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Author: Michael Kelly

Mike Kelly, Phindie’s resident twenty something, yuppie-layabout, loves the theater and hopes to one day be allowed into one. Feel like a chat? Drkellymike@gmail.com
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METAPHOR (Denise McCormack): 2022 Fringe review

Michael Kelly September 26, 2022 No Comments

Story as Algorithm. In Metaphor, Denise McCormack encourages us to be the hero of our own story and to acknowledge where others are in their story.

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ANTIHERO (Tribe of Fools): 2016 Fringe review 32.2

Michael Kelly September 16, 2016 No Comments

Soaring out of the gates with effortless acrobatics, Tribe of Fools’ robust remount of ANTIHERO is a true theatrical powerhouse

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STORY OF MY EYE (GOATPIG): 2016 Fringe review 24

Michael Kelly September 12, 2016 3 Comments

The principle of Chekov’s Cucumber mandates that if you introduce an object to the audience it must be used to sodomize someone at some point in the production.

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ROOM 21 (Jace Clayton): 2016 Fringe review 21

Michael Kelly September 12, 2016 No Comments

We were lucky to have been in attendance for ROOM 21’s only performance—one as unique and undying in our minds as the Barnes itself.

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Spelling Bee: Interview with Chloe Sierka

Michael Kelly August 20, 2016 No Comments

Feeling altogether out-of-the-loop with regards to this mysterious sleeper gem and Avenue Theater Company I caught up with choreographer and assistant director Chloe Sierka

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Comedic Self-flagellation and Rodent-skin Jackets: Interview with CHINCHILLA COATS creator Chris Davis

Michael Kelly July 17, 2016 No Comments

Chris takes his deranged soliloquy about a drunken, under-sexed, 34-year-old man-child to the Edinburgh Fringe.

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SCHOOL PLAY (Tribe of Fools): SoLow review

Michael Kelly June 22, 2016 No Comments

A hilarious and heart wrenching ode to that little trouble-making anti-hero.

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THE NETHER (InterAct): Lolita in Nether-land

Michael Kelly April 14, 2016 1 Comment

Accompanying sketches by Aaron Krolikowski, thesketchbookreporter.com.

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SORRY, BROKEN PIANO (Art Church): Indie shock jock drama

Michael Kelly January 29, 2016 No Comments

A podcast DJ and his tireless producer on a mission to conquer the late-night dregs-of-society demographic.

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PINK PUNCH (Art Church): Rosemary’s baby shower—one hell of a weird ride

Michael Kelly January 29, 2016 No Comments

If the ninth circle of hell decided to host a baby shower, it would resemble something like PINK PUNCH by Cara Blouin.

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CORIOLANUS (SHAKESPEARE ROULETTE) (Reject): Not your average tragedy

Michael Kelly May 1, 2015 No Comments

This chaotic opus reaches Monty Python levels of absurdity one would never associate with Shakespeare’s own overlooked tragedy reject.

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THE SUBMISSION (Quince): Things we dare not even think about

Michael Kelly April 25, 2015 No Comments

THE SUBMISSION revels in its unique brand of pot stirring, inflammatory, back and forth that has the characters talk openly and passionately about things most people seem reluctant to even think of—racism and homophobia.

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Kevin Rodden as Seamus Shields and Dexter Anderson as Donal Davoren in IHT’s THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN (Photo credit: Keith Miller)
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SHADOW OF A GUNMAN (Irish Heritage Theatre): My great-grandfather—the shadow-less gunman

Michael Kelly April 22, 2015 No Comments

A tragic play gives this Irish American writer a newfound appreciation for his Irish heritage.

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