There was a perfection to the timing of FUN HOME’s arrival in Philadelphia: Another take on FUN HOME
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Author: Julie Zeglen
Julie Zeglen is a freelance journalist and the editor of Generocity.org, a Philly-based social impact news site. She previously served as managing editor of Star Community Newsweekly, a hyperlocal newspaper focused on the River Wards. The Temple alumna lives in West Philly.
THE MASSIVE TRAGEDY OF MADAME BOVARY (Curio): Not your high school English class
A meta take on Flaubert’s classic.
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LOST GIRLS (Theatre Exile): We are all capable of redemption
Yes, that was me sobbing on opening night of LOST GIRLS.
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LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR (Walnut): Funny, morbid, timely, and of a time
Theatergoers who long for the good ol’ days of pre-political correctness will love it. Everyone else, just enjoy the ride.
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CONSTELLATIONS (Wilma): Love in the multiverse
“We have all the time we ever had.”
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ANTAGONYMS (Curio): What are any of us but destructive dualities
The messiness in Rachel Gluck’s debut play is what make it most lifelike. In the end, what are any of us but destructive dualities, fighting between our desires and our own self-interest?
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A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES (Walnut Street): 60-second review
Written by Welshman Dylan Thomas in the 1950s, A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES is every nostalgic Christmas trope with song thrown in, and it’s totally delightful.
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THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS: THE ELECTION SPECIAL (1812 Productions): Yuugely funny
Ho boy, it’s been quite the election cycle. Thankfully, Philadelphia has 1812 Productions to ease the pain with its annual satirical show.
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THE UNDERRATED ACT OF TALKING TO ONESELF (femme. collective): 2016 Fringe review 69
femme. collective has interwoven disparate acts to form a cohesive whole, a gorgeous string of solo, duet and group dances that tackle that, yes, underrated act of talking to oneself
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PANDÆMONIUM (Nichole Canuso Dance Company / Early Morning Opera): 2016 Fringe review 42.1
A testament to what Fringe can do: defy genre, defy theme, defy medium, and somehow still manage to be cohesive and emotionally haunting
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THE 7-PERSON CHAIR PYRAMID HIGH WIRE ACT (Der Vorfuhreffekt Theatre): 2016 Fringe review 35
A Smokey Robinson-loving yeti aims to win a dance contest and a randomly chosen audience member delivers a love letter to the electromagnetic spectrum on behalf of a bat.
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