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LIKE A BAT OUT OF HADES (Ombelico): 2015 Fringe Review 12

Debra Miller September 6, 2015 1 Comment

Ombelico Mask Ensemble delights with its updated bi-lingual version of Euripides’ Alcestis, performed outdoors in a rollicking Commedia dell’Arte style.

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THE MOST AWKWARD LOVE LIFE OF PEABODY MAGOO (Love Drunk Life): 2015 Fringe Review 11

Debra Miller September 5, 2015 No Comments

This charming recollection of the funny, painful, and embarrassing moments in the romantic past of an adorable character is sure to steal your heart.

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Fringe in Sketch 2: GLASS MOVEMENT (Glass Routes)

Aaron Krolikowski September 5, 2015 No Comments

As part of Phindie’s coverage of the 2015 Fringe Festival, Aaron Krolikowski is attending a series of shows and sketching what he sees.

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DISHWASHER (Brian Feldman): 2015 Fringe review 10

Christopher Munden September 5, 2015 2 Comments

Brian Feldman cleans the dishes and reads a monologue of your choosing. This is existential theater at its finest.

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Fishtown Fringe Preview #4: A COCOON OF YOUR OWN MAKING

Julia Taus September 5, 2015 No Comments

The latest in a series of previews of shows in the Fishtown Fringe segment of the 2015 Philadelphia Fringe Festival.

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A DOLL’S HOUSE (Jo Strømgren Kompani): 2015 Fringe review 9.1

Julius Ferraro September 5, 2015 No Comments

This DOLL’s HOUSE is human and multifaceted, lighthearted and ironic, narrative with a dancer’s expression of character.

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AFTER THE REHEARSAL / PESONA (Toneelgroep Amsterdam): 2015 Fringe review 7.2

Ninni Saajola September 5, 2015 No Comments

Ivo van Hove’s reimagining of the Bergman classics is full of visual and interpretative ideas, but lacks overarching purpose.

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Fringe in Sketch 1: BRIGHT INVENTION IN THE ART SERIES (White Pines)

Aaron Krolikowski September 5, 2015 No Comments

As part of Phindie’s coverage of the 2015 Fringe Festival, Aaron Krolikowski is attending a series of shows and sketching what he sees. His first…

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THE LID (Pat Finnerty & BRAT): 2015 Fringe Review 8

Debra Miller September 5, 2015 No Comments

BRAT brings a raw alternative true-fringe experience to this year’s festival with Pat Finnerty’s original work of rock-n-roll cabaret theater.

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AFTER THE REHEARSAL / PERSONA (Toneelgroep Amsterdam): 2015 Fringe review 7.1

Julius Ferraro September 5, 2015 No Comments

Toneelgroep’s take on these classic screenplays retains all of the rawness of and cruelty of Bergman’s films.

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GROWING INTO MY BEARD (I’ve Seen The Future): 2015 Fringe review 6

Brendan Tetsuo September 5, 2015 No Comments

Bay Bryan comes out in this heartfelt story of a queer boy learning what is means to be a man.

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THE CAPTIVE (PAC): 2015 Fringe review 5

Christopher Munden September 4, 2015 No Comments

Although it has lost the shock value (lesbianism!) it had in the 1920s, it is easy to see why PAC were attracted to this forgotten play.

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FIFTY DAYS AT ILIAM (Hannah Van Sciver): 2015 Fringe review 4

Debra Miller September 4, 2015 2 Comments

This original ensemble-devised piece explores the inspiration and moods of expressionist painter Cy Twombly’s series of canvases on the theme of the Trojan War.

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TILL BIRNAM WOOD… (John Schultz): 2015 Fringe review 3

Lisa Panzer September 4, 2015 No Comments

Shakespeare blindfolded: In the darkness, Shakespeare is illuminated.

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THE SHOPLIFTERS (1812 Productions): 2015 Fringe review 2

Nicole Forrester September 4, 2015 No Comments

An uproarious look into the reasons people steal, and why others chase them

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EXIT THE KING (IRC): 2015 Fringe Review 1

Debra Miller September 3, 2015 3 Comments

Ionesco’s absurdist tragicomedy on death and the human condition comes to life in Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium’s hilarious and affecting production.