theater.
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Recipes for a Great Night of Theater
One morning, a few weeks ago, Sonya Aronowitz sat at a bar in Fishtown, double-fisting cocktails.
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KILL MOVE PARADISE (Wilma Theater): 2018 Fringe review
There’s no fourth wall here: the audience is complicit in the consideration of POC men who lost their lives to judicial murder
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A VACATION (Poison Apple Initiative): 2018 Fringe review
Dante had Virgil; in the divine comedy of our times, we have a self-absorbed vlogger.
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NIGHTMARE FUEL (Sarah Knittel): 2018 Fringe review
A punk-horror Fringe show which engages the audience and keeps the us engaged
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Nick and Ben’s New Circus Jawn
Almanac cofounders spoke to Phindie about the Fringe Festival production and the state of contemporary circus in Philadelphia.
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The Fringe is Beginning: On your phone
“Thus with a kiss I die.” But will you? The 2018 Philadelphia Fringe Festival kicks off for real tomorrow (some performances have already begun), but…
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Taking A Vacation with Bastion Carboni
Bastion Carboni has quickly established his Poison Apple Initiative as a Fringe Festival instution
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Solo Dance for People Who Don’t Like Solo Dance: Metal & Kind’s Indestructible Flowers
Republished by kind permission from the FringeArts blog This Fringe, two instructors at Philly’s dance studio Urban Movement Arts (UMA) combine their talents in a…
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Meg and Dana Are Troilus and Cressida in RevShakes Non-traditional Fringe Casting
. For their fifth Festival production, the company continues its tradition of producing fiercely modern takes on lesser-known Shakespeare works with Troilus and Cressida.
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E-A-G-L-E-S: Tribe of Fools Offers a Philly Special This Fringe
Philadelphia theater company Tribe of Fools is also putting on the pads and dusting off their playbook preparing for their 2018 Fringe Festival offering
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Werewolves, Mimosas, and Late Night Fringe: ON THE ROCKS Uncorks its Latest Show
On the Rocks trust the process.
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Hip-hop in Dance and Photography: Raphael Xavier exhibits visual art at Dupree Gallery
Out of Time will showcase Xavier’s photography and paintings from the last 20 years. T
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