The arts sector is speaking up against the city’s proposed cutting of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund. How about skipping that request and shoot for $40 million instead?
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Author: Josh McIlvain
Josh McIlvain is the artistic director of SmokeyScout Productions which he co-founded in 2008 with Deborah Crocker (to whom he is also married!). He has had more than 115 productions of some 70 plays throughout the U.S., including more than 38 New York City productions. Josh is also the leader of the rock collective Josh McIlvain & The Generals of Sexcop (listen to the hot tracks at sxcp.bandcamp.com!), the editor/publisher of Philly Fiction (collections of short stories set in Philadelphia and written by local writers), and the editor of the FringeArts booklet and blog.
The Shows Need To Close
The pandemic is here. It’s time for the theaters to close
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Murals, Facades, & Other Lies
Everyone knows the murals in Philadelphia suck balls, right?
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Explaining those billion nights: Interview with Thaddeus Phillips
Republished by kind permission from the FringeArts blog. “A Billion Nights on Earth is at the same time an adult work for kids and a…
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Putting the Vulnerable Thing Out There: An interview with Chelsea & Magda
Female friendships, aggression, integrity, Lisa Frank, light-up sneakers, and more.
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Good Maneries: interview with choreographer Luis Garay
Colombian choreographer and director Luis Garay brings Maneries, performed by (and created for) the fiercely captivating dancer Florencia Vecino, to FringeArts April 14-16, 2016
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Getting to know you: Interview with Gabrielle Revlock
The choreographer talks about SHOW NO SHOW, a lively and intimate portrait of two people getting to know each other for the first time.
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Hot Spontaneous Performers: FringeArts Interview with David Zambrano on SOUL PROJECT
Republished by kind permission from the FringeArts blog. “Since the beginning of my career as a choreographer, I have always selected a group of international…
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Ant Hampton talks audience, space, and the experience of the extra ahead of Fringe Festival show, THE EXTRA PEOPLE
“It’s almost like this isn’t really a ‘show,’ more some kind of process.”… Ant Hampton talks THE EXTRA PEOPLE
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How to Live Faster: Interview with Dito van Reigersberg of Pig Iron
Pig Iron’s latest wild theatrical creation opens this week at FringeArts. I Promised Myself to Live Faster is an absurdist sci-fi epic and wild allegory about gayness in 2015,
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There’s No Bizness like SHOWBIZ: Sebastian has a new show
Sebastian describes SHOWBIZ as “part theater, part concert special, part social commentary extravaganza.”
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Putting the value on the art of performing art
The support for performing arts organizations and artists, of all sizes, pales in comparison to the type of funding that art museums obtain. It is time to start placing more value on the “art” part of performing arts.
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Interview with Charlotte Ford: The untenable career of a successful Philadelphia theater artist
Philadelphia’s theater scene is better than ever—haven’t you heard? But so few of its practitioners can eke out a living wage from it. This interview Charlotte Ford takes a serious look at how poor the health of the theater industry is in this city.
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THE WEST Comes to Town: Interview with Creator Alex Bechtel
THE WEST is ensemble-devised musical theater, described as “an absurdist western music hall drama about the gun that killed Billy The Kid, the gun that didn’t, and truth and fiction in history, human relationships, and our day-to-day lives.”
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Just one asshole with an opinion: theater critic Mark Cofta on the art of reviewing and observations on Philly’s theater scene
Originally published on the FringeArts blog. Republished with kind permission. “I see 150 to 180 plays a year, and still always regret missing a bunch.”…
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Jenna Horton And The Birth Of Etna
Interview with Jenna Horton about her Jumpstart piece MOUNTING ETNA.
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Angry Ed Miller Dishes On His Fringe Show Wired & Being A Theatre Artist In Philly (he’s not really angry, it’s just “Angry Ed Miller” has a nice ring to it)
Ed Miller has been acting in and creating theater works in Philly since the 90s (the new 60s). Or at least, that’s when I first…
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Annie’s Got a Brand New Bag: See It at the Philly Fringe
Annie Wilson is a local dancer-choreographer-performer-art maker type who has been making her presence known these past several years since graduation from the University of…
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“I always hated the 70s when I was a kid because I was dumb,” and other words of wisdom from John Rosenberg, writer-director of Queen Of All Weapons
California born and bred, now entrenched in Philadelphia, the playwright-director John Rosenberg debuts his latest work Queen Of All Weapons this Saturday at 2pm at the Papermill…
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Personal Thoughts Made Physical: Jaamil Kosoko talks dance, poetry, and the Gemini Show
Philly-based choreographer and dance impresario Jaamil Olawale Kosoko is a busy man these days—creatively, curatorially, and administratively. He recently changed the name of his company…
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